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

Bell, a centre, was capped for Scotland's national rugby union team four times, all during the 1975 Five Nations Championship.[1] He also played for Watsonians.[2]

Cricket

At cricket he played three first-class matches with the Oxford University Cricket Club in 1971.[3] 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 23.40 from his seven matches, with a highest score of 60. That innings, his only half century, came while playing for Scotland against Ireland at Dublin in 1981.[4]

References

Cricket

Rugby union

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "David Bell". Scrum.com.
  2. ↑ Bath, p105
  3. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by David Bell". CricketArchive.
  4. ↑ "Ireland v Scotland 1981". CricketArchive.

See also


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