Joseph Bell | |
Birth Name: | Joseph Raymond Bell |
Birth Date: | 15 September 1899 |
Birth Place: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Five-eighth |
Ru Nationalteam: | New Zealand Māori |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1923 1922–31 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 0 56 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1919–31 |
Ru Provincecaps: | 54 |
Occupation: | Train driver |
School: | Southland Boys' High School |
Joseph Raymond "Wampy" Bell (15 September 1899 – 7 May 1963) was a New Zealand rugby union player. Primary a five eighth, Bell represented at a provincial level. He played one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, against New South Wales at Christchurch in 1923.[1] Of Ngāi Tahu descent,[2] Bell played 56 games for New Zealand Māori between 1922 and 1931, and captained Southland.[1]
Bell died in Invercargill in 1963,[1] and was buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill.[3]