| Ronald Yeldham | |
| Country: | India |
| Fullname: | Ronald Ernest Stephen Yeldham |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India |
| Death Place: | Bodmin, Cornwall |
| Club1: | Europeans (India) |
| Year1: | 1925-1927 |
| Club2: | Northern Punjab |
| Year2: | 1926 |
| Club3: | MCC |
| Year3: | 1926 |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Debutdate1: | 6 March |
| Debutyear1: | 1925 |
| Debutfor1: | Europeans |
| Debutagainst1: | Muslims |
| Lastdate1: | 5 December |
| Lastyear1: | 1927 |
| Lastfor1: | Europeans |
| Lastagainst1: | Muslims |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 6 |
| Runs1: | 148 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.14 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 40 |
| Deliveries1: | 30 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 0/30 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/0 |
| Date: | 8 June |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Source: | http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/34/34362/34362.html |
Colonel Ronald Ernest Stephen Yeldham (18 August 1902 – 14 August 1983) was an Indian-born British Army officer and cricketer.
He served in Africa and the Indian Ocean from 1928 to 1945.[1] [2] In June 1945, Yeldham was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) as temporary Colonel commanding the British troops in Mauritius.[3]
In 1949 Yeldham was a Principal in the Colonial Office, West African Department, and wrote a memorandum (16 March) on Soviet activity in Nigeria. There was MI5 surveillance of Harry Pollitt's contact with Mokwugo Okoye, a Zikist leader (Yeldham, memorandum in December of that year).[4] During the Malayan Emergency, in 1952, he was instrumental in the use of sodium trichloroacetate as a defoliant.[5]
Yeldham then held civil appointments in Kenya, from 1954.[6] [7]
Yeldham played six first-class cricket matches in British India between 1925 and 1927, including one for the MCC.[8] He later played twice for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI.[9]