Frederick Bell
Personal information
Full name
Frederick William Bell
Born2 January 1830
St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
Died18 September 1871(1871-09-18) (aged 41)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown-arm roundarm-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1847–1855Cambridge Town Club
1857–1864Cambridgeshire
1858Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 58
Runs scored 921
Batting average 11.23
100s/50s –/1
Top score 50*
Balls bowled 2,618
Wickets 79
Bowling average 16.20
5 wickets in innings 4
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/25
Catches/stumpings 23/–
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

  1. 1 2 3 "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Bell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frederick Bell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Player profile: Frederick Bell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Surrey v Cambridgeshire, 1857". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Frederick Bell as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Two Generations". www.cambscrickethistory.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Assault. Cambridge Chronicle and Journal. 3 July 1869. p. 8
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