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George Meldon (cricketer, born 1875)

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George Meldon
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 93
Batting average 15.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 33
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 December 2022

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

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

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  1. ^ "Austin George Meldon". Edward Liddle's International Profiles. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  • "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.)
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