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Benjamin Birdsall Wilson was an English first-class cricketer, who played 185 games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1906 and 1914. Known as "Benny", he was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire. He was a right-handed batsman who scored 8,053 first-class runs at 27.20, with a highest score of 208, one of four centuries he made against Sussex. He accumulated a total of fourteen centuries along with 35 fifties in his career, complemented by 53 catches in the field. Additionally, he achieved two first-class wickets at an average of 139.00 each. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI from 1902 to 1911, and for H. Hayley's XI in 1906.