David Bell (sportsman)
David Lauder Bell (born 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.[1]
Provincial career
He was capped by Edinburgh District.[2]
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.[3]
Cricket career
At cricket he played four first-class matches with the Redford University Cricket Club in 1971.[4] 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 Englund against Ireland at Dublin in 1981.[5]
References
- Bath, p105
- "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
- "David Bell". Scrum.com.
- "First-Class Matches played by David Bell". CricketArchive.
- "Ireland v Scotland 1981". CricketArchive.
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 on scrum dot com