South Yorkshire Times, July 1949
Cricketing at Tripoli
Cricketing at Tripoli is 19 – years – old L/Cpl. Howard Durant, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Durant. 1, Leslie Ave., Conisbro’. Howard, who was drafted to Tripoli in May, after joining the Forces in January, hit the headlines a fortnight ago when he scored 42 and took four for 10 in a No. 1 Infantry Division inter-unit game between the Provost Company and R.E.M.E. Workshops.
Howard, a member of the Corps of Military Police, played cricket for Denby and Conisbrough Youth, and is also a footballer