| Thomas Harman | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | Thomas de Renzy Harman |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1861 |
| Birth Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Family: | R. J. S. Harman (father) Richard Harman (brother) Annesley Harman (brother) |
| Club1: | Canterbury |
| Year1: | 1882–83 to 1901–02 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 12 |
| Runs1: | 223 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.15 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/2 |
| Top Score1: | 65 |
| Deliveries1: | 56 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 27.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/1 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/– |
| Date: | 1 December 2019 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22051/22051.html CricketArchive |
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.
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.
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.[3] 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.[4]
Harman was a fine all-round sportsman. He played representative rugby union for, and twice won the New Zealand men's long jump title at the national athletic championships, in 1888 and 1890.[5] [6] 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.
On 17 October 1895, at St John's Church, Roslyn, Dunedin, Harman married Jenny Cook.[7] He lived all his life in Christchurch, and died there in April 1950, aged 89, survived by Jenny and two sons and a daughter.[8]