Leonard
Howell |
Wanderers FC
& Old Wykehamists AFC
1 appearance, 0 goal
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F
4:
A 2
100% successful
1873
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Leonard
Sedgwick Howell |
Birth |
Sunday, 6 August 1848
in Herne Hill, Dulwich,
Surrey |
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registered in Lambeth
July-September 1848 Dulwich was in the Surrey Registration
County up until 1889 |
Baptism |
Tuesday, 15 August 1848
at St. Paul's Church in Herne Hill |
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According to the 1851
census, Leonard S. is the youngest of two children to Frederick and
Elizabeth (née Sedgwick). They have three servants and live at Halfmoon Lane in Lambeth.
His father is a malt factor. |
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According to the 1861
census, Frederick and Elizabeth are at 1 South Terrace in Kingston. Their
children are probably pupils somewhere. |
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Cannot be found on the 1871
census. |
Marriage |
to Elizabeth Sally Cower, on 18 November
1880, at St. Mark's Church in Surbiton |
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registered in Kingston
Surrey October-December 1880 |
Children |
Leonard and Lilly Howell had two sons
together. Norman Elliott (b.5 January 1882)
and George Frederick (b.6 November 1888). |
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According to the 1881
census, Leonard S. is married to Elizabeth, they have two servants. He is
a malt factor, like his father. They live at Woodside in Sevenoaks. |
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Neither Leonard or Elizabeth
can be found on the 1891
census. |
Death |
Saturday, 7 September 1895 in Lausanne,
Vaud, Switzerland |
aged 47 years
91 days |
registered in the 1895 death duty register |
"HOWELL.―On the 7th Sept., at Lausanne,
Switzerland, Leonard Sedgwick Howell, younger son of the late Fredk.
Howell of Surbiton, aged 47 years." -
The Sussex Agricultural Gazette, Friday, 20 September 1859 & Saturday, 21
September 1895. |
Probate |
"HOWELL
Leonard Sedgwick of Maybury heath Woking Surrey esquire
died 7 September 1895 at Lausanne Switzerland Probate
London 7 August to
Elizabeth Sally Howell widow.
Effects £710 11s. 7d."
[2019 equivalent: £94,058] |
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Lily Howell remarried (William Percy Godfrey)
on 21 December 1907. Lily Godfrey died 24
June 1935 in Folkestone. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing
Career |
Club(s) |
Howell educated
at Winchester College whom he represented at "soccer". After leaving the
college, he joined the Wanderers FC. His football career was brought
to an end following an injury sustained during the 1873-74 season. |
Club honours |
FA Cup winners
1872-73; |
Individual honours |
None |
Height/Weight |
not
known |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of
nine who became the
twelfth players
(13)
to appear
for England. |
Position(s) |
Back |
Only match |
No. 2, 8 March 1873, England 4 Scotland 2,
a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 24 years
214 days. |
Individual honours |
Howell was the
first ever England player to touch the ball on home soil. He took
England's kick-off in his only match. |
Distinctions |
Also played
first class cricket for MCC and Surrey (1869-1880).
The tenth England player to die. |
Beyond England |
No information by Lamming, but the
census returns reveal his vocation as a malt factor, that is to say, he
sold malt. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.138. |