Mr J. R. Bell One of Southland's most colourful Rugby characters, Mr J. R. ‘Wampy’ Bell died suddenly last May. He was 64. Mr Bell was a Maori All Black in 1922-23-26-30-31, an All Black in 1923, and one of the Invercargill Star Club's most notable players, being a member of its senior team from 1916 until 1931. He was captain of teams which won the Ranfurly Shield, the Galbraith Shield (Invercargill senior competition), the Te Mori Rose Bowl, and the Prince of Wales Cup, a feat never since equalled. He was also the captain of the Southland team when it won the Ranfurly Shield from Wairarapa in 1929 in one of the greatest upsets in Shield history. Mr Bell was patron and a life member of the Star Club and also a life member of the Southland Rugby Referees' Association.
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Te Ao Hou, September 1963, Page 63
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