{{Short description|Irish cricketer (1879–1957)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = William Meldon | image = | caption = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 8 | runs1 = 208 | bat avg1 = 16.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 44 | deliveries1 = 692 | wickets1 = 14 | bowl avg1 = 24.14 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 5/53 | catches/stumpings1= 4/– | international = true | country = Ireland | source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26837/26837.html CricketArchive | date = 6 December | year = 2022 }}
'''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.
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.
==References== *[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire198.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] *{{cricinfo|id=24456}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meldon, William}} Category:1879 births Category:1957 deaths Category:Cricketers from Dublin (city) Category:Warwickshire cricketers Category:Northumberland cricketers Category:Devon cricketers Category:Irish cricketers
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