| Howard Gardiner | |
| Fullname: | Howard Arthur Bruce Gardiner |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Bulawayo, Rhodesia |
| Heightft: | 6 |
| Heightinch: | 5 |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicketkeeper |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 54 |
| Runs1: | 1700 |
| Bat Avg1: | 22.97 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/7 |
| Top Score1: | 99 |
| Deliveries1: | - |
| Wickets1: | - |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 137/19 |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 11 |
| Runs2: | 124 |
| Bat Avg2: | 13.77 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 41 |
| Deliveries2: | - |
| Wickets2: | - |
| Bowl Avg2: | - |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | N/A |
| Best Bowling2: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 4/4 |
| International: | true |
| Country: | Rhodesia |
| Testdebutyear: | 1964 |
| Lasttestyear: | 1976 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5107/5107.html Cricket Archive |
| Date: | 23 October 2017 |
Howard Arthur Bruce Gardiner (3 January 1944 - 10 June 2018) was a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer and international match referee.
He played as a wicketkeeper and useful lower-order batsman for Rhodesia from 1965 to 1976. After retiring he became a match referee, beginning in an ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Singapore in 1996. He went on to referee four more ODI games as well as a Test match at Centurion in 1998.[1]
He was managing director of BOC Zimbabwe Ltd.[2]