Alan Raymond Howard (11 December 1909 – March 1993) was an English cricketer. Howard was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
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| Full name | Alan Raymond Howard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1909 Leicester, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 1993 (aged 83) Hanworth, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Arthur Howard (father) Jack Howard brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 | Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928–1933 | Glamorgan county cricket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 June 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against Worcestershire at New Road, Worcester, in the 1927 County Championship. A semi-regular in the Glamorgan side, he made 58 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the 1933 County Championship.[1] Howard's role within the Glamorgan team was as a batsman, in that role he scored 1,181 runs in his 59 first-class matches for the county, which came at an average of 12.13, with a high score of 63.[2] One of three half centuries he made for Glamorgan, this score came against Derbyshire in 1930.[3] He also made a single first-class appearance for Wales against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1930 at Lord's.[1] In a match which Wales lost by an innings and 44 runs, Howard made scores of 6 and 22.[4]
He died in March 1993 at Hanworth, Middlesex. His father, Arthur, and brother, Jack, both played first-class cricket for Leicestershire.
References
edit- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Alan Howard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alan Howard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "Glamorgan v Derbyshire, 1930 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Wales, 1930". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
External links
edit- Alan Howard at ESPNcricinfo
- Alan Howard at CricketArchive