Norman Bennett
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Full name | Norman Osborn Bennett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Putney, London, England | 21 September 1922||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 July 2005 Dinckley, Lancashire, England | (aged 82)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Nobby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1946 | Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 December 2008 |
Norman Osborn Bennett (21 September 1922 – 7 July 2005), sometimes known as Nobby, was an English sportsman. He played rugby union for England,[1] and played one game of first-class cricket, an unsuccessful outing for Worcestershire against the Combined Services in 1946.[2]
He was educated at Epsom College and St Mary's Hospital.[1] His parents were Norman And Katherine Bennett. His father ran a large milk delivery company in the south London area. He had three siblings, Elizabeth, Audrey and June. He qualified as a doctor from St Maryshospital in London and served in the Royal Navy in the late 1940s as a doctor. He played rugby for England several times in the 1947 season and also for the Royal Navy and United Services. He married Rosalie, the daughter of a doctor in Wigan and settled in there as a GP. He and Rosalie had three children and currently has four grandchildren. After retiring from the NHS he lived in the Ribble valley and farmed a small farm on the Ribble. His cousin farms in Worcester which is the base for the Bennett family..
Notes
- ^ a b "Players and Officials - Nobby Bennett". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
- ^ "Worcestershire v Combined Services in 1946". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
References
- Norman Bennett at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Norman Bennett at ESPNcricinfo