John Lewis Benjamin Tabart (30 November 1827 – 9 September 1894), was an English cricket player, who played five games of first-class cricket for Tasmania.
He has the distinction of having played in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia.Tasmania v Victoria 1850-51 In the extremely low-scoring match, his attacking 15 not out in the second innings, after Tasmania had lost six wickets for 15 in pursuit of 36 for victory, was crucial.Roger Page, A History of Tasmanian Cricket, Government Printer, Hobart, 1958, pp. 19-20.
John Tabart died on 9 September 1894 in Launceston, Tasmania at the age of 66.
See also List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
References
External links Cricinfo profile John Tabart at Cricket Archive