[1][2][3] His last appearance in the County team was in 1926 and, after a few games with the Second Eleven, he joined Accrington, the Lancashire League Club.
A batsman of the unorthodox school, Abel was a pleasing, forcing player and, even though he never gained the distinction of obtaining a century in County Championship matches, he put together many useful scores.
Abel won his Surrey cap in 1910 and scored his only first-class hundred, 117, against Cambridge University in 1923.
As a bowler, Abel began as fast-medium, but lessening his pace he exploited the leg-break and the googly.
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