William Meldon

{{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.