Melmoth Hall (26 April 1811 – 4 October 1885) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class cricket matches for Victoria.[1]

Melmoth Hall
Personal information
Born(1811-04-26)26 April 1811
Horringer, Suffolk, England
Died4 October 1885(1885-10-04) (aged 74)
Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1851-1854Victoria
Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2015

In his professional career Hall was involved in agriculture and he moved to India after his cricket career where he farmed indigo and sugar.[2] He returned to Australia in 1868, and began working for the Colonial Sugar Company giving talks on sugar-growing to farmers operating near Chatsworth on the Clarence River. He also contributed academic papers on the subject to journals. He retired in 1881 when his health began to fail and received a pension from the company.[3] He died in 1885 after a period of illness.[2]

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  1. ^ "Melmoth Hall". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Death of Mr. Melmoth Hall". Australian Town and Country Journal. Sydney, NSW. 10 October 1885. p. 39. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "The Late Mr. Melmoth Hall". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Sydney, NSW. 10 October 1885. p. 802. Retrieved 10 July 2021.