William Meldon

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William Meldon
Ireland (Ire)
William Meldon
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling type Right-arm fast-medium
First-class record
Matches 8
Runs scored 208
Batting average 16.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 44
Balls bowled 692
Wickets 14
Bowling average 24.14
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best Bowling 5/53
Catches/Stumpings 4/0
First class debut: 5 August 1909
Last first class game: 16 July 1914
Source: Cricket Archive

William Waltrude "Budge" Meldon (born 9 April 1879 in Dublin, Ireland; died 23 May 1957 in London, England) was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

He started his cricket career playing county cricket with Warwickshire, for whom he played five first-class matches between 1909 and 1910. He then played three first-class matches for Ireland against Scotland between 1911 and 1914, which are his only games for Ireland. He also played minor counties cricket for Northumberland.

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