Stephen Howard (cricketer)
Stephen John Howard (born 7 February 1949 in Launceston, Tasmania) is a former Australian cricketer, who played for Tasmania. His career was from 1969 until 1980.
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Full name | Stephen John Howard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | 7 February 1949|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | (son)michael john howard born 24 oct 1977. (daughter) jane katherine howard born 29 sep 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1969/70–1978/79 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2011 |
His batting style was right-hand bat and his bowling style was right-arm medium.
Howard debuted for Tasmania in a limited overs match against Victoria in late November 1969 and scored 39 not out, winning the Man of the Match award.[1] His first-class debut came a month later when Tasmania played a New Zealand XI in Hobart.[2]
Stephen Howard's sole first-class century was scored for Tasmania during a match against New South Wales in Hobart during the 1976–77 season.[3] He was an opening batsman for the Tasmanian team which won the Gillette Cup in 1978–79.
Howard also played senior football with City-South in the NTFA during the late 1960s.