| Fullname | Montague Valentine Bennett |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 19 February 1912 |
| Birth place | Glentham, Lincolnshire, England |
| Death date | 17 December 1940 (aged 28) |
| Death place | HMS Acheron, off the Isle of Wight, England |
| Batting | Unknown |
| Bowling | Unknown-arm fast-medium |
| Club 1 | Minor Counties |
| Year 1 | 1935 |
| Club 2 | Lincolnshire |
| Year 2 | 1932–1939 |
| Columns | 1 |
| Column 1 | First-class |
| Matches 1 | 1 |
| Runs 1 | 22 |
| Bat avg 1 | 22.00 |
| 100s/50s 1 | –/– |
| Top score 1 | 16* |
| Deliveries 1 | 138 |
| Wickets 1 | 2 |
| Bowl avg 1 | 27.00 |
| Fivefor 1 | – |
| Tenfor 1 | – |
| Best bowling 1 | 2/27 |
| Catches/stumpings 1 | 2/– |
| Date | 5 October |
| Year | 2013 |
| Source | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9692.html Cricinfo |
Montague Valentine Bennett (19 February 1912 – 17 December 1940) was an English cricketer. Bennett's batting style is unknown, though it is known he was a fast-medium bowler.
Born at Glentham, Lincolnshire, Bennett made his debut for Lincolnshire against the Warwickshire Second XI in the 1932 Minor Counties Championship, establishing himself as a regular in the Lincolnshire team in the following seasons.[1] He was selected to play for a combined Minor Counties cricket team in 1935 in a first-class match against Cambridge University at Fenner's.[2] In a match which Cambridge University won by 4 wickets, Bennett ended the Minor Counties first-innings unbeaten on 16, while in Cambridge University's first-innings he bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 27 runs. Batting in the Minor Counties second-innings, he was dismissed for 6 runs by John Cameron, while in the university second-innings he took the wickets of Mark Tindall and Hugh Bartlett, to finish with figures of 2/27 from fourteen overs.[3] He continued to play minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire until 1939, making a total of 59 appearances for the county.[1]
Bennett served as an Ordinary Coder in the Royal Navy during World War II, and was killed aboard HMS Acheron after it struck a mine off of the coast of the Isle of Wight on the night of 17 December 1940.[4]
References
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Montague Bennett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Montague Bennett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Minor Counties, 1935". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Bennett, Montague Valentine". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
External links
- Montague Bennett at ESPNcricinfo
- Montague Bennett at CricketArchive