Norman Bennett

Norman Bennett
Personal information
Full name	Norman Osborn Bennett
Born	21 September 1922; Putney, London, England
Died	7 July 2005 (aged 82); Dinckley, Lancashire, England
Nickname	Nobby
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
1946	Worcestershire
Career statistics
Matches	1
Runs scored	10
Batting average	5.00
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	8
Balls bowled	0
Wickets	0
Bowling average	-
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	-
Catches/stumpings	1/0
	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..