Background
The son of the cricketer George Abell, Abell was born at Lahore while his father worked as a civil servant in the British Raj.
The son of the cricketer George Abell, Abell was born at Lahore while his father worked as a civil servant in the British Raj.
University of Oxford.
He was educated in England at Marlborough College, before undertaking studies at the University of Oxford. He played hockey for Oxford, winning a blue. He would later play hockey for Middlesex and England.
He would make one appearance in first-class cricket cricket for the Free Foresters in 1954 against Cambridge University at Fenner"son