Ernest Bennett's birth was registered in Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
in the 1909 Challenge Cup Final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley, Leeds on Tuesday 20 April 1909, in front of a crowd of 23,587.
[2] Ernest Bennett played on the wing in Wakefield Trinity's 8-2 victory over Huddersfield in the 1910 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910.
[citation needed] Ernest Bennett's marriage to Mary (née Hampshire) was on 29 December 1909 in Wakefield district.
Ernest Bennett was the son of Wakefield Trinity rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s Thomas Oliver Bennett, and the maternal grandfather of the Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield Trinity rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, Donald "Don" Metcalfe.