{{Short description|South African rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Noel Howe-Browne | image = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1884|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1943|04|03|1884|12|24|df=y}} | death_place = Morogoro, Tanganyika | height = | weight = | occupation = Barrister | school = Diocesan College | university = Oriel College, Oxford | relatives = | position = Forward | repyears1 = 1910 | repteam1 = {{nrut|South Africa}} | repcaps1 = 3 | reppoints1 = 0 }} '''Noel Richard Frank George Howe-Browne''' (24 December 1884 – 3 April 1943) was a South African barrister and international rugby union player.
Howe-Browne attended Cape Town's Diocesan College and went to Oriel College, Oxford, as a 1904 Rhodes Scholar. A two-time Oxford blue, Howe-Browne was capped as a forward for Springboks in 1910, playing three international matches against the touring British Lions. He later served on the Tanganyika Legislative Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Noel Howe-Browne |url=https://bokhist.com/PlayerData.aspx?PlayerID=377 |website=bokhist.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Springbok Results against South Africa 'A' opponents |url=http://sarugbystats.co.za/springbok-results-against-south-africa-a-opponents/ |website=SA Rugby Stats}}</ref>
==See also== *List of South Africa national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|2172}}
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