| Sydney Start | |
| Full Name: | Sydney Philp Start |
| Birth Date: | 17 May 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Salford, Lancashire, England |
| Death Place: | Harrietsham, Kent, England |
| Position: | Three-quarter / Halfback |
| Repyears1: | 1907 |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Sydney Philp Start (17 May 1879 – 14 December 1969) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Salford, Start played his rugby in the Royal Navy and was capped once for England, as a halfback against Scotland at Blackheath in 1907, although his usual position was three-quarter.[1]
Start captained Cambridgeshire in cricket.[2]
A Royal Navy officer, Start was appointed naval aide-de-camp to King George V in 1931.[3]