Frederick Bell

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. He also played ten first-class matches for a United England Eleven between 1854 and 1864 and the same number of matches for the North between 1855 and 1859. His best innings figures of 6 for 25 came for Cambridgeshire against Surrey at The Oval in 1857. 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. He coached cricket at Eton College, in addition to coaching the sons of Queen Victoria. 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. Bell died at Cambridge in September 1871.