[4] In cricket, Butterworth was renowned for his fielding prowess in the position of long stop, which was an important position at the time, before the development of wicket-keeping techniques in the 1880s made it obsolete at the highest levels of the game.
[7] Before Victoria's match against the touring English team in January 1862, The Age said: "Benjamin Butterworth, as long stop, is unrivalled in the Australian colonies.
Takes the ball cleanly, throws in sharply and with certainty, and covers a great extent of ground."
[9] Two seasons later, in January 1864, he captained the Victorian XXII in a drawn match against the 1863-64 English team; he batted at No.
[3] When the first Australian cricket team toured England in 1878, he treated them to a trip up the River Thames to Windsor Castle.