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| Full name | Stephen John Howard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1949 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969/70–1978/79 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen John Howard (born 7 February 1949) is a former Australian cricketer who played for Tasmania from 1969 until 1980.
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, Howard debuted for Tasmania in the first List A cricket match played in Australia. On the losing side against Victoria in late November 1969 he scored 39 not out, winning Australia's first man of the match award. His first-class debut came a month later when Tasmania played a New Zealand XI in Hobart.
Howard's sole first-class century was scored for Tasmania during a match against New South Wales in Hobart during the 1976–77 season. He went to the wicket with the score at 3 for 8 and made 111 out of a team total of 227. He was a member of Tasmania's inaugural Sheffield Shield team in October 1977. He was an opening batsman for the Tasmanian team that won the Gillette Cup in 1978–79. In 1979 he played a season as the professional for Nelson in the Lancashire League.
Howard also played senior Australian rules football with City-South in the NTFA during the late 1960s.