Ben Dwyer was the great-grandson of Michael Dwyer, who was transported to Australia after the Irish insurrection of 1798.
A hard hitting right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler he played 61 matches between 1904 and 1909. He scored 986 runs at 11.88 and took 179 wickets at 27.94 runs each. His best bowling performance was against Derbyshire at Hove in 1906 when he took 9 for 35.