The son of The Reverend Alexander Sykes Bennett, he was born in December 1892 at
Holdenhurst, Hampshire. He was educated at
Eton College, but did not feature in the college cricket team. From there, he matriculated in 1891 to
Christ Church, Oxford. During his first year at Oxford, he was commissioned into the 4th Volunteer Battalion,
Royal Hampshire Regiment as a
second lieutenant in February 1892. Playing his
club cricket in Hampshire for the Hampshire Hogs, Described by
Wisden as a "steady bat and excellent
wicket-keeper", he scored 468 runs for Hampshire at an
average of 12.31, with a highest score of 47, which was to be his top score in first-class cricket; as a wicket-keeper, he took 22 catches and made six
stumpings. In his final season with Hampshire, Bennett also made a single appearance for the
Marylebone Cricket Club against
Oxford University at
Lord's. Bennett twice toured aboard to play first-class cricket. His first tour, in 1897, saw him
tour North America with
Pelham Warner's personal team, making two first-class appearances during the tour against the
Gentlemen of Philadelphia. His second tour abroad came after the end of his career with Hampshire, when he
captained his own team on a tour to the West Indies in early 1902; originally the team, made up entirely of
amateurs, was to be organised and captained by
H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, but he was unable to tour. Making ten first-class appearances on the tour, he scored 141 runs with a highest score of 32
not out, while as wicket-keeper he took 15 catches and made 17 stumpings. Following the tour, Bennett made a final appearance in first-class cricket for the
Gentlemen of England against Oxford University at
Oxford in 1903. His overall first-class career saw Bennett play 37 matches, scoring 683 runs at an average of 12.64, while as a wicket-keeper he took 44 catches and made 29 stumpings. ==WWI service and later life==