George Meldon (cricketer, born 1875)

George Edward (or Edgar) Pugin Meldon (12 September 1875 in Dublin, Ireland – 2 July 1950) was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played four first-class matches for Dublin University in 1895.

George Meldon

Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed batsman
Bowling	Unknown
International information
National side	Irish
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 93 Batting average 15.50 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 33 Balls bowled 0 Wickets - Bowling average - 5 wickets in innings - 10 wickets in match - Best bowling - Catches/stumpings 2/0
Source: Cricket Archive

His father was physician Austin Meldon.[1] He was appointed surgeon to the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin in 1904; anaesthetist, Royal City of Dublin Hospital, in 1909; and anaesthetist, Incorporated Dental Hospital of Ireland, in 1909. He died at his home, Dunluce, in Anglesea Road, Dublin on 2 July 1950 and was interred in Glasnevin Cemetery on 4 July 1950, after a Solemn Requiem Mass and funeral conducted by Father A. Camac in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Donnybrook, Dublin. He was survived by three daughters, two sons, and a daughter-in-law.

References

1. "Austin George Meldon". Edward Liddle's International Profiles. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

• Cricket Archive profile
• Cricinfo profile
• "Irish Medical Obituary" in The Irish Journal of Medical Science (1950), p. 430.
• The Irish Times (3 July 1950).
• Notes for an obituary compiled by Dr. T. Percy C. Kirkpatrick (Dublin: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 1954.)