John_Bell_(rugby_union)

John Bell (rugby union)

John Bell (rugby union)

Rugby player

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

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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

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