William Bell (cricketer)

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Bill Bell New Zealand (NZ)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Legbreak
	Tests	First-class
Matches	2	21
Runs scored	21	170
Batting average	-	10.00
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	21*	22
Balls bowled	491	3451
Wickets	2	44
Bowling average	117.50	40.52
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	1/54	4/31
Catches/stumpings	1/-	15/-
Test debut: 1 January 1954 Last Test: 5 February 1954 Source: [1]

William "Bill" Bell, born on 5 September 1931 and died at Auckland on 23 July 2002, was a cricketer who played for Canterbury, Auckland and New Zealand.

A leg spin and googly bowler and lower-order batsman, Bell had played only five first-class games when he was picked for the New Zealand tour of South Africa in 1953-54 when regular spinner Alex Moir was left out of the touring party. An early return of four wickets against Eastern Province suggested he might do well, but in two Test match appearances, at Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, he took just two wickets, and was never picked again.