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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Sidney Wace
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Sidney Laurie Wace
| birth_date = 1 March 1882
| birth_place = [[Kalutara]], [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western Province]],<br>[[British Ceylon]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|4|13|1882|3|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Midhurst]], [[Sussex]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1926/27
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 21
| bat avg1 = 21.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 21
| deliveries1 = 18
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 25.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/25
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 1 December
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sidney-wace-35946 Cricinfo
}}

'''Sidney Laurie Wace''' (1 March 1882 – 13 April 1966) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in both the [[British Army]] and the [[British Indian Army]].

The son of [[Herbert Wace]], he was born in [[British Ceylon]] at [[Kalutara]] in March 1882. He was educated in England at [[Bradfield College]], where he played for the cricket eleven.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=The Bradfield College Register|date=1935|page=171|edition=7|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=[[Oxford]]|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.544161/page/150/|language=en}}</ref> From there, he went up to the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy at Woolwich]], graduating as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Engineers]] in August 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27222|date=21 August 1900|page=5174}}</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] following in July 1903.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27605|date=13 October 1903|page=6224}}</ref> He transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] in October 1903, joining the [[8th Light Cavalry#26|26th Light Cavalry]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27663|date=1 April 1904|page=2118}}</ref> A further promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] followed in August 1909,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28304|date=5 November 1909|page=8110}}</ref> with Wace serving in the [[First World War]], during which he was made a temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in August 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29844|date=1 December 1916|page=11744}}</ref> He gained the full rank of major in September 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30011|date=6 April 1917|page=3339}}</ref> whilst after the war he was made a [[Brevet (military)#United Kingdom|brevet]] [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in February 1919, while commanding the [[54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division|East Anglian Division]] train;<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31341|date=13 May 1919|page=6104|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31370|date=30 May 1919|page=6819}}</ref> he relinquished this rank in August 1919, when his command ceased.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31771|date=6 February 1920|page=1654|supp=y}}</ref>

Wace transferred to the [[3rd (Lahore) Division]] in August 1919, where he commanded the divisional train and was permitted to retain the rank of brevet lieutenant colonel;<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33010|date=9 January 1925|page=222}}</ref> he gained the rank of lieutenant colonel in full in August 1926.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33207|date=1 October 1926|page=6297}}</ref> In November of the same year, he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the touring [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) at [[Pindi Club Ground|Rawalpindi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14815/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Sidney Wace|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=1 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Batting order (cricket)#Opening batters|Opening the batting]] in the Europeans first innings, he was dismissed for 21 runs by [[Arthur Gilligan]], while in their second innings he was batting at number four, but was not required to bat. With the ball, he took the wicket of [[Maurice Tate]] in the MCC first innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12126.html|title=Europeans v Marylebone Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club in India and Ceylon 1926/27|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=1 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the British Indian Army, he was promoted to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in October 1930.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33680|date=13 January 1931|page=304}}</ref> He was [[mentioned in dispatches]] whilst a quartermaster general in [[Waziristan]] during the [[Afridi Redshirt Rebellion, Indian North West Frontier 1930–1931|Afridi Redshirt Rebellion of 1930–1931]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33749|date=1 September 1931|page=5691}}</ref> He retired from active service in October 1934.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34099|date=26 October 1934|page=6790}}</ref> Wace resided in [[Liphook]] in Hampshire during his retirement, and died across the county border in [[Midhurst]] in April 1966.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=35946}}

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[[Category:1882 births]]
[[Category:1966 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kalutara]]
[[Category:People educated at Bradfield College]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]
[[Category:Royal Engineers officers]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:People from British Ceylon]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan people of English descent]]

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