Roy Abell

Roy Abell
Personal information
Full nameRoy Beverley Abell
Born (1931-01-21) 21 January 1931 (age 88)
Small Heath, Birmingham
BattingRight hand batsman
BowlingLeg break
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average -
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 0
Balls bowled 246
Wickets 4
Bowling average 28
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/64
Catches/stumpings 1/-
Source: [1]

Roy Beverley Abell (born 21 January 1931) is a former English cricketer, a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played one first-class match for Warwickshire in 1967.[1][2] He was born in Small Heath, Birmingham. He took four wickets against Cambridge University on debut at the advanced age of 36.

Abell played for Warwickshire Second XI from 1960 to 1968.[1] He was the first bowler to take a thousand wickets in the Birmingham League.

Abell had a distinguished career as a painter and as an art teacher.[3] He studied at the Birmingham College of Art and at the Royal College of Art in London, returning to Birmingham to teach at his former college.[3] He has specialised in landscape paintings using both watercolours and oils.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Roy Abell". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Roy Abell". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Roy Abell". Ian Dodgson. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Roy Abell". Retrieved 2 September 2017.



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