Howard (Kent cricketer)
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Howard was an English cricket
er who played for Kent
during the 1740s.
v Long Robin's XI
at the Artillery Ground
on Wednesday, 26 June 1745, his team losing by over 70 runs.
Five years passed before he is mentioned again in the Kent v Surrey match at Dartford Brent
on Friday, 6 July 1750. Howard then played for Kent in the two matches against All-England
in May 1751. The final mention of him is on Tuesday, 30 June 1752, when he and John Mansfield were given men for Bromley
v London
at Bromley Common
.
As Howard had established his reputation by 1745, he must have been active for some years previously. His career spanned the 1740s and 1750s. Very few players were mentioned by name in contemporary reports.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played for Kent
Kent county cricket teams
Kent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
during the 1740s.
Career
Howard is mentioned in reports from 1745 to 1752. The first was his appearance for R Newland's XIRichard Newland
Richard Newland was an English cricketer in the mid-Georgian period who played for Slindon Cricket Club and Sussex under the patronage of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond. He also represented various All-England teams...
v Long Robin's XI
Robert Colchin
Robert "Long Robin" Colchin was a highly influential professional English cricketer of the mid-Georgian period at a time when the single wicket version of the game was popular.-Cricket career:...
at the Artillery Ground
Artillery Ground
The Artillery Ground in Finsbury is one of London's most centrally located cricket grounds, situated just off the City Road immediately north of the City of London...
on Wednesday, 26 June 1745, his team losing by over 70 runs.
Five years passed before he is mentioned again in the Kent v Surrey match at Dartford Brent
Dartford Brent
Dartford Brent was an extensive area of common land on the outskirts of Dartford in Kent. In history, it was the scene of a confrontation between King Henry VI and Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York in 1452; and in 1555 thousands of spectators were to witness the burning to death at the stake of...
on Friday, 6 July 1750. Howard then played for Kent in the two matches against All-England
All-England Eleven
In cricket, the term All-England has been used for various non-international teams that have been formed for short-term purposes since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county team...
in May 1751. The final mention of him is on Tuesday, 30 June 1752, when he and John Mansfield were given men for Bromley
Bromley Cricket Club
Bromley Cricket Club was one of the strongest English cricket clubs in the mid-18th century when its team was led by Robert Colchin aka "Long Robin".-Earliest mentions:...
v London
London Cricket Club
The original London Cricket Club was formed by 1722 and was one of the foremost clubs in English cricket over the next four decades. It is closely associated with the Artillery Ground, where it played most of its home matches.-Early history of London cricket:...
at Bromley Common
Bromley Common
Bromley Common is the area centered around the road of the same name, stretching between Masons Hill at the south end of Bromley and Hastings Road, Locksbottom. Part of the A21...
.
As Howard had established his reputation by 1745, he must have been active for some years previously. His career spanned the 1740s and 1750s. Very few players were mentioned by name in contemporary reports.
External links
Further reading
- F S Ashley-Cooper, At the Sign of the Wicket: Cricket 1742-1751, Cricket Magazine, 1900
- G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
- Timothy J McCannTimothy J McCannTimothy J. McCann has been an archivist at the West Sussex Record Office in Chichester since 1967. He has written several books about the history of Sussex including a classic work on cricket: Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century...
, Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century, Sussex Record Society, 2004 - H T WaghornH T WaghornHenry Thomas Waghorn , was a cricket statistician and historian. He is best known for his two classic researches into cricket's early history: The Dawn of Cricket and Cricket Scores: 1730 - 1773....
, Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730-1773), Blackwood, 1899 - H T WaghornH T WaghornHenry Thomas Waghorn , was a cricket statistician and historian. He is best known for his two classic researches into cricket's early history: The Dawn of Cricket and Cricket Scores: 1730 - 1773....
, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906