Ronald Yeldham

Ronald Yeldham

Personal information
Full name	Ronald Ernest Stephen Yeldham
Born	(1902-08-18)18 August 1902 Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
Died	Bodmin, Cornwall
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1925-1927	Europeans (India)
1926	Northern Punjab
1926	MCC
First-class debut	6 March 1925 Europeans v Muslims
Last First-class	5 December 1927 Europeans v Muslims
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 6 Runs scored 148 Batting average 21.14 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 40* Balls bowled 30 Wickets 0 Bowling average - 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 0/30 Catches/stumpings 7/0
Source: [1], 8 June 2008

Ronald Ernest Stephen Yeldham (18 August 1902–14 August 1983) was an Indian born army officer and cricketer.

Career

He served in Africa and the Indian Ocean from 1928 to 1945. In June 1945, Yeldham was awarded the KBE, as temporary Colonel commanding the British troops in Mauritius.

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). During the Malayan Emergency, in 1952, he was instrumental in the use of sodium trichloroacetate as a defoliant.

Yeldham then held civil appointments in Kenya, from 1954.

Cricketer

Yeldham played six first-class cricket matches in British India between 1925 and 1927, including one for the MCC. He later played twice for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI.