Arthur Howes (footballer)

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Arthur Howes
Personal information
Full name Arthur Howes[1]
Date of birth (1876-10-09)9 October 1876
Place of birth Leicester, England
Date of death 1950 (aged 73–74)[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
189?–1896 Leicester Waverley
1896–1897 Leicester Fosse 12 (0)
1897–1898 Reading
1898 Lincoln City 0 (0)
1898–1899 Leicester Fosse 3 (0)
1899–1900 Brighton United
1900–1902 Dundee 17 (0)
1902–1904 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 (0)
1904–1907 Queens Park Rangers 49 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Howes (9 October 1876 – 1950) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Leicester Fosse and in the Scottish League for Dundee. He also played Southern League football for Reading, Brighton United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Queens Park Rangers.

Life and career[edit]

Arthur Howes was born on 9 October 1876 in Leicester,[1] where he played football for the Waverley club before signing for Leicester Fosse of the Football League Second Division in September 1896.[3] He played 12 league matches before moving on to Reading of the Southern League, and after a trial with Football League club Lincoln City, rejoined Leicester Fosse for another three appearances.[3] He returned to the Southern League in 1899 with Brighton United,[4] under the management of former Leicester Fosse trainer John Jackson. Although Tommy Spicer was first-choice goalkeeper,[2] Howes made 11 appearances in all competitions before the club folded in March 1900.[2]

He then went to Scotland where he signed for Dundee as cover for Tom Stewart.[5] In his first season, he kept goal for Dundee 'A', helping them win the 1900–01 Northern League title. Dundee 'A' finished level on points with Orion and the title was decided in a play-off;[6] Dundee 'A' won 3–0, although Stewart was brought in to keep goal in place of Howes.[7] In his second, he made his first-team debut on the opening day of the 1901–02 Division One season, in a 1–1 draw away against Celtic, and missed only one match thereafter.[8] He was reported to have suffered with nerves while with Dundee,[9] and a 1921 retrospective of a match in which he played described him as having "had his very bad days and his really brilliant outings."[10]

Howes returned to England and spent two seasons with Brighton & Hove Albion. In the first, he shared goalkeeping duties with Squire Whitehurst as Albion gained promotion to the Southern League First Division, but Howes' experience was preferred at the higher level, and he missed only one match in 1903–04.[11] Despite having gained a reputation as "one of the best custodians in the South",[12] he was released at the end of that season,[2] and in November 1904 joined another Southern League club, Queens Park Rangers.[12] He and Harry Collins shared the goalkeeper position for the rest of the 1904–05 season,[13] and after Collins left for Everton, Howes shared the role with former England international Matt Kingsley.[14] He was undisputed first choice in the 1906–07 campaign until Rangers signed Ike Webb from Sunderland in March 1907. Webb played out the season,[15][16] and Howes retired from professional football in the 1907 close season because of injury.[17]

Howes died in 1950.[1]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1896–97[1] Second Division 10 0 0 0 — 10 0
1897–98[1] Second Division 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 12 0 0 0 — 12 0
Reading 1897–98 Southern League Division One
Leicester Fosse 1898–99[1] Second Division 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Brighton United 1911–12[18] Southern League Division One 11 0
Dundee 1900–01[8] Scottish Division One 0 0 0 0 0 0
1897–98[8] Scottish Division One 17 0 3 0 20 0
Total 17 0 3 0 20 0
Brighton & Hove Albion 1902–03[19] Southern League Division Two 2 0 3 0 10[b] 0 15 0
1903–04[19] Southern League Division One 33 0 1 0 — 34 0
Total 35 0 4 0 10 0 49 0
Queens Park Rangers 1904–05[13] Southern League Division One 11 0 1 0 8[c] 0 20 0
1905–06[14] Southern League Division One 12 0 1 0 10[d] 0 23 0
1906–07[15] Southern League Division One 26 0 2 0 10[e] 0 38 0
Total 49 0 4 0 28 0 81 0
Career total 117 0 11 0 38 0 177 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in South-Eastern League
  3. ^ Six appearances in Western League Division One, two in Southern Professional Charity Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in Western League Division One
  5. ^ Eight appearances in Western League Division One, two in Southern Professional Charity Cup

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Player search: Howes, A (Arthur)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Carder & Harris (1997), p. 118.
  3. ^ a b "Arthur Howes". Foxes Talk. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Brighton United". Athletic News. Manchester. 28 August 1899. Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via PlayUpLiverpool.com.
  5. ^ "Getting into harness. Dundee". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. 10 August 1900. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Football. Dundee A v. Montrose". The Courier. Dundee. 15 May 1902. p. 3.
  7. ^ "Northern League Championship. Orion v. Dundee A". Aberdeen Journal. 20 May 1901. p. 7.
  8. ^ a b c "Arthur Howes Player Profile". The Dee Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Racy football chat". Evening Post. Dundee. 27 January 1904. p. 5. Arthur Howes, the ex-Dundee goalkeeper, is playing a wonderfully good game for Brighton and Hove Albion at present. The Leicester man would have been in the first flight of goalkeepers had he not been troubled with nerves.
  10. ^ "Closure applied too soon. Parallel to incident at Dundee–Rangers game". The Courier. Dundee. 8 November 1921. p. 2.
  11. ^ Carder & Harris (1997), pp. 118, 255.
  12. ^ a b "World of sport". Evening News. Portsmouth. 9 November 1904. p. 6.
  13. ^ a b Westerberg, Kenneth. "1904–05". QPRnet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  14. ^ a b Westerberg, Kenneth. "1905–06". QPRnet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  15. ^ a b Westerberg, Kenneth. "1906–07". QPRnet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Q.P. Rangers' new goalkeeper". Athletic News. Manchester. 11 March 1907. p. 6. Queen's Park Rangers have signed on another goalkeeper, and Howes, the old Brighton man, will take a rest.
  17. ^ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1907–08". QPRnet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  18. ^ Carder & Harris (1997), p. 327.
  19. ^ a b Carder & Harris (1997), p. 110.

Sources[edit]

  • Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
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