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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army officer (1880–1950)}}
{{For|the British civil servant in India who was also an Arabic scholar|Charles James Lyall}}
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'''Charles Ross Lyall''' (3 October 1880 – 4 June 1950) was a career soldier who played [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]] for [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] in two matches in the 1911 season.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3695/3695.html| title = Charles Lyall |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-04-29}}</ref> He was born in [[Calcutta]], [[India]] and died at [[Basingstoke]], [[Hampshire]].

Lyall was an officer in the [[British Indian Army]] from 1900 to 1933. He graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]] in 1900 as a "Queen's India cadet" and placed on the unattached list as a second lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27155 |date=1900-01-19 |page=362 }}</ref> In 1901, he was moved from the unattached list to the [[Indian Staff Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27348 |date=1901-08-23 |page=5594 }}</ref> In 1902 he was promoted to full lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27469 |date=1902-08-29 |page=5608 }}</ref> The only cricket played by Lyall that is recorded from this period is a single non-first-class three-day match for the North-West Frontier Province against the Punjab cricket team in late 1903, in which Lyall played as a lower order batsman.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/135/135185.html| title = Punjab v North-West Frontier Province | date = 1903-12-28 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-04-30}}</ref>

In 1909, Lyall was promoted to captain attached to the [[36th Sikhs]] regiment of the Indian army.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28259 |date=1909-06-11 |page=4483 }}</ref> In 1911, he appears to have been in England for some time during the cricket season: he played in one [[County Championship]] match against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] in May, scoring an unbeaten 21 in the first innings and 8 in the second.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8383.html | title = Somerset v Yorkshire| date = 1911-05-18 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-04-30}}</ref> Two months later, he followed that with a second first-class match, this time against the touring [[Indian cricket team in England in 1911|Indian cricket team]], in which he scored 15 and 11 not out.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8505.html | title = Somerset v Indians| date = 1911-07-17 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-04-30}}</ref> That was the extent of his first-class cricket and left him with the odd statistic of a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] higher (at 27.50 runs per innings) than his highest score.

Lyall returned to the Indian army. In 1916, he was promoted temporarily from captain to major in the 36th Sikhs.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29687 |date=1916-07-28 |page=7497 }}</ref> From 18 May 1915 to 30 September 1917 he was a Recruiting Officer. He served in Mesopotamia from 14 Oct 1917 to 24 June 1918. He was appointed an instructor at the Central School of Musketry 1 April 1919 to 30 April 1921. He went on to serve in Waziristan between 1921–23 and was wounded.<ref>January 1930 Indian Army List supplement</ref>

In 1919, there is a report in the [[London Gazette]] of a temporary promotion from major to lieutenant-colonel for a period of six days in 1918, while he commanded a battalion of [[151st Indian Infantry]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31501 |date=1919-08-12 |page=10237 }}</ref> In 1922, he is reported to have relinquished the rank of lieutenant-colonel at the end of a period of commanding a battalion within the 36th Sikhs.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32729 |date=1922-07-14|page=5284 }}</ref>

Promoted lieutenant-colonel 5 July 1924.<ref>Indian Army List Jan 1931</ref> By 1928, he temporarily moves on to the unemployed list before being reappointed to the Indian Army in July.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33417 |date=1928-08-31 |page=5774 }}</ref> There was another similar temporary move into and then out of unemployed status in 1929.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33536 |date=1929-09-20 |page=6036 }}</ref> He was appointed the Recruiting Officer, Jullundur 28 May 1929.<ref>Indian Army List Jan 1931</ref> Finally he retired from the Indian Army in 1933.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33939 |date=1933-05-12 |page=3207 }}</ref>

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