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{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = Australia
| fullname = Wallscourt Steen Kelly
| nickname =
| birth_date = 16 June 1895
| birth_place = [[Elsternwick, Victoria|Elsternwick]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|6|10|1895|6|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Ivanhoe, Victoria|Ivanhoe]], Victoria, Australia
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1924/25–1927/28
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 74
| bat avg1 = 9.25
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 32
| deliveries1 = 432
| wickets1 = 24
| bowl avg1 = 13.58
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 6/57
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 17 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/wallscourt-kelly-30253 Cricinfo
}}

Lieutenant Colonel '''Wallscourt Steen Kelly''' (16 June 1895 — 10 June 1952) was an [[Australian people|Australian]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Indian Army]] officer.

The son of Alex Kelly, he was born in the [[Melbourne]] suburb of [[Elsternwick, Victoria|Elsternwick]] in June 1895.<ref>School captains enlist. ''[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]]''. 25 January 1916. p. 7</ref> Kelly was educated at both [[Melbourne Grammar School]] and [[Geelong Grammar School]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Liber Melburniensis|publisher=Melbourne Grammar School|year=1965|page=135|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Liber_Melburniensis/SQXuAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> Kelly served in the [[First Australian Imperial Force]] during the [[First World War]], seeing action on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He was wounded at the [[Battle of Polygon Wood|Polygon Wood]] during the [[Battle of Passchendaele|Third Battle of Ypres]] in September 1917,<ref>The Great War. ''[[Townsville Bulletin|Townsville Daily Bulletin]]''. 8 April 1918. p. 4</ref> before being appointed to the [[British Indian Army]] in March 1918 as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] on probation,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31131|date=17 January 1919|page=915}}</ref> with his appointment being confirmed in March 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31837|date=26 March 1920|page=3679}}</ref> By November 1920, he was serving with the [[41st Dogras]] with the rank of temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32325|date=17 May 1921|page=3935}}</ref> a rank to which he was appointed to permanently in September 1922.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32854|date=17 August 1923|page=5632}}</ref>

While serving in [[British India]], Kelly played [[first-class cricket]] on four occasions for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in the [[Lahore Tournament]] from 1925 to 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13818/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Wallscourt Kelly|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as a [[bowling (cricket)|bowler]] in the Europeans side, he took 24 wickets at an [[bowling average|average]] of 13.58;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13818/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Wallscourt Kelly|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> he took one [[five wicket haul]] of 6 for 57 against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] in 1925.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11427.html|title=Europeans v Muslims, Lahore Tournament 1924/25|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the 1938, he fought in the [[Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)|Waziristan campaign]] alongside native Indian troops against hostile tribesmen.<ref>Fighting on Indian Frontier. ''The Argus''. 22 February 1938. p. 11</ref> Following his retirement from the British Indian Army on 22 February 1948<ref>London Gazette 5th March 1948, page 1628</ref> he returned to Australia where he died at his residence at [[Ivanhoe, Victoria|Ivanhoe]] in [[Melbourne]] in June 1952.<ref>Deaths. ''The Argus''. 12 June 1952. p. 11</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=30253}}

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[[Category:Australian military personnel of World War I]]
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[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
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