Hedley Howarth

Hedley John Howarth (25 December 1943 – 7 November 2008^[1]) was an international cricketer who played 30 Tests and nine One Day Internationals for New Zealand. The elder brother of Geoff Howarth, former New Zealand captain, he was born and died in Auckland.

Biography

Howarth was an orthodox left-arm bowler who made his first class debut in 1962. Between the years 1969 and 1977, Howarth played 30 tests for New Zealand, capturing a total 86 wickets at an average of 36.95. Justin Vaughan chief executive of New Zealand Cricket credited Howarth with playing a significant role in New Zealand's international cricket history, crediting Howarth's "five-wicket bag against India at Nagpur in 1969 was a match winner that helped give New Zealand its first ever test win on the sub-continent".^[2] India were chasing 277 in the fourth innings but it was Howarth's 5 for 34 that gave New Zealand the lead, highlighted by a catch off his own bowling, ending a 167-run win. Howarths's other five-wicket haul was in a Test against the Pakistan national cricket team in Karachi, when he picked up 5 for 80 .^[1]

Howarth was a part of the New Zealand national cricket team that played in the 1975 Cricket World Cup in England, making it to the tournament semi-finals.

March 1977 marked his retirement from Test cricket.^[3] After retiring, Howarth devoted his time to his family's fishing business, Kia Ora Fisheries, later Kia Ora Seafoods.^[4][5]

Howarth died at age 64 on 7 November 2008. A cause of death was not initially disclosed,^[3] though Howarth had been battling cancer for some time.^[4]

References

v t e New Zealand squad – 1975 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 Turner (c) 2 Cairns 3 Collinge 4 BG Hadlee 5 DR Hadlee 6 RJ Hadlee 7 Hastings 8 GP Howarth 9 HJ Howarth 10 McKechnie 11 Morrison 12 Parker 13 Wadsworth (wk)