Tom Dent (cricketer)
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| Full name | Thomas Henry Dent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
1879 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
11 September 1929 (aged 49–50) Kyogle, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1900-01 to 1901-02 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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
- ↑ "Scinde Club: The Season's Averages". Hawke's Bay Herald. XXXVI (11837). 6 May 1901. p. 4.
- ↑ "Hawke's Bay v Auckland 1900-01". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ↑ "Hawke's Bay v Wellington 1900-01". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ↑ "Canterbury v Hawke's Bay 1901-02". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ↑ "Interprovincial Match: Canterbury v Hawke's Bay". The Press. LIX (11167). 7 January 1902. p. 5.
- ↑ "Untitled". Poverty Bay Herald. XXIX (9469). 5 July 1902. p. 2.
- 1 2 "Kyogle Tragedy: Bank Manager's Death". Northern Star. 12 September 1929. p. 6.
- ↑ "Miscellaneous matches played by Tommy Dent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2015.