Tris Bennett

{{short description|English cricketer (1902–1978)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Tris Bennett

| image = Tris Bennett (3).jpg

| caption = Bennett in Jamaica in 1926

| country =

| fullname = Cecil Tristram Bennett

| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|8|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tulse Hill, London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|2|3|1902|8|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = Islington, London, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1922

| club2 = Cambridge University

| year2 = 1923–25

| club3 = Middlesex

| year3 = 1926–27

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 50

| runs1 = 1,335

| bat avg1 = 17.56

| 100s/50s1 = 0/5

| top score1 = 88

| hidedeliveries = true

| wickets1 =

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| fivefor1 =

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| best bowling1 =

| catches/stumpings1 = 43/–

| date = 4 May 2025

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/tris-bennett-9682 Cricinfo

}}

Cecil Tristram "Tris" Bennett (10 August 1902 – 3 February 1978) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex, Surrey, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Cambridge University between 1922 and 1927 as a right-handed batsman. Regarded as a brilliant slip fielder, Bennett held 43 catches in his 50 first-class matches.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27827/27827.html Tris Bennett at CricketArchive][http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9682.html Tris Bennett at ESPNcricinfo]

Bennett was educated at Harrow School, where he captained the first XI in his final year, 1921, and at Cambridge University, where he also captained the first XI in his final year, 1925. His highest first-class score was 88, when he captained Cambridge University to victory over Sussex in 1925.{{cite web |title=Sussex v Cambridge University 1925 |url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1920S/1925/ENG_LOCAL/UNIV/SUSSEX_CAMB-UNIV_UNIV_20-23JUN1925.html |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=4 May 2025}} He toured the West Indies in 1925–26 with the MCC team, but played in only four of the 12 first-class matches.[https://magazine.cricketarchive.com/Magazine/1926/vol_vii_no_1/12/index.html "The MCC Team in the West Indies"], The Cricketer, 1 May 1926, pp. 10–19.

Bennett wrote a memoir of his cricket career in the 1974 edition of Wisden, titled "When Three-Day Cricket Was Worthwhile".Tris Bennett, [http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152489.html "When three-day cricket was worthwhile"], Wisden 1974, pp. 130–34.