Ronald Coleridge

{{Short description|English cricketer and tea planter}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ronald Coleridge

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| country = England

| fullname = Ronald Hamilton Coleridge

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| birth_date = 27 October 1905

| birth_place = Madanapalle, Bengal Presidency, British India

| death_date = 1979 (aged 73/74)

| death_place = Wallingford, Berkshire, England

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| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = {{nowrap|1926/27–1936/37}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 38

| bat avg1 = 9.50

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 17

| deliveries1 = 54

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

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| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 23 May

| year = 2023

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ronald-coleridge-27736 Cricinfo

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Ronald Hamilton Coleridge (27 October 1905 – 1979) was an English first-class cricketer and tea planter in Colonial India.

The son of F. A. Coleridge, he was born in British India at Madanapalle. Coleridge was educated in England at Marlborough College, where he was involved with the cricket, rugby and field hockey teams, in addition to representing the college in racquets.{{cite book|title=Marlborough College Register 1843-1952|first=L. Warwick|last=James|date=1952|page=641|edition=5|publisher=The College|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_fltrlsDDi8C|language=en}} Following the completion of his education, he returned to British India where he became a tea planter.{{cite web|url=https://soeinburma.com/females-in-the-far-east/|title=Females in the Far East|website=www.soeinburma.com|date=30 December 2021 |accessdate=23 May 2023}} In India, he made two appearances first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians in the Madras Presidency Matches of 1926–27 and 1936–37.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13193/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ronald Coleridge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 May 2023|url-access=subscription}} He scored 38 runs in these two matches, with a highest score of 17.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13193/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ronald Coleridge|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 May 2023|url-access=subscription}} Coleridge served in the Second World War as a lieutenant with the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve. He later returned to England, where he died at Wallingford in 1979. He was married to Maud Coleridge, a cipher for the Special Operations Executive in the Far-East.