Eric Charles Bensted (11 February 1901 – 24 March 1980) was a

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er who played

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for

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from 1923 to 1936. Bensted, an

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, was the first Queensland player to play in 50

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matches. His highest score was 155 against New 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.

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