[1] He was born in Ladywood, Birmingham and died at Wingrove, Newcastle upon Tyne.
He was the younger brother of the England Test player Harry Howell.
Like this brother, Albert Howell was a right-arm bowler, though he was described as fast-medium rather than fast.
[1] The season included his only five-wicket haul, figures of five wickets for 65 runs in the second innings of the match against Middlesex at Lord's.
[1] At this level of cricket, he was highly effective and in 1929 he was picked for the Minor Counties representative team that met Lancashire in a first-class fixture: the match was ruined by rain and Howell failed to take a wicket, but it was his last first-class cricket appearance.