He made his first-class debut for the county in August 1937 against Gloucestershire at Dover, going on to make 83 first-class appearances for Kent, playing regularly after his first season.Norman Harding, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-10-23. During World War II Harding played some club cricket in the Lancashire League for Rishton Cricket Club in 1941 and appeared for an Anti-Aircraft Command side and an England XI in 1943. He made three appearances for Berkshire in matches during 1945 and played for an Under 33s side in one of the eleven first-class matches possible in England after the end of the war before rejoining Kent in 1946.
