John Bell (rugby union)

John Bell

Birth name	John Alexander Bell
Date of birth	(1879-12-13)13 December 1879
Place of birth	Airdrie, Scotland
Date of death	16 March 1962(1962-03-16) (aged 82)
Place of death	London, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Clydesdale () 1902-03 London Scottish () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1900-01 Glasgow District () 1901 Cities District () 1902 Anglo-Scots () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1901-02 Scotland 6 (0)

John Bell (13 December 1879 – 16 March 1962) was a Scottish international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Bell played for Clydesdale.[2] He was made captain of the club in September 1900.[3]

He moved to play for London Scottish in 1902.[4]

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 1900 Inter-City match[5] and in the 1901 Inter-City match.[6]

He played for Cities District against Provinces District on 12 January 1901.[7]

On moving to play for London Scottish, he then played for Anglo-Scots on 27 December 1902.[8]

International career

He played 6 matches for Scotland from 1901 to 1902.[9]

References

1. "John Alexander Bell". ESPN scrum.
2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003
3. "British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required)
4. "British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required)
5. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
6. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
7. "British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required)
8. "British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required)
9. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - John Bell - Test matches". ESPN scrum.