| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Alan Raymond Howard |
| Birth Date: | 1909 12, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Death Date: | March 1993 (aged 83) |
| Death Place: | Hanworth, Middlesex, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm medium |
| Family: | Arthur Howard (father) Jack Howard brother |
| Club1: | Wales |
| Year1: | 1930 |
| Club2: | Glamorgan county cricket |
| Year2: | 1928 - 1933 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 60 |
| Runs1: | 1,181 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.17 |
| 100S/50S1: | - /3 |
| Top Score1: | 63 |
| Deliveries1: | 108 |
| Wickets1: | - |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 35/ - |
| Date: | 20 June |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14281.html Cricinfo |
Alan Raymond Howard (11 December 1909 - March 1993) was an English cricketer. Howard was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
Howard made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against Worcestershire at New Road, Worcester, in the 1927 County Championship. A semi-regular in the Glamorgan side, he made 58 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the 1933 County Championship.[1] Howard's role within the Glamorgan team was as a batsman, in that role he scored 1,181 runs in his 59 first-class matches for the county, which came at an average of 12.13, with a high score of 63.[2] One of three half centuries he made for Glamorgan, this score came against Derbyshire in 1930.[3] He also made a single first-class appearance for Wales against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1930 at Lord's.[1] In a match which Wales lost by an innings and 44 runs, Howard made scores of 6 and 22.[4]
He died in March 1993 at Hanworth, Middlesex. His father, Arthur, and brother, Jack, both played first-class cricket for Leicestershire.