William Peter Howell (29 December 1869 – 14 July 1940) was an Australian

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er who played in 18 Test matches between 1898 and 1904. Howell was born at Penrith, New South Wales in 1869. He made his Test debut against

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in January 1898. He toured England in 1899 and 1902, and South Africa in 1902, playing in a total of 18 Tests. During the 1899 tour he took all ten wickets in a tour match against Surrey during Australia's 1899 tour of England, after which he became a regular member the tour XI.Bill Howell
CricInfo. Retrieved 10 September 2022. In 1902 Tom Dickson convened a meeting of local cricketers at the Commercial Hotel in Penrith which formed the Nepean District Cricket Association. Locally, Howell took ten wickets for ten runs in one match, and in another hit seven sixes from a seven ball over. A tall and well built man, Howell turned the ball effectively at a medium pace and bowled to a good length. On the matting wickets in South Africa, he turned the ball sharply in 1902 when

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led the Australian team to success, taking 14 wickets at 12.42 in the two games he played. While overseas in 1902, his parents, George and Hannah Howell ('' née'' Colless) died within days of each other. They owned two farms valued at £1,165. After his retirement from international cricket Bill Howell returned to one farm at Castlereagh, while his brother Athol took up the adjoining farm. In 1899, Bill married Neva, the daughter of James and Sarah Hunter of Emu Plains. Howell died at

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. In 1957, the cricket oval at

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was named after him.

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