Henry Howell (29 November 1890 – 9 July 1932) was an English

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and

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er who played five cricket Test matches from 1920 to 1924. He also played professional football for

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, Stoke, Port Vale,

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, and

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Cricket career

Born in Hockley, Warwickshire, Howell was a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman who played county cricket for

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.Harry Howell stats at cricinfo
/ref> In 1922, he helped his side to restrict

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to just 15 runs in one innings; Howell took six wickets for just seven runs. He took 152 first-class wickets in the 1923 season, including the first ten-wicket haul in an innings for a Warwickshire bowler. He played five Tests for

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. 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

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against

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. He took seven wickets in his Test career. His younger brother Albert also played for Warwickshire between 1919 and 1922.

Football career

Howell played for Burslem Swifts and

during

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, as well as guesting for both Stoke and Port Vale. At Stoke he played in the 1916–17 and 1917–18 seasons, where he made 57 appearances, scoring 42 goals. He scored a

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past

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in a 5–0 win at the

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on 9 April 1917, and then again hit a hat-trick in a 9–0 home win over

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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. He returned to "Wolves" in the summer of 1919. He later was signed to

(without making any first-team appearances),

(on trial) and

. He made a total of 38

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appearances with Wolves and three with Accrington Stanley. Howell died on 9 July 1932 in

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, Birmingham.

Football career statistics

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