Full Name

William Ewart Benskin

Born

April 08, 1880, Spring Hill, Leicester

Died

June 01, 1956, Leicester, (aged 76y 54d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast

William Benskin was a fast-medium bowler whose first wickets in first-class cricket were a hat-trick: he finished off the Essex first innings on his debut for Leicestershire at Southend in 1906. He played 105 games in all up to 1924 for Leicestershire and, briefly, Scotland.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

William Benskin Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC1051624895479*8.3601300

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC1051574884083258/8625.873.2048.4175

Debut/Last Matches of William Benskin

FC Matches

Span
1906 - 1924

Recent Matches of William Benskin

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Leics vs Oxford Uni4* & 14*1/5724-Jun-1922LeicesterFC
Leics vs Australians0 & 24/16530-Apr-1921LeicesterFC