{{Short description|English cricketer (1974–2012)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Edward Joseph How | birth_date = 16 May 1974 | birth_place = Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|3|28|1974|5|16|df=y}} | death_place = Val-d'Isère, Savoie, France | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Left-arm medium-fast | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1995–1997 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 14 | runs1 = 7 | bat avg1 = 1.40 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 7* | deliveries1 = 1,774 | wickets1 = 13 | bowl avg1 = 88.07 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 5/59 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 2 May | year = 2021 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14376.html Cricinfo }}
'''Edward Joseph How''' (16 May 1974 – 28 March 2012) was an English first-class cricketer, banker, and educator.
How was born in Amersham in May 1974. He was educated at Dr. Challoner's Grammar School before going up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Player profile: Ed How |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11976/11976.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2021-05-02 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1995 and 1997, making fourteen appearances.<ref>{{cite web |title=Player profile: Edward How |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11976/First-Class_Matches.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2021-05-02 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> A largely ineffective left-arm medium-fast bowler against first-class county opponents, he took 13 wickets at an average of 88.07.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Ed How |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11976/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2021-05-02 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> His one bowling performance of note came against Kent in 1997, with figures of 5 for 59. He also played football for Cambridge University A.F.C., earning a football blue.<ref name="OBIT2">{{cite web |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 2012 |date=3 March 2014 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/720793.html |access-date=2021-05-02 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
After graduating from Cambridge, How worked in the City of London for Deutsche Bank, becoming a vice president at the bank. He then changed careers, becoming a chemistry teacher at Charterhouse School, where he also coached cricket and football.<ref name="OBIT2">{{cite web |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 2012 |date=3 March 2014 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/720793.html |access-date=2021-05-02 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> How was killed in an off-piste skiing accident at Val-d'Isère in France on 28 March 2012, having fallen {{convert|200|m|ft}} to his death. He was survived by his wife and child.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Ben |date=2012-03-29 |title=Charterhouse teacher Ed How killed in Val D'Isere skiing accident |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/charterhouse-teacher-ed-how-killed-val-d-isere-skiing-accident-7600625.html |accessdate=2021-05-02}}</ref>
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