Christopher Howland

Christopher Burfield Howland (6 February 1936 – 14 May 2010) was an English amateur cricketer who mainly played for Cambridge University Cricket Club. He was a wicket-keeper who played for a number of amateur teams and worked in the City of London.

Christopher Howland
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Burfield Howland
Born(1936-02-06)6 February 1936
Whitstable, Kent
Died14 May 2010(2010-05-14) (aged 74)
Farnborough, London
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958–1960Cambridge University
1960Sussex
1965Kent
FC debut19 May 1956 Combined Services
 v Glamorgan
Last FC7 September 1968 MCC v Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 64
Runs scored 1,629
Batting average 16.96
100s/50s 1/5
Top score 124
Balls bowled 12
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 130/21
Source: CricInfo, 7 November 2017

Early life

Howland was born in Whitstable in Kent in 1936 and educated at Dulwich College and Clare College, Cambridge.[1][2] He played cricket for his school, for Beckenham Cricket Club and, in 1955, for the Kent Second XI before serving in the British Army on National Service. He made his first-class cricket debut for the Combined Services team whilst in the Army, playing against Glamorgan in May 1956 and played in two other non-first-class matches for the Army side.[3]

University and cricket

After going up to Cambridge University in 1957, Howland played for the University cricket team for three years, making a total of 48 first-class appearances for the side.[3] He captained the team in his final year and gained his Blue in 1958, playing in all three University Matches against Oxford whilst he was a student.[4] He toured South America with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1958/59 and Canada with the club in 1959[3][5] and played for the Gentlemen against the Players in 1959.[4]

In 1960 he played in four first-class matches for Sussex County Cricket Club after graduating, but his career in the City meant that he was unable to commit to playing cricket at first-class level, although he remained a keen club player and appeared in six first-class matches for MCC between 1961 and 1968 and two for Free Foresters in 1961.[3][4] He played twice for Kent County Cricket Club in 1965 and made his last first-class appearance against Ireland in Dublin in 1968.[3]

Later life

Howland was the Chairman of the Lord's Taverners in 1978–79 and served on a number of committees at Lord's.[4] His brother, Peter Howland, also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1969.[4]

In 1983 Howland joined the fledgling cable television sports channel Screensport as marketing director.[6] He died in Farnborough in 2010 aged 74.[2]

References

  1. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1959, p. 291.
  2. Chris Howland, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  3. Christopher Howland, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-11-12. (subscription required)
  4. Howland, Christopher Burfield, Obituaries in 2010, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2011. (Available online. Retrieved 2017-11-10.)
  5. Silk D (1960) MCC in Canada 1959, in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1960. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  6. Sport cable group gets two major U.S. investors, The Stage, 30 December 1983, p.12.
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