Thomas de Renzy Harman (3 February 1861 – 21 April 1950) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1882 to 1901. He worked as a lawyer.
Life and career
Thomas Harman was one of several sons of Richard James Strachan Harman, a leading Canterbury pioneer. He attended Christ's College, Christchurch. He worked as a solicitor, first in partnership in the firm Maude and Harman, then after 1909 on his own.[1] In 1924 he formed a partnership with his son Annesley, T. D. Harman and Son.[2] He was also a director of the Christchurch Building Society for more than 40 years.[3]
A middle-order batsman, Harman made his highest score in Canterbury's match against Wellington in 1891–92, when, captaining the team, he scored 15 and 65, Canterbury's highest score in the match.[4] His brothers Richard and Annesley also played first-class cricket for Canterbury. When the New Zealand Cricket Council was formed in 1894, Harman was elected the inaugural treasurer.[5]
Harman was a fine all-round sportsman. He played representative rugby union for Canterbury, and twice won the New Zealand men's long jump title at the national athletic championships, in 1888 and 1890.[6][7] He was one of the founders of the Christchurch Golf Club, and helped to select the site for the links; he was later a founder of the Russley Golf Club, also in Christchurch.[3]
On 17 October 1895, at St John's Church, Roslyn, Dunedin, Harman married Jenny Cook.[8] He lived all his life in Christchurch, and died there in April 1950, aged 89, survived by Jenny and two sons and a daughter.[3]
