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Australian cricketer
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Birth:
11 January 1901(Killarney, Australia)
Death:
24 March 1980
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Biography
Eric Charles Bensted (11 February 1901 – 24 March 1980) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Queensland from 1923 to 1936.
Bensted, an all-rounder, was the first Queensland player to play in 50 Sheffield Shield matches. His highest score was 155 againstNew South Wales in 1934-35, when he and Cassie Andrews added 335 in 239 minutes for the seventh wicket after Queensland were 6 for 113. They set an Australian seventh-wicket record that stood until 2014.