Don Bennett (cricketer)

As a right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman, Bennett played for Middlesex County Cricket Club between 1950 and 1968, appearing in over four-hundred matches.

[2] Mike Brearley, who kept wicket for Bennett in the bowler's later years, recalled him to be a "stylish middle-order batsman and a lithe and athletic fielder.

[5] Bennett, who also played for the Marylebone Cricket Club,[6] retired in 1968 and succeeded Jack Robertson as County Coach.

His obituaries in the Daily Telegraph and The Cricketer cite the influence of his football career on his attitude to fitness.

He was awarded a Life Vice-Presidency and he began a two-year term as president at the 2007 Annual General Meeting, succeeding Charles Robins.

Kept in touch by a network of trusted informants, he criss-crossed the country, visiting schools festivals and minor counties matches.