Richard Howitt (21 July 1864 – 10 January 1951) was an English

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from 1893 to 1901.Cricket archive Richard Howitt
Retrieved 19 October 2012 He was born at Farnsfield Grange in

in 1864.

Cricket career

Howitt made his first-class debut in a match versus the

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(MCC) in May, 1893. His top score of 119 was in a

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match for Nottinghamshire against

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in May, 1895. He died at Farndon, Nottinghamshire in 1951.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howitt, Richard 1864 births 1951 deaths Cricketers from Nottinghamshire English cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers People from Newark and Sherwood (district)