Tristan George Lance Ballance MC (21 April 1916 – 4 December 1943) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
[2][3] He regained his place in the Oxford side for the 1937 season, making ten appearances and taking 28 wickets at an average of 27.12, with best figures of 5 for 42.
[4] Ballance made a total of 23 first-class appearances for Oxford, taking 61 wickets with his slow left-arm orthodox bowling, at an average of 30.73.
He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for gallant and distinguished service with 16 DLI during the Battle of Sedjenane, in early March 1943, at which point he held the temporary rank of captain.
[12] His elder brother, Ivor, had been killed the previous year while serving with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aboard HMS Trinidad.