Slave plantation owner and cricket administrator (1774–1842)
Benjamin Aislabie
Mezzotint of Aislabie painted by Henry Dawe in 1838
Personal information
Full name
Benjamin Aislabie
Born
(1774-01-14)14 January 1774 Newington Green, London
Died
2 June 1842(1842-06-02) (aged 68) Regent's Park, London
Batting
Right-handed
Role
Batsman
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1808–1841
MCC
1808–1817
Surrey
1819
Hampshire
1823
Kent
1827
Sussex
FC debut
30 May 1808 MCC v Middlesex
Last FC
1 July 1841 MCC v Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition
First-class
Matches
56
Runs scored
224
Batting average
3.15
100s/50s
0/0
Top score
15*
Catches/stumpings
7/–
Source: CricInfo, 18 August 2007
Benjamin Aislabie (14 January 1774 – 2 June 1842) was an English wine merchant, slave plantation owner and cricket administrator. He was the first Honorary Secretary of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and was influential in its early development. He also played cricket between 1808 and 1841 as an amateur but was, statistically, one of the worst players on record.
BenjaminAislabie (14 January 1774 – 2 June 1842) was an English wine merchant, slave plantation owner and cricket administrator. He was the first Honorary...
Aislabie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: BenjaminAislabie (1774–1842), English cricket administrator and cricketer Francis Aislabie...
28 July 1825. 1821: Lord Strathavon 1822: Henry James Lloyd 1823: BenjaminAislabie 1824: Henry Thomas Lane 1825: Charles James Barnett 1826: Lord Frederick...
later acquired by Rawson Aislabie, a London Merchant who was a joint owner until his death, after which his son, BenjaminAislabie inherited his share of...
January 12 – William Cahoon, American politician (d. 1833) January 14 – BenjaminAislabie, cricketer (d. 1842) January 16 – Daniel Evans, Welsh Independent...
holding 43 catches. Kynaston was MCC's second Secretary, succeeding BenjaminAislabie. He tried to improve conditions for cricket's professionals but, according...
matches and is known to have also played for a side organised by BenjaminAislabie at Lord's in 1826. Little is known about Rocke's later life. In 1830...
January 12 – William Cahoon, American politician (d. 1833) January 14 – BenjaminAislabie, cricketer (d. 1842) January 16 – Daniel Evans, Welsh Independent...
match 1808 (reconstituted in 2012) Home venue Homerton History Notable players BenjaminAislabie Felix Ladbroke Thomas Vigne Lord Frederick Beauclerk...
Holt Pound, Farnham 1808 debutants included: William Ashby (Kent) BenjaminAislabie (MCC) Douglas Kinnaird (MCC) George Osbaldeston (MCC) Note that scorecards...
historian William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), classical scholar. John Aislabie (1670–1742), politician. Vincent Cable (born 1943) Nicholas Clarevaux (late...
responsibility for reminting the entire debased British coinage in 1696) and John Aislabie (who represented the October Club, a group of about 200 MPs who had agreed...
whisky (Kenneth Clarke), gin and tonic (Geoffrey Howe), brandy and water (Benjamin Disraeli and John Major), spritzer (Nigel Lawson) and sherry and beaten...
corruption on the part of many in the Cabinet. Among those implicated were John Aislabie (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), James Craggs the Elder (the Postmaster...
Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657) 1742 – John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1670) 1749 – Ambrose...
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