Reginald Clive Bell (1 January 1893 – 19 November 1960) was a New Zealand rugby union player and

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er. He was a member of the New Zealand national rugby side, the All Blacks, in 1922, playing eight matches.Reg Bell #251
All Blacks. Retrieved 6 June 2023. He played four first-class matches for

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between the 1914–15 and 1920–21 seasons. Bell was born in Australia, at Burnie in Tasmania in 1894.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 18. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. After moving to New Zealand he played both cricket and rugby in Dunedin, for Carisbrook Cricket Club as a batsman and Pirates F.C. as a

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. He made his first-class cricket debut for Otago in a December 1915 Plunket Shield match against Canterbury at Lancaster Park, scoring five and 11 in his two innings. Two matches in early 1915 against Wellington and Southland were followed by his final top-level cricket appearance against the touring Australians in March 1921.Reginald Bell
CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 June 2023. Later in 1921 Bell made his senior rugby debut at the age of 28, playing for

against the touring South African side. He kicked Otago's only points in the match. Considered an attacking fullback, Bell played for Otago the following season and toured Australia with the All Blacks side.Former All Black's body found, '' The Press'', volume XCIX, issue 29368, 22 November 1960, p. 12.
Available online
at Papers Past. Retrieved 6 June 2023.) Bell played in all six matches on the tour, including in the three matches against New South Wales representative sides. He played in two other matches for the All Blacks when the team returned to New Zealand which are considered part of the tour.In Australia
Match Centre, All Blacks. Retrieved 6 June 2023. Bell worked as a clerk. He died in 1960 aged 67. He was fishing on the

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when he drowned. His body was recovered after three days.

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* 1893 births 1960 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Tasmania People from Burnie, Tasmania New Zealand international rugby union players {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1890s-stub