Tom Dent
Personal information
Full name
Thomas 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

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] While working at Lismore, he married Mary McDonough there in 1908.[8] He continued to play cricket until his death, appearing with success for district representative sides.[9]

In 1929, after suffering from severe influenza and consequent depression, he shot himself. He was survived by his wife and their two children.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Scinde Club: The Season's Averages". Hawke's Bay Herald. Vol. XXXVI, no. 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. Vol. LIX, no. 11167. 7 January 1902. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "Untitled". Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XXIX, no. 9469. 5 July 1902. p. 2.
  7. 1 2 "Kyogle Tragedy: Bank Manager's Death". Northern Star. 12 September 1929. p. 6.
  8. ↑ "Dent-McDonough". Northern Star: 3. 7 September 1908.
  9. ↑ "Miscellaneous matches played by Tommy Dent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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