Tom Dent (cricketer)

Thomas Henry Dent (1879 – 11 September 1929) was an Australian cricketer and banker who played first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay in New Zealand in 1901 and 1902.

Tom Dent
Personal information
Full nameThomas Henry Dent
Born1879
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died11 September 1929 (aged 49–50)
Kyogle, New South Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1900-01 to 1901-02Hawke's Bay
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 122
Batting average 17.42
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 56
Balls bowled
Wickets 35
Bowling average 15.48
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 9/47
Catches/stumpings 4/0
Source: Cricinfo, 1 October 2015

Playing for Scinde in Napier club cricket in 1900-01, Dent took 67 wickets with his leg-spin at an average of 7.36.[1] He played his first first-class match for Hawke's Bay in January 1901, taking 5 for 46 and 3 for 60 in an innings victory over Auckland.[2] In his next match three months later, against Wellington, he took 9 for 47 and 3 for 63. The match finished in a draw with Hawke's Bay, needing 132 for victory, 123 for 8 at stumps on the second and final day.[3]

He played his fifth and last match for Hawke's Bay in January 1902, taking 3 for 66 and 5 for 87 and scoring 56 and 30 not out in a six-wicket victory over Canterbury.[4] He and the Hawke's Bay coach Albert Trott (who took 7 for 58 and 4 for 93 and scored 68 and 80 not out) bowled unchanged throughout both innings except for one over by a third bowler to enable them to change ends.[5]

He moved to Sydney in July 1902 to work for the Bank of New South Wales.[6] Starting as a clerk, he was appointed branch manager at Bangalow on the northern New South Wales coast, then transferred inland to Kyogle to manage the branch there.[7] He continued to play cricket until his death, appearing with success for district representative sides.[8]

In 1929, after suffering from severe influenza and consequent depression, he shot himself. He left a wife and two children.[7]

References
  1. "Scinde Club: The Season's Averages". Hawke's Bay Herald. XXXVI (11837). 6 May 1901. p. 4.
  2. "Hawke's Bay v Auckland 1900-01". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  3. "Hawke's Bay v Wellington 1900-01". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. "Canterbury v Hawke's Bay 1901-02". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. "Interprovincial Match: Canterbury v Hawke's Bay". The Press. LIX (11167). 7 January 1902. p. 5.
  6. "Untitled". Poverty Bay Herald. XXIX (9469). 5 July 1902. p. 2.
  7. "Kyogle Tragedy: Bank Manager's Death". Northern Star. 12 September 1929. p. 6.
  8. "Miscellaneous matches played by Tommy Dent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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