Ronald Victor Bell ( Chelsea 7 January 1931 –

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) was an English

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er. Ronnie Bell represented

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and

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as a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler in 189 first-class matches between 1952 and 1964. He took 392 wickets at an average of 28.34, with a personal best of 8/54. He took five wickets in an innings on nineteen occasions and

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once. He died from

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aged 58.

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1931 births 1989 deaths Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea People from Chelsea, London Deaths from cancer in England English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Middlesex cricketers Norfolk cricketers Sussex cricketers 20th-century English sportsmen {{england-cricket-bio-1930s-stub