# Montague Bennett

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**Montague Valentine Bennett** (19 February 1912 – 17 December 1940) was an English [cricketer](/source/Cricket). Bennett's [batting](/source/Batting_(cricket)) style is unknown, though it is known he was a [fast-medium](/source/Fast_bowling) bowler.

Born at [Glentham](/source/Glentham), [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), Bennett made his debut for [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire_County_Cricket_Club) against the [Warwickshire Second XI](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1932 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/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](/source/Minor_Counties_cricket_team) in 1935 in a [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) match against [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) at [Fenner's](/source/Fenner's).[2] In a match which Cambridge University won by 4 wickets, Bennett ended the Minor Counties first-innings [unbeaten](/source/Not_out) on 16, while in Cambridge University's first-innings he bowled nine wicketless [overs](/source/Over_(cricket)), conceding 27 runs. Batting in the Minor Counties second-innings, he was dismissed for 6 runs by [John Cameron](/source/John_Cameron_(West_Indian_cricketer)), while in the university second-innings he took the wickets of [Mark Tindall](/source/Mark_Tindall) and [Hugh Bartlett](/source/Hugh_Bartlett), to finish with figures of 2/27 from fourteen overs.[3] He continued to play [minor counties cricket](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_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](/source/Royal_Navy) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), and was killed aboard [HMS *Acheron*](/source/HMS_Acheron_(H45)) after it struck a mine off of the coast of the [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight) on the night of 17 December 1940.[4]

## References

1. ["Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Montague Bennett"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27837/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

1. ["First-Class Matches played by Montague Bennett"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27837/First-Class_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

1. ["Cambridge University v Minor Counties, 1935"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15348.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

1. ["Bennett, Montague Valentine"](http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2491652/BENNETT,%20MONTAGUE%20VALENTINE). [Commonwealth War Graves Commission](/source/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission). Retrieved 5 October 2013.

## External links

- [Montague Bennett](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9692.html) at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
- [Montague Bennett](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27837/27837.html) at CricketArchive

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