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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Victor Henry Wells-Cole
| birth_date = 29 April 1897
| birth_place = [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], Lincolnshire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1987|3|8|1897|4|29}}
| death_place = [[Huntingdon]], Huntingdonshire, England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1923/24
| club2 = [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club|Lincolnshire]]
| year2 = 1924
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 1
| bat avg1 = 0.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 1
| deliveries1 = 156
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 29.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 3/44
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 16 February
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/35963.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Victor Henry Wells-Cole''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC}} (29 April 1897 – 8 March 1987) was an English first-class cricketer and [[British Army]] officer. Wells-Cole served in the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] during both world wars, in addition to playing [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in [[British India]].

==Early life and World War I==
Wells-Cole was born at [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] to Gervas Frederic Wells-Cole and his wife, Mary Beatrice Brook.<ref name="PEER">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p46694.htm |title=Profile: Lt.-Col. Victor Henry Wells-Cole |publisher=thepeerage.com |accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref> He was educated at [[Winchester College]].<ref name="WIN">{{cite web|url=http://www.winchestercollegeatwar.com/archive/neville-william-wells-cole/ |title=Wells-Cole, Neville William |publisher=Winchester College |accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref> From Winchester he attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], graduating in April 1915, as [[World War I]] was well underway, and entering into the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29133|date=16 April 1915|startpage=3726}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in April 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30008|date=3 April 1917|startpage=3209}}</ref> and was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in November 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30399|date=23 November 1917|startpage=12321|supp=y}}</ref> He transferred to the [[Royal Pioneer Corps|Labour Corps]] in March 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30762|date=21 June 1918|startpage=7441|supp=y}}</ref> The citation for his MC appeared in ''[[The London Gazette]]'' and reads as follows:

{{Blockquote|For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the situation was very obscure during an action he went forward and ascertained the dispositions of the leading battalions and brought back most valuable information.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30614|date=5 April 1918|page=4232|supp=y}}</ref>}}

==First-class cricket and World War II==
By 1923, Wells-Cole was back serving in the King's Own, gaining the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in March of that year.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32831|date=5 June 1923|startpage=3975|supp=y}}</ref> He served in [[British India]] the following year, playing in a [[first-class cricket]] match for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14863/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Joe Price |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=16 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He batted twice during the match, scoring 1 run in the Europeans first-innings before he was dismissed by [[Brij Lall]], while in their second-innings he was dismissed [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]] by [[Jagan Mehta]].<ref name="SCORE">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11054.html|title=Europeans v Hindus, 1923/24 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=16 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> After going wicketless in the Hindus first-innings, he took figures of 3 for 44 in their second-innings.<ref name="SCORE"/> Returning to England shortly after, he played [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club|Lincolnshire]] in 1924, making three appearances in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14863/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Victor Wells-Collins |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=16 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in September 1935.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34205|date=8 October 1935|startpage=6300}}</ref> He later served during the [[Second World War]], during which he was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in April 1942.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35543|date=28 April 1942|startpage=1905|supp=y}}</ref> He retired from military service in April 1952.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39525|date=25 April 1952|startpage=2295|supp=y}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Wells-Cole was married to Thomasina Scott Oliver, with the couple having one daughter.<ref name="PEER"/> His brother, Neville Wells-Cole, was killed during the First World War.<ref name="WIN"/> He died at [[Huntingdon]] in March 1987, at the age of 89, just a few weeks away from his 90th birthday.<ref name="PEER"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=35963}}

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[[Category:1897 births]]
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[[Category:People from Lincoln, England]]
[[Category:People educated at Winchester College]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Royal Pioneer Corps officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Lincolnshire cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Lincoln, England]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]

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