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.
Julius Caesar was an English cricketer who played in 194 first-class matches between 1849 and 1867.
Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Cambridgeshire including the Isle of Ely.
Thomas Walter Hayward was an English first-class cricketer who played for Surrey and England between the 1890s and the outbreak of World War I. He was primarily an opening batsman,noted especially for the quality of his off-drive. Neville Cardus wrote that he "was amongst the most precisely technical and most prolific batsmen of any time in the annals of cricket." He was only the second batsman to reach the landmark of 100 first-class centuries,following WG Grace. In the 1906 English season he scored 3,518 runs,a record aggregate since surpassed only by Denis Compton and Bill Edrich in 1947.
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Edgar"Ned" Willsher was an English cricketer known for being a catalyst in the shift from roundarm to overarm bowling. A left-handed bowler,and useful lower-order batsman,Willsher played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1850 and 1875. He took over 1,300 first-class wickets,despite only having one lung. He led a tour of Canada and the United States in 1868,and after retiring from his playing career became an umpire.
George Robert Atkinson was an English cricketer,best known for playing in 62 matches of first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1863 and 1870.
George Freeman was an English first-class cricketer. He made 32 appearances for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1865 to 1880. He also played four matches of first-class cricket for the "United England Eleven" (1866–1869),three games for the "North of England" (1867–1869),four for the "United North of England Eleven" (1870) plus one for the "Players" (1871).
George Frederick Tarrant was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1860 to 1869. Mainly associated with Cambridge Town Club,Tarrant made 71 known appearances in first-class matches.
Cornelius Coward was an English cricketer. A talented fielder and right-handed batsman,popularly known as Kerr,Coward played 49 first-class matches for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1865 and 1876. He scored 1,210 runs in the middle order for Lancashire,before retiring to play club cricket for his home town of Preston –who he also coached –as well as becoming a cricket umpire for 98 matches,a licensed victualler and a teacher at the Roman Catholic institutions of Stonyhurst College in Lancashire and Clongowes Wood College in Ireland.
Frederick Reginald Reynolds was an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge Town Club and other Cambridge-based sides from 1854 to 1867,and for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1865 to 1874.
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John Hannath Marshall was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge Town Club and Cambridge University. He was born in Cambridge and died at Kaiteriteri,Tasman Region,New Zealand.
The Reverend Walter Baptist Money was an English clergyman and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University,Kent,Surrey,the Gentlemen and several other amateur sides between 1867 and 1871. He was born at Sternfield,Suffolk and died at Edgbaston,Birmingham.
Frank Silcock was an English first-class cricketer and a founding member of Essex County Cricket Club. Debuting in first-class cricket in 1864,Silcock made 41 appearances in first-class cricket from 1864–1879,scoring 776 runs and taking 79 wickets. Regarded as one of the best professionals of his time to play for Essex,he was instrumental in the foundation of Essex County Cricket Club in 1876 and played for the county until 1887. He later stood as an umpire in first-class matches between 1889–1892.
Henry Royston was an English first-class cricketer and cricket umpire.
George Muncey was an English first-class cricketer.
George Smith was an English first-class cricketer and umpire.
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