| Ferdinando Bennet | |
| Fullname: | Ferdinando Wallis Bennet |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1850 |
| Birth Place: | St Newlyn East, Cornwall |
| Death Place: | Northam, Devon |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm slow |
| Date: | 8 March 2017 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9678.html Cricinfo |
Lieutenant-Colonel Ferdinando Wallis Bennet (13 December 1850 - 17 October 1929) was an English soldier who played in four first-class cricket matches between 1874 and 1878.[1]
Bennet was born at Tresillian House near St Newlyn East in Cornwall in 1850. He went to Sherborne School before attending the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.[2] [3] He was commissioned in the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, brevetted to Colonel, at the end of his military career. As a Lieutenant he was British Vice-Consul of Anatolia based in Adana between 1880 and 1882.[4] [5]
Bennet played in four first-class cricket matches between 1874 and 1878. He played three matches in 1874, once for each of Kent County Cricket Club, Gentlemen of the South and a side representing Kent and Gloucestershire. In 1878 he made one appearance for MCC.[6]
Bennet married Evelyn Palmer and was a JP in Devon in later life. He died in Northam, Devon in 1929 aged 78.