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{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Edward Kemble Twiss
| birth_date = 6 November 1882
| birth_place = [[Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]], Surrey, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1943|8|1|1882|11|6}}
| death_place = [[Brighton]], Sussex, England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Oxfordshire County Cricket Club|Oxfordshire]]
| year1 = 1901
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year2 = 1913/14
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 6
| bat avg1 = 1.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 3
| deliveries1 = 228
| wickets1 = 7
| bowl avg1 = 14.14
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 6/30
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 25 June
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/35388.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Edward Kemble Twiss''' {{postnominal|DSO}} (6 November 1882 – 1 August 1943) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in both the [[British Army]] and the [[British Indian Army]], as well as playing [[first-class cricket]] while serving in [[British India]].

==Life and military career==
Twiss was born at [[Surbiton]] Surrey, the son of Vice-Admiral Guy Ouchterlony Twiss R.N. and Margaret Louisa née Williams. He was educated at [[Magdalen College School, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14765/all_teams.html |title=Teams Edward Twiss played for |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 June 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He played [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Oxfordshire County Cricket Club|Oxfordshire]] in 1901, making five appearances in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14765/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Edward Twiss |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 June 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Deciding on a career as a professional soldier, Twiss enlisted with the [[Devonshire Regiment]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in July 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27336|date=23 July 1901|page=4841}}</ref> Shortly after enlisting he served in the [[Second Boer War]]. He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in January 1904,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27653|date=4 March 1904|page=1443}}</ref> before being transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] in October 1905,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27858|date=28 November 1905|page=8539}}</ref> joining the [[10th Jats]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27845|date=17 October 1905|page=6936}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in July 1910.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28412|date=2 September 1910|page=6337}}</ref> He made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] and the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in 1913–14 [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency]] matches at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14765/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Edward Twiss |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 June 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Against the Hindus he took figures of 6 for 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9162.html |title=Europeans v Hindus, 1913/14 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 June 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He served in the [[First World War]] attached to the [[Dorset Regiment]] and was cited for the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in June 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29608|date=2 June 1916|page=5566|supp=y}}</ref> with promotion to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] coming in the following month.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30084|date=22 May 1917|page=4944}}</ref> Following the war, Twiss returned to the British Indian Army, retiring from active service in March 1920, at which point he was granted the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31837|date=26 March 1920|page=3680}}</ref> He died at [[Brighton]] in August 1943. His son, [[Frank Twiss]], would become an [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|admiral]] in the [[Royal Navy]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=35388}}

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[[Category:1882 births]]
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[[Category:People from Kingston upon Thames]]
[[Category:People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford]]
[[Category:Devonshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Oxfordshire cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Dorset Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Surrey]]
[[Category:British people in colonial India]]

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