Bernard Bannon

Bernard Douglas Bannon (7 December 1874 – 18 December 1938) was an English solicitor and sportsman who played first-class cricket as an amateur for Kent County Cricket Club and Oxford University between 1895 and 1900.

Early life Bannon was born at Goudhurst in Kent, the eldest son of James Bannon, a solicitor, and his wife Kate (née Mann). He was educated at Tonbridge School between 1890 and 1894. He was Head Boy at Tonbridge in his final year and was an all-round sportsman, captaining the Cricket XI 1893–94 and the Rugby XV 1893 and was joint winner of the Athletic Points' Cup in 1894. He scored an unbeaten 153 for the Cricket XI against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1893. His profession limited his opportunities to play cricket and he made only 11 more appearances for the county, two in 1899 and nine in 1900, scoring a total of 755 runs for Kent. He was awarded his Kent cap in 1898 and made his highest score of 78 runs against Lancashire at Canterbury in the same season. Bannon never married and he died at Holloway Sanatorium near Virginia Water in Surrey in December 1938 aged 64, leaving his estate to his brother.