Lieutenant Colonel Wallscourt Steen Kelly (16 June 1895 — 10 June 1952) was an Australian first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.
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| Full name | Wallscourt Steen Kelly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1895 Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 June 1952 (aged 56) Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924/25–1927/28 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of Alex Kelly, he was born in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick in June 1895.[1] Kelly was educated at both Melbourne Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School.[2] Kelly served in the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, seeing action on the Western Front as a lieutenant.[2] He was wounded at the Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres in September 1917,[3] before being appointed to the British Indian Army in March 1918 as a second lieutenant on probation,[4] with his appointment being confirmed in March 1919.[5] By November 1920, he was serving with the 41st Dogras with the rank of temporary captain,[6] a rank to which he was appointed to permanently in September 1922.[7]
While serving in British India, Kelly played first-class cricket on four occasions for the Europeans cricket team in the Lahore Tournament from 1925 to 1928.[8] Playing as a bowler in the Europeans side, he took 24 wickets at an average of 13.58;[9] he took one five wicket haul of 6 for 57 against the Muslims in 1925.[10] In the 1938, he fought in the Waziristan campaign alongside native Indian troops against hostile tribesmen.[11] Following his retirement from the British Indian Army on 22 February 1948[12] he returned to Australia where he died at his residence at Ivanhoe in Melbourne in June 1952.[13]
References
edit- ^ School captains enlist. The Argus. 25 January 1916. p. 7
- ^ a b Liber Melburniensis. Melbourne Grammar School. 1965. p. 135.
- ^ The Great War. Townsville Daily Bulletin. 8 April 1918. p. 4
- ^ "No. 31131". The London Gazette. 17 January 1919. p. 915.
- ^ "No. 31837". The London Gazette. 26 March 1920. p. 3679.
- ^ "No. 32325". The London Gazette. 17 May 1921. p. 3935.
- ^ "No. 32854". The London Gazette. 17 August 1923. p. 5632.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Wallscourt Kelly". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Wallscourt Kelly". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Europeans v Muslims, Lahore Tournament 1924/25". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ Fighting on Indian Frontier. The Argus. 22 February 1938. p. 11
- ^ London Gazette 5th March 1948, page 1628
- ^ Deaths. The Argus. 12 June 1952. p. 11