Bernhard Walter Bentinck (16 July 1877 – 27 June 1931) was an English

English people

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 cricketer

Cricketer

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. Bentinck was a right-handed batsman.

Bentinck represented Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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 in two first-class

First-class cricket

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 matches, one in 1900 against Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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 and his second and final first-class match in 1902 against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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.

Bentick died in Winchester

Winchester

Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...

, Hampshire

Hampshire

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 on June 27, 1931.

Family

Bentinck's brother-in-law Charles Seymour

Charles Seymour (cricketer)

Charles Read Seymour was an English cricketer. Seymour was a right-handed batsman.The son of a Reverend, Seymour was educated at Harrow, and was later educated at Merton College, Oxford, where he took his B.A. in 1877....

 represented Hampshire in first-class cricket between 1880 and 1885.

External links

• Bernhard Bentinck at Cricinfo
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• Bernhard Bentinck at CricketArchive
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