Tony Benneworth

{{Short description|Australian cricketer (1950–2018)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Tony Benneworth

| fullname = Anthony John Benneworth

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|12|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|3|10|1950|12|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Ansons Bay, Tasmania, Australia

| nickname =

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| club1 = Tasmania

| year1 = {{no wrap|1971–1981}}

| type1 = First-class

| debutdate1 = 22 December

| debutyear1 = 1971

| debutfor1 = Tasmania

| debutagainst1 = World XI

| lastdate1 = 24 February

| lastyear1 = 1979

| lastfor1 =
Tasmania

| lastagainst1 = New South Wales

| type2 = List A

| debutdate2 = 14 November

| debutyear2 = 1972

| debutfor2 =
Tasmania

| debutagainst2 = South Australia

| lastdate2 = 7 November

| lastyear2 = 1981

| lastfor2 = Tasmania

| lastagainst2 = Queensland

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 15

| runs1 = 580

| bat avg1 = 23.20

| 100s/50s1 = 0/3

| top score1 = 75

| deliveries1 = 2,247

| wickets1 = 26

| bowl avg1 = 38.92

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/115

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 10

| runs2 = 72

| bat avg2 = 9.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 21*

| deliveries2 = 510

| wickets2 = 9

| bowl avg2 = 31.33

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/14

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| date = 2 January

| year = 2011

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2396/2396.html CricketArchive

}}

Anthony John Benneworth (12 December 1950 – 10 March 2018){{cite web|last1=Willard|first1=Jessica|title=Two Northern Tasmanian men killed in boating tragedy|url=http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/5276471/boating-tragedy-claims-lives-of-two-great-friends/?cs=87|website=The Advocate|accessdate=11 March 2018}} was an Australian cricketer who played for Tasmania from 1971 until 1979.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/007200801091143.htm|title=Tasmanians rally behind Ponting|date=9 January 2008|work=The Hindu|accessdate=10 July 2012}} He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.

He played in Tasmania's inaugural Sheffield Shield team in 1977–78. He was the first Tasmanian to take five wickets in an innings in a Sheffield Shield match, when he took 5 for 115, as well as making 54 and 42, against South Australia in February 1978.Wisden 1979, pp. 975–1000.

Benneworth was the Liberal candidate for Bass in the 2001 federal election but lost to Labor's Michelle O'Byrne.{{cite web |title=2001 Bass |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/10822/Website/TASBASS.htm |work=Election 2001 election results |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=2024-06-10}} From 1992 to 1998 he served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/tasmania/2012/03/friday-forum-march-2-2012.html|title=Friday Forum|last=Gillman|first=Sarah|date=2 March 2012|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=10 July 2012}}{{cite Tas Parliament |id=bennewortha688 |title=Anthony John (Tony) Benneworth |access-date=26 July 2022}}

He died in a boating accident off Ansons Bay, Tasmania on 10 March 2018.