Ernest Bezzant

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ernest Bezzant

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = Ernest Frederic Bezzant

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1916|10|26}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2002|10|01|1916|10|26}}

| death_place = Brisbane, Australia

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role =

| club1 = Wellington

| year1 = 1943/44

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 218

| bat avg1 = 27.25

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 78

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| date = 23 September

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36440.html Cricinfo

}}

Ernest Frederic Bezzant (26 October 1916 – 1 October 2002) was a New Zealand cricketer who played four first-class matches in New Zealand in the 1940s.{{cite web |title=Ernie Bezzant |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21451/21451.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 July 2021}}

Bezzant was born in Wellington and educated at Wellington College.{{cite journal |title=College Match |journal=Evening Post |date=12 December 1933 |page=3 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19331212.2.13}} He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II.{{cite journal |title=Athletic Club |journal=Ashburton Guardian |date=7 October 1943 |page=2 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19431007.2.10}}

He made his first-class debut for the Royal New Zealand Air Force cricket team in April 1943, scoring 63 and 78 out of team totals of 128 and 278.{{cite web |title=New Zealand Army v Royal New Zealand Air Force 1942-43 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17383.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 July 2021}} He played three first-class friendly matches in 1943–44, including two for Wellington, but did not reach 50 in any of them.{{cite web |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Ernie Bezzant |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21451/f_Batting_by_Season.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 July 2021}}