Gilbert Howe

Gilbert Howe (6 August 1891 – 10 January 1917) was a New Zealand cricketer who played five matches of first-class cricket for Wellington in the 1913–14 season. He died in World War I.

Howe was a wicketkeeper and a useful lower-order batsman. He worked as a clerk in the Wellington City Council rates office. He enlisted at the outbreak of World War I, and served as a sergeant in the New Zealand forces that took Samoa in 1914. Later in New Zealand he was commissioned, and he served on the Western Front as a lieutenant. He was killed in action at Messines on 10 January 1917.

After Howe's death his family donated a trophy in his name that was awarded annually until World War II to the most improved player in Wellington cricket.