| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Frederick William Bell |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1830 |
| Birth Place: | St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England |
| Death Place: | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Unknown-arm roundarm-medium |
| Club1: | Cambridge Town Club |
| Year1: | 1847 - 1855 |
| Club2: | Cambridgeshire |
| Year2: | 1857 - 1864 |
| Club3: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year3: | 1858 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 58 |
| Runs1: | 921 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.23 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/1 |
| Top Score1: | 50 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,618 |
| Wickets1: | 79 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 16.20 |
| Fivefor1: | 4 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/25 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 23/– |
| Date: | 11 September |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9661.html Cricinfo |
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.