| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Ralph Augustus Benson |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1828 |
| Birth Place: | Hanley, Worcestershire, England |
| Death Place: | Marylebone, Middlesex, England |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year1: | 1855 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 2 |
| Bat Avg1: | 2.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 2 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 29 August |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10431.html Cricinfo |
Ralph Augustus Benson (15 October 1828 — 11 March 1886) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
The only son of Moses George Benson, he was born in October 1828 at Hanley, Worcestershire. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.
A member of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in January 1854.[2] Benson played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1855, against Oxford University at Oxford.[3] Batting once in the match, he was run out for 2 runs in the MCC first innings.[4] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Benson also played minor matches for Shropshire.[5] He held the roles of recorder of Shrewsbury from 1866 to 1879 and was a Metropolitan Police magistrate at Southwark Crown Court from 1867 to 1879.[2] He was additionally a justice of the peace for Shropshire and the Liberty of the Tower. Benson was a member of the Carlton Club.[1]
He died at his Montagu Square residence following a prolonged illness in March 1886.[6] He was married to Selina Henrietta Cockerell, daughter of the cricketer Louis Cockerell.[1] His granddaughter was the novelist and travel writer Stella Benson.