William Bonsey (cricketer)
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William Henry Bonsey (July 1818 – September 1900) was an English first-class cricketer active in 1839 who played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was born in Upton-cum-Chalvey and died in Eastbourne. He appeared in two first-class matches.[1]
He was the son of William Bonsey of Slough. A memorial in Upton-cum-Chalvey church shows that his mother Mary Sophia died in 1850.[2] His father married again, in 1852 at Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, to Mary Eliza Mason, daughter of Robert Mason of Salt Hill.[3] He died at his residence, Belle Vue, Slough, on 7 March 1867.[4]
Bonsey was educated at Eton College and became a solicitor. He spent an extended period in Australia.[5] He moved to Geelong, Victoria, Australia, where Bonsey was a police magistrate from 1853. He took part in one of the matches against the English Visiting Cricket XI, for the Geelong and Western District team, in January 1862, keeping wicket.[6][7]
Having made a voyage back to the United Kingdom in 1868, Bonsey retired as police magistrate at Geelong in 1869.[8][9]
