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Rab
Howell |
Sheffield United
AFC, Liverpool FC
2 caps, 1 goal
P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F
11:
A 1
100% successful
1895-99
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Profile |
|
Full name |
Raby Howell |
|
Born |
12 October 1867, allegedly in a romani caravan, Wincobank, Sheffield, Yorkshire [registered in
Ecclesall Bierlow, December 1867]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871
census, Rabbi is the sixth child of eight to Thomas and Elizabeth. They're
living in Stock's Hill in Ecclesfield. His father is an agricultural
labourer. Rabbi's birthplace is stated as Brightside |
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According to the 1881
census, Raby is a scholar and has another sister. He is one of five
children remaining with their parents in Ecclesfield. His father is
a general labourer. |
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According to the 1891
census, Rabi is married to Selina, with one daughter, Elizabeth. He is a
coal miner and they live at the back of 147 Dunlop Street, in Attercliffe
cum Darnell, in the Carbrook area of Sheffield. His birthplace is stated
as Ecclesall. |
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According to the 1901
census, Selina, who is still stated as being married, is living with her
father Dennis Smith at 16 Newark Street in Attercliffe cum Darnell. Rabi
has three more children, Selina, Rabbi and Edith.
Rabbi however is
remarried to Ada with one son, fourteen month old Leo, and living at 3
Lilian Road in Liverpool, where he plys he trade as a professional
football player. |
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According to the 1911
census, Rabbi has retired and is now a small shopkeeper along with his
wife, Ada. Who also work at the shop. They have four more children,
Madge, James Joseph, Maria and Percy Vincent. They live at 27 Paradise
Street in Preston. The census reveals that they had ten children
altogether, and that five had tragically died in childhood. |
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Married |
twice, to Selina Smith
[registered as Rabbi, Sheffield, March 1888], then to Ada
[married in 1898, but no registration found, so
no maiden name found] |
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Died |
21 July 1937, aged
69 years 282 days
[registered in Preston, Lancashire, September 1937]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
5¼", 9st.
8lbs [1896]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], FindMyPast.com
& Chris Hobbs |
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Biographies |
Rab
Howell - Chris Hobbs |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Began his football
career with Ecclesfield, before joining Rotherham Swifts FC as a
professional in 1889. He was soon spotted by Sheffield United FC in
the summer of 1890 and joined their ranks. Joined Liverpool FC in
April 1898 for £200, with whom he played 59
League games. And then Preston North End FC in 1901 before
retiring in September 1903 through a leg injury. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Champions 1897-98; |
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Individual honours |
None |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
218th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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First match |
No. 53, 9 March 1895, England 9 Ireland 0, a
British Championship match at Derbyshire Cricket Ground, Nottingham Road,
Derby, aged 27 years
148 days. |
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Last match |
No. 67, 8 April 1899, England 2 Scotland 1, a
British Championship match at Villa Park, Birmingham, aged 31 years 178 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1894-95, 1898-99; |
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Team honours |
British Championships 1894-95, 1898-99; |
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Individual honours |
None |
|
Distinctions |
Allegedly, the
first true gypsy to earn an England appearance, certainly one of the
smallest. |
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Beyond England |
|
Broke his leg on 26 September 1903,
ending his football career. His census notes however say that he opened up
a shop and further information from his descendants state that it was a
greengrocers and that Rab himself made home deliveries with his horse and
cart. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.138./FindMyPast.co.uk |
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Rab Howell - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Rab Howell
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home
-
British Championship |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
+10 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
+10 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Rab Howell
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championships |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1894-95 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
9.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC 1898-99 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC
All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
+10 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
|
All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
+10 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
|
All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
+10 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Rab Howell
- Match History |
|
Club: Sheffield
United A.F.C. - 1 full cap |
Coach: F.A. Committee - 2
full capsx
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Age 27 |
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1 |
53 |
9 March 1895 - England 9 Ireland 0,
Derbyshire Cricket Ground, Nottingham Road, Derby |
BC |
HW |
Start |
rh |
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Club: Liverpool F.C. -
1 full cap |
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Age 31 |
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2 |
67 |
8 April 1899 - England 2 Scotland 1,
Villa Park, Birmingham |
BC |
HW |
Start |
rh |
Notes
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CG
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