Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
6th, 7th, 8th & 9th August 2026
Lot 275
Estimate: £130/160
William Peter Howell. New South Wales & Australia 1894-1905. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Howell, head and shoulders, wearing three piece suit and tie c1899. The cabinet card photograph by T. Bolland of London. The card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Minor wear to card corners and top edge otherwise in very good condition
Bill Howell is listed as player/cap number seventy seven in the list of Australian Test players and he played his first Test match for Australia against England at Adelaide in January 1898. He toured England on three occasions with the Australian team in 1899, 1902 & 1905, South Africa in 1902/03 and New Zealand in 1904/05. He played in eighteen Test matches for Australia and was a medium pace bowler taking all ten wickets for twenty eight runs versus Surrey in 1899