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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Lionel Maury Ross Deas
| birth_date = 8 February 1872
| birth_place = [[Macclesfield]], [[Derbyshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1913|1|8|1872|2|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Budleigh Salterton]], [[Devon]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1895/96–1906/07
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 9
| runs1 = 86
| bat avg1 = 6.61
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 31
| deliveries1 = 1,978
| wickets1 = 46
| bowl avg1 = 14.45
| fivefor1 = 4
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 8/91
| catches/stumpings1 = 15/–
| date = 20 November
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28195.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Lionel Maury Ross Deas''' (8 February 1872 – 8 January 1913) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in both the [[British Army]] and the [[British Indian Army]].

The son of Peter Maury Deas, a doctor, he was born at [[Macclesfield]] in February 1872.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Companionage of the British Empire|last=Lodge|first=Edmund|publisher=Paul Barbey Press|year=1907|page=1522|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Who_s_who_in_U_A_R_and_the_Near_East/7x5XAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> He attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]] at [[Sandhurst, Berkshire|Sandhurst]], graduating into the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] in May 1892.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26288|date=17 May 1892|page=2906}}</ref> Promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] followed in October 1893,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26462|date=28 November 1893|page=6988}}</ref> Soon after he served in [[British India]] and was seconded to the [[Indian Staff Corps]] in September 1896.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26815|date=19 January 1897|page=341}}</ref> While in British India he played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] between 1895 and 1906, making nine appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13303/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Lionel Deas|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-11-21|url-access=subscription}}</ref> A skilled bowler, he took 46 wickets in his nine first-class matches at an [[bowling average|average]] of 14.45. He took a [[five wicket haul]] on four occasions and took [[ten wickets in a match]] once, with his best innings bowling figures being 8 for 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13303/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Lionel Deas|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2021-11-21|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He notably dismissed the [[Test cricket]]er [[Ranjitsinhji]] for [[duck (cricket)|ducks]] in both innings in a minor match while playing for [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Pune Gymkhana]] on a pitch described as "soaked by heavy rain".<ref>{{cite book |title=Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India|last=Sen|first=Ronojoy|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|year=2015|page=84|isbn=9780231539937|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Nation_at_Play/O5mACgAAQBAJ|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Batting for the Empire: A Political Biography of Ranjitsinhji|last=Rodrigues|first=Mario|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|year=2015|page=231|isbn=9780143029519|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Batting_for_the_Empire/d0puAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref>

Deas saw action during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] with the [[Indian Army Service Corps|Indian Supply and Transport Corps]], during which he was [[mentioned in dispatches]] in May 1901 for his command of a Commissariat Depot at [[Tongzhou District, Beijing|Tungchou]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27313|date=14 May 1901|page=3280}}</ref> He participated in the American–led [[China Relief Expedition]] during the conflict, for which he was made a member of the [[Military Order of the Dragon]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Military Order of the Dragon, 1900-1911|publisher=Press of B. S. Adams|year=1912|page=61|isbn=9780143029519 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Batting_for_the_Empire/d0puAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> Holding the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] by 1902, he was appointed a special service officer in the [[British Indian Army]] in October of that year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27603|date=6 October 1903|page=6091}}</ref> He was made a [[Brevet (rank)|brevet]] [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in September 1904 in recognition of his service in the [[Somaliland campaign]] against the [[Dervishes]] led by [[Las_Anod#Diiriye_Guure| Diiriye Guure]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27711|date=6 September 1904|page=5776}}</ref> later gaining the rank in full in May 1910.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28392|date=5 July 1910|page=4781}}</ref> Deas later returned to England, where he died in [[Devon]] at [[Budleigh Salterton]] in January 1913.<ref>Obituaries. ''Army and Navy Gazette''. 18 January 1913. p. 21</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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