David Bell (sportsman)

For other people with the same name, see David Bell.

David Lauder Bell (born (1949-04-28) 28 April 1949 in Warriston, Edinburgh) was a Scottish rugby union international and first-class cricketer.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians.

Provincial career

He was capped by Edinburgh District.

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' twice, both times against France 'B' in the period 1974–75.

Bell was capped for Scotland's national rugby union team four times, all during the 1975 Five Nations Championship.

Cricket career

At cricket he played three first-class matches for the Oxford University Cricket Club in 1971. He didn't reappear on the first-class scene until 1979 when he represented Scotland against Sri Lanka's touring side, in Glasgow. A right-handed batsman, Bell finished his cricket career with 234 runs at 24.40 from his seven matches, with a highest score of 63. That innings, his only half century, came while playing for Scotland against Ireland at Dublin in 1981.

Golf

Bell reached the final of the Lothians Boys Golf Championship in 1964, but according to Bell’s recollection, he came up against a young player called Bernard Gallacher who beat him 7 and 6 and would go on to have an extremely successful golf career. Bell returned to amateur Golf and in 2012, aged 63 and still playing off a handicap of 3, he had amateur successes at the Braids Hill Golf Course in Edinburgh.

See also

• List of Scottish cricket and rugby union players

References

Cricket

• David Bell at CricketArchive (subscription required) (archive)
• David Bell at ESPNcricinfo

Rugby union

• Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1905326246)
• Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0713718382)
• David Bell at ESPNscrum