William Meldon

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William Waltrude "Budge" Meldon (9 April 1879 – 23 May 1957) was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

William Meldon
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition First-class
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/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 December 2022

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 and Devon.

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