Roy Abell

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. 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. 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. 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. He has specialised in landscape paintings using both watercolours and oils.