Thomas Howarth (10 May 1845 – 12 October 1897) was an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

er who played for

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in 1873. Howarth was born in Glossop,

and became a cotton weaver. He played for Derbyshire in the 1873 season in one first-class match against

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in August, scoring seven runs in the two innings. He played for his Glossop club and in 1874 in a match against the United South of England Eleven was bowled out in turn by

W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He played first-class cricket for a record-equal ...

and James Lillywhite.Thomas Haworth at Cricket Archive
/ref> Howarth died in Fylde,

at the age of 52.

References

1845 births 1897 deaths People from Glossop Cricketers from Derbyshire English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1840s-stub