{{short description|English sportsman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Howard Fowler | image = | country = England | fullname = Howard Fowler | birth_date = {{Birth date|1857|10|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tottenham, Middlesex, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1934|5|6|1857|10|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Burnham-on-Sea, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper | club1 = Oxford University | year1 = 1877–1880 | club2 = MCC | year2 = 1884 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 17 | runs1 = 471 | bat avg1 = 16.24 | 100s/50s1 = 0/2 | top score1 = 63 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 13/7 | date = 16 November | year = 2022 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Players/29/29508/29508.html CricketArchive }} '''Howard Fowler''' (20 October 1857 – 6 May 1934) was an English sportsman who played international rugby union for England and first-class cricket.
Fowler attended Clifton College<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. pp31/2: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948</ref> and captained their cricket XI in 1876, before going to New College, Oxford, where he studied law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/0/712.html|title=Brief profile of Howard Fowler|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> He played 15 first-class matches, as a wicket-keeper, for the university's cricket team and in both 1878 and 1879 was captain of the Oxford University RFC.
A forward, he played club rugby for Walthamstow and represented England in three Tests. He appeared against Scotland in 1878 and played against both Wales and Scotland in 1881.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/444.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match|title=Statsguru - Howard Fowler|publisher=ESPN Scrum}}</ref> He also played cricket for Essex, from 1877 to 1889, but at this point Essex fixtures were not ranked as first-class. His two other first-class matches were for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Old Oxonians.
Two of his brothers, Bill Fowler and Gerald Fowler, both played cricket for Somerset.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29508/29508.html|title=Howard Fowler|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>
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