Eric Bensted

Eric Bensted
Personal information
Full name	Eric Charles Bensted
Born	11 January 1901; Killarney, Queensland, Australia
Died	24 March 1980 (aged 79); Brisbane, Queensland
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
1923-24 to 1936-37	Queensland
Career statistics
Matches	58
Runs scored	2700
Batting average	26.73
100s/50s	3/15
Top score	155
Balls bowled	6,598
Wickets	76
Bowling average	43.34
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	4/28
Catches/stumpings	38/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 27 October 2019

Eric Charles Bensted (11 February 1901 – 24 March 1980) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Queensland from 1923 to 1936.

Bensted, an all-rounder, was the first Queensland player to play in 50 Sheffield Shield matches.^[1] His highest score was 155 against New South Wales in 1934-35, when he and Cassie Andrews added 335 in 239 minutes for the seventh wicket after Queensland were 6 for 113.^[2] They set an Australian seventh-wicket record that stood until 2014.^[3]

References

^ "White Coat for Bensted". Courier-Mail. 23 February 1937. p. 9.
^ The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 59.
^ "Marsh, Whiteman flatten India A with huge stand". Cricinfo. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2019.