Country: | England |
Fullname: | Alexander Patrick Bell |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1915 |
Birth Place: | Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina |
Death Place: | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Hertfordshire |
Year1: | 1946–1949 |
Club2: | Northamptonshire |
Year2: | 1934 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 37 |
Bat Avg1: | 6.16 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 24 |
Deliveries1: | – |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
Date: | 17 November |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9660.html Cricinfo |
Alexander (Alec) Patrick Bell (23 February 1915 – 12 April 1956) was an Argentine born English cricketer and rugby union player. Bell was a right-handed batsman and played centre for the Northampton Saints rugby team. He was born at Rosario, Santa Fe.
Bell made three first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1934 County Championship against Worcestershire, Middlesex and Glamorgan.[1] In these three matches, he scored a total of just 37 runs at an average of 6.16, with a high score of 24.[2] He later made thirteen Minor Counties Championship appearances for Hertfordshire between 1946 and 1949.[3]
As a rugby player he was a prolific try-scoring centre and captained the Northampton Saints for 3 years from 1943 to 1946.[4]
Bell died from a brain trauma at Oxford, Oxfordshire on 12 April 1956.