Harry Topham

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Harry Topham (February 17, 1862 — February 28, 1925) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who played for Derbyshire during the 1881 season.

Topham, the son of a reverend, was educated at Repton, and became a member of their cricketing eleven between 1878 and 1881. He made his debut in First Class cricket for Derbyshire in August 1881, but did not appear again for the county. He went to Jesus College, Cambridge, and played fifteen games for Cambridge University. Following his exit from University, Topham took Holy Orders and became curate of a church in Greenwich, moving to four further churches before becoming rector of a church in Yorkshire, where he remained between 1903 and his death.

Topham's best bowling figures during his career were 7-62, achieving one ten-wicket match during his first-class career. Topham was born in Ladbroke, Warwickshire and died in Middleham, Yorkshire at the age of 63.