Roland Bell
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| Full name | Roland Bell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 May 1857 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 January 1935 (aged 77) Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown-arm roundarm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1876 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roland Bell (16 May 1857 – 29 January 1935) was an English cricketer. Bell was a right-handed batsman who bowled roundarm slow, though with which arm he bowled with is not known. He was born at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.
Bell made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Nottinghamshire at The Oval in 1876.[1] Bell was dismissed for a single run in Surrey's first-innings of 83 by Alfred Shaw, with Nottinghamshire replying to this innings by making 153 in their first-innings. Surrey made 142 in their second-innings, with Bell being dismissed again by Shaw, this time for 3 runs. Nottinghamshire chased down their target of 73 to win the match by 10 wickets.[2] This was his only major appearance for Surrey.
He later became the headmaster of Huntingdon Grammar School, a position he held from 1885 to 1905.[3] He died at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire on 29 January 1935.
References
[edit]- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Roland Bell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "Surrey v Nottinghamshire, 1876". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "Player profile: Roland Bell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
External links
[edit]- Roland Bell at ESPNcricinfo
- Roland Bell at CricketArchive