deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings family year birth_date tenfor death_place club fivefor name fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
4 9 july 1894 1 1 / & ndash ; tom tabart -lrb- nephew -rrb- 1850/51 & ndash ; 1857/58 2011 30 november 1827 & ndash ; launceston , tasmania , australia tasmania & ndash ; john tabart john lewis benjamin tabart st pancras , london , england first-class http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7910.html cricinfo 1827 11 30 yes 80 & ndash ; & ndash ; / & ndash ; 5 john tabart

john tabart

john lewis benjamin tabart -lrb- born 30 november 1827 in st pancras , london , england -rrb- , was an english cricket player , who played five games for tasmania .
he has the distinction of having played in the first ever first-class cricket match in australia .
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 .
john tabart died on 9 september 1894 in launceston , tasmania at the age of 66 .
