| Tom Dent | |
| Fullname: | Thomas Henry Dent |
| Birth Date: | 1879 |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death Date: | 11 September |
| Death Place: | Kyogle, New South Wales |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg-spin |
| Club1: | Hawke's Bay |
| Year1: | 1900-01 to 1901-02 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 5 |
| Runs1: | 122 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.42 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 56 |
| Wickets1: | 35 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 15.48 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 9/47 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/0 |
| Date: | 1 October |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36886.html Cricinfo |
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]