William Bonsey

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. Life 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. His father married again, in 1852 at Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone, to Mary Eliza Mason, daughter of Robert Mason of Salt Hill. He died at his residence, Belle Vue, Slough, on 7 March 1867. Bonsey was educated at Eton College and became a solicitor. He spent an extended period in Australia. 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. Having made a voyage back to the United Kingdom in 1868, Bonsey retired as police magistrate at Geelong in 1869.