{{short description|English cricketer (1933–1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Martin Stewart Meeson | birth_date = 12 July 1995 | birth_place = Marylebone, London, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1995|7|12|1933|11|6}} | death_place = Westminster, London, England | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Bedfordshire | year1 = 1952–1963 | club2 = Cambridge University | year2 = 1957 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 25 | bat avg1 = 12.50 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 21 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 25 July | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17519.html Cricinfo }}
'''Martin Stewart Meeson''' (6 November 1933 – 12 July 1995) was an English first-class cricketer.
Meeson was born at Marylebone in November 1933. He was educated at Bedford School, before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite book |title=Cambridge University List of Members |date=1989 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=848 |isbn=9780521382373 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZ_kAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Kent at Fenner's in 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31406/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Martin Meeson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Cambridge first-innings for 21 runs by John Pretlove, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by Colin Page.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22429.html |title=Cambridge University v Kent, 1957 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket, he also played minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1952–63, albeit intermittently, making nine appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31406/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Martin Meeson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Meeson died at Westminster in July 1995.
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