Frederick Bell (cricketer)
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| Full name | Frederick William Bell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1830 St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 September 1871 (aged 41) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown-arm roundarm-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1847–1855 | Cambridge Town Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1857–1864 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1858 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 September 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frederick William Bell (2 January 1830 – 18 September 1871) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire.
Bell was born at St Neots in Huntingdonshire in January 1830. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge Town and County Club against Cambridge University in 1846 at Parker's Piece. Bell played first-class cricket for teams representative of Cambridgeshire until 1864, making 24 appearances.[1][2] He also played ten first-class matches for a United England Eleven between 1854–64 and the same number of matches for the North between 1855–59.[1] In addition to playing for the aforementioned teams, Bell also represented an England XI on six occasions, the Marylebone Cricket Club three times, the Players in the Gentlemen v Players fixture twice and once for an All England Eleven.[1] Playing as a roundarm medium pace bowler, Bell took a total of 79 wickets in his 58 matches at an average of 16.20. He took five wickets in an innings on four occasions and took ten wickets in a match once.[3] His best innings figures of 6 for 25 came for Cambridgeshire against Surrey at The Oval in 1857.[4] As a batsman, he scored a total of 921 runs at a batting average of 11.23 and a high score of 50 not out.[3] A professional cricketer, he played for a number of clubs at non first-class level and stood as an umpire in ten first-class matches between 1860–68.[5] He coached cricket at Eton College, in addition to coaching the sons of Queen Victoria.[6] He was the victim of an assault by fellow cricketer George Muncey in July 1869, following a disagreement over goods received; Muncey admitted the offence and paid a fine.[7] Bell died at Cambridge in September 1871.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Bell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Bell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Player profile: Frederick Bell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Surrey v Cambridgeshire, 1857". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Frederick Bell as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Two Generations". www.cambscrickethistory.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ Assault. Cambridge Chronicle and Journal. 3 July 1869. p. 8
External links
[edit]- 1830 births
- 1871 deaths
- Sportspeople from St Neots
- English cricketers
- Cambridge Town Club cricketers
- United All-England Eleven cricketers
- North v South cricketers
- Non-international England cricketers
- Players cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Married v Single cricketers
- All-England Eleven cricketers
- English cricket umpires
- Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire cricketers