Harry Howell (cricketer)

Harry Howell
Personal information
Full name	Henry Howell
Born	29 November 1890; Hockley, Warwickshire, England
Died	9 July 1932 (aged 41); Selly Oak, Warwickshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
International information
National side	England (1920–1924);
Test debut (cap 185)	31 December 1920 v Australia
Last Test	16 August 1924 v South Africa
Career statistics
	Source: CricInfo, 28 June 2019
Height
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Burslem Swifts
1913–1920	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1920–1921	Southampton
1921–1922	Northfleet
1922–1923	Accrington Stanley
	Mansfield Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Howell (29 November 1890 – 9 July 1932) was an English footballer and cricketer who played five cricket Test matches from 1920 to 1924. He also played professional football for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stoke, Port Vale, Southampton, Northfleet, Accrington Stanley, and Mansfield Town.

Cricket career[edit]

Born in Hockley, Warwickshire, Howell was a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman who played county cricket for Warwickshire.^[3] In 1922, he helped his side to restrict Hampshire to just 15 runs in one innings; Howell took six wickets for just seven runs.^[4] He took 152 first-class wickets in the 1923 season, including the first ten-wicket haul in an innings for a Warwickshire bowler.^[5]

He played five Tests for England. His first Test was at the MCG during England's 1920–21 Ashes series with Australia. His last Test appearance was in August 1924 at The Oval against South Africa. He took seven wickets in his Test career.^[3] His younger brother Albert also played for Warwickshire between 1919 and 1922.

Football career[edit]

Howell played for Burslem Swifts and Wolverhampton Wanderers during World War I, as well as guesting for both Stoke and Port Vale.^[6] At Stoke he played in the 1916–17 and 1917–18 seasons, where he made 57 appearances, scoring 42 goals.^[7] He scored a hat-trick past Manchester City in a 5–0 win at the Victoria Ground on 9 April 1917, and then again hit a hat-trick in a 9–0 home win over Burnley on 16 March 1918. Despite only being a guest, he was Port Vale's top-scorer during the 1918–19 season with nine goals in eleven appearances.^[6]

He returned to "Wolves" in the summer of 1919, and later was signed to Southampton (without making any first-team appearances), Northfleet, Accrington Stanley (on trial) and Mansfield Town. He made a total of 38 Football League appearances with Wolves and three with Accrington Stanley.^[1]

Howell died 9 July 1932 in Selly Oak, Birmingham.

Football career statistics[edit]

Source:^[8]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1913–14	Second Division	15	0	3	2	18	2
	1914–15	Second Division	12	4	0	0	12	4
	1919–20	Second Division	11	2	0	0	11	2
	Total		38	6	3	2	41	8
Southampton	1920–21	Third Division South	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accrington Stanley	1922–23	Third Division North	3	0	0	0	3	0
Career total			41	6	3	2	44	8

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Wolverhampton Wanderers". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b Harry Howell stats at cricinfo
^ "County Championship at Birmingham, Jun 14-16 1922". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Poacher-turned-gamekeeper". ESPN Cricinfo. 24 May 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 144. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ Harry Howell at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links[edit]

Media related to Harry Howell (cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons

[joyce-1] Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.

[height-2] "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Wolverhampton Wanderers". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[cricinfo-3] Harry Howell stats at cricinfo

[4] "County Championship at Birmingham, Jun 14-16 1922". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[5] "Poacher-turned-gamekeeper". ESPN Cricinfo. 24 May 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

[kent-6] Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 144. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-7] Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

[8] Harry Howell at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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