Joseph Raymond "Wampy" Bell (15 September 1899 – 7 May 1963) was a New Zealand

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player. Primary a five eighth, Bell represented at a provincial level. He played one match for the New Zealand national side, the

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, against

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at Christchurch in 1923. Of

Ngāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori (tribe) of the South Island. Its (tribal area) is the largest in New Zealand, and extends from the White Bluffs / Te Parinui o Whiti (southeast of Blenheim), Mount Mahanga and Kahurangi Poi ...

descent, Bell played 56 games for New Zealand Māori between 1922 and 1931, and captained Southland. Bell died in

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in 1963, and was buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill.

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