Herb Howson

Herbert Howson (11 August 1872 – 8 May 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Herb Howson
Personal information
Full name Herbert Howson
Date of birth (1872-08-11)11 August 1872
Place of birth Newstead, Victoria
Date of death 8 May 1948(1948-05-08) (aged 75)
Place of death Murrumbeena, Victoria
Position(s) Wingman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1893–1896 South Melbourne (VFA) 52 (0)
1897–1908 South Melbourne 152 (2)
Total 204 (2)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1918–1919 South Melbourne 33 (27–6–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football

A wingman, Howson played with South Melbourne for four seasons in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before he joined their inaugural VFL side in 1897. He participated in their losing 1896 VFA premiership play-off and 1899 Grand Final teams.

At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:
Backs: Maurie Collins (Essendon), Bill Proudfoot (Collingwood), Peter Burns (Geelong); Halfbacks: Pat Hickey (Fitzroy), George Davidson (South Melbourne), Alf Wood (Melbourne); Centres: Fred Leach (Collingwood), Firth McCallum (Geelong), Harry Wright (Essendon); Wings: Charlie Pannam (Collingwood), Eddie Drohan (Fitzroy), Herb Howson (South Melbourne); Forwards: Bill Jackson (Essendon), Eddy James (Geelong), Charlie Colgan (South Melbourne); Ruck: Mick Pleass (South Melbourne), Frank Hailwood (Collingwood), Joe McShane (Geelong); Rovers: Dick Condon (Collingwood), Bill McSpeerin (Fitzroy), Teddy Rankin (Geelong).
From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — he selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season. ('Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p.6).

Cricket

In 1903 he appeared in a first-class cricket match for Victoria, against Tasmania. He scored 40 in his first innings and took a couple of wickets.[1]

Coaching

Howson was appointed coach of South Melbourne, in a non-playing capacity, in 1918 and led them to the premiership with the help of Henry Elms, who shared the coaching duties with him. That season the club were premiers and the following season finished third.

See also

Notes
  1. "Victoria v Tasmania 1902/03". CricketArchive.

References


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