Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Bell (cricketer)


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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 22:45, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Thomas Bell (cricketer)

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Fails WP:NCRIC as did not play first-class cricket. We have one source, Ashley-Cooper, which has him playing in a handful of cricket matches - p.51, p.68, p.69. In each case there is a list of players with "T Bell". There is no mention of him in any of the reports and we have no scores or other details. (source can be read here) Three matches are listed at his CricketArchive entry. He has no CricInfo profile.

There is then a very brief biography in Ashley-Cooper's article which tells us that he was from Dartford and was condemned for robbery but reprieved - that's it.

There are insufficient sources to suggest that he was notable. He fails the sports SNG entirely and fails GNG as there are no indepth sources. And, frankly, he did nothing notable. Blue Square Thing (talk) 18:48, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete Not notable for cricket, seems more notable for being sentenced to death and later reprieved. Most sources mentioning him are about his brother. Looks like he owned a pub in Dartford with his brother, but the information on him is the same as in the external link on the page. He's also mentioned in this on page 89, but again it's the same short brief. For me there's not enough to pass GNG. If somebody can find something else on offline sources then please ping me and i'll reconsider my vote. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 20:02, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete being sentenced to death isn't not notable, but the article fails WP:GNG. SportingFlyer  T · C  13:50, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails all notability guidelines; team listings, scorecards and a uninformative bio are not enough. wjematherplease leave a message... 14:15, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete As per all above. Fails WP:GNG. Grailcombs (talk) 15:17, 15 March 2021 (UTC)


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