Arthur Harold Spowers Howard (23 May 1866 – 26 March 1951) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in seven first-class matches for Wellington and Hawke's Bay between the 1895–96 season and 1905–06.Arthur Howard, CricInfo. Retrieved 24 October 2020.Arthur Howard, CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
Howard was born at Auckland in 1866, one of four sons and two daughters of Captain FW Howard, one of the earliest settlers of Auckland who had arrived in the city in the 1840s.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 71. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)Personal items, The Dominion, volume 6, issue 1621, 12 December 1912, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.)Obituary: Mrs Captain FW Howard, The Dominion, volume 3, issue 860, 5 July 1910, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.) He played cricket in the city for Auckland Cricket ClubOutdoor sports, Observer, volume XVI, issue 925, 3 October 1896, p. 9. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.)Cricket, Auckland Star, volume XXV, issue 287, 1 December 1894, p. 2 (supplement). (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.) and worked for the post office.Mainly about people, New Zealand Mail, issue 1164, 22 June 1894, p. 21. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.)
In 1894 Howard was transferred to Wellington. He played club cricket in for Rival Cricket Club. By the 1895–96 season he was club captain and a member of the committee.Rival Club, Evening Post, volume LII, issue 99, 17 September 1896, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.) He was the club's leading run scorer during the season and made his first-class debut for Wellington, playing in all four of the side's top-level matches, scoring 107 runs, including a half-century made against Canterbury on his representative debut.Rival Cricket Club, The New Zealand Times, volume LVIX, issue 2927, 17 September 1896, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.) He played a further first-class match for Wellington in 1897–98 and after transferring to work at Napier, played two top-level matches for Hawke's Bay, one in each of the 1905–06 and 1906–07 seasons.Cricket, The New Zealand Times, volume LXXVII, issue 5444, 26 November 1904, p. 15. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.)
A further transfer to Wanganui, where he was the senior mail clerk,Notes and fashions, Wanganui Chronicle, volume L, issue 12140, 12 December 1906, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.)Alleged forgery, Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, volume XXXIX, issue 10863, 31 January 1914, p. 5. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.) saw Howard captain Wanganui Cricket Club. By 1910 was the club's chairman and a delegate to the Wanganui Cricket association.Wanganui Cricket Club, Wanganui Chronicle, issue 12856, 25 September 1912, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.)Wanganui Cricket Association, Wanganui Chronicle, volume L, issue 12632, 14 October 1910, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.) In 1914 he was promoted to be chief mail clerk at Dunedin.Personal, Auckland Star, volume XLV, issue 47, 24 February 1914, p. 5. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 11 October 2024.)
Howard died at Parnell in Auckland in 1951. He was aged 84.
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