Harry Howell (cricketer)

Personal information
Full name	Henry Howell
Date of birth	29 November 1890
Place of birth	Hockley, West Midlands, England
Date of death	9 July 1932 (aged 41)
Place of death	Selly Oak, Warwickshire, England
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

Harry Howell
Cricket information
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm fast
International information
National side	England;
Career statistics
	Source: [1]

Henry Howell (29 November 1890 – 9 July 1932), known as "Harry", was an English footballer and cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1920 to 1924. He also played professional football for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stoke, Port Vale, Southampton, Northfleet, Accrington Stanley, and Mansfield Town.

Cricket career

Born in Hockley, Warwickshire, Howell was a right-handed fast bowler and right-handed batsman who played county cricket for Warwickshire.^[1] In 1922, he helped his side to restrict Hampshire to just 15 runs in one innings; Howell personally took six wickets from just seven runs. He took 152 first-class wickets in the 1923 season.

He made five appearances in Tests for the England cricket team, with his first match at the MCG during England's 1920–21 Ashes series with Australia. His last England Test appearance was in August 1924 at The Oval against South Africa. He took a total of seven wickets in his Test career.^[1] His younger brother Albert also played for Warwickshire between 1919 and 1922.

Football career

Howell played for Burslem Swifts and Wolverhampton Wanderers during World War I, as well as guesting for both Stoke and Port Vale.^[3] At Stoke he played in the 1916–17 and 1917–18 seasons, where he made 57 appearances, scoring 42 goals.^[4] 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.^[3]

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.^[2]

Howell died 9 July 1932 in Selly Oak, Birmingham.

Statistics

Sourced from Harry Howell at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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

^ ^a ^b Harry Howell stats at cricinfo
^ ^a ^b ^c Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
^ ^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.

External links

First-Class Bowling in each season

[cricinfo-1] Harry Howell stats at cricinfo

[joyce-2] Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.

[kent-3] Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 144. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-4] Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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