Malcolm Ronaldson

Malcolm Ronaldson

Personal information
Full name	Malcolm Bruce Ronaldson
Born	13 April 1917(1917-04-13) East London, Cape Province, South Africa
Died	2 December 2004(2004-12-02) (aged 87) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1938	Eastern Province
First-class debut	1 January 1938 Eastern Province v Border
Last First-class	25 March 1938 Eastern Province v Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition	First-class
Matches	5
Runs scored	242
Batting average	26.88
100s/50s	0/2
Top score	94
Balls bowled	0
Wickets	-
Bowling average	-
5 wickets in innings	-
10 wickets in match	-
Best bowling	-
Catches/stumpings	1/0
Source: CricketArchive, 18 August 2008

Malcolm Bruce Ronaldson (13 April 1917–2 December 2004) was a South African cricketer.^[1] A right-handed batsman,^[2] he played first-class cricket for Eastern Province in 1938^[3] and later played for Tanganyika and East Africa in the 1950s.^[4]

Biography

Born in East London in 1917,^[2] Malcom Ronaldson played five matches for Eastern Province in the 1937/38 Currie Cup, his first coming against Border and his last coming against Transvaal.^[3] Opening the batting, often without gloves,^[5] his highest score of 94^[2] came in the match against Western Province.^[6]

World War II prevented him from playing first-class cricket again,^[5] but he played for, and captained Tanganyika throughout the 1950s. Most of his matches were against Uganda, with one match each against Kenya and the MCC. He also played twice for East Africa - against Sunder Cricket Club in 1957^[4] and against a South African Non-Europeans team captained by Basil D'Oliveira in 1958.^[7]

He moved to the United Kingdom in 1962 and spent 20 years as company secretary of Oxfam.^[5] He died in Oxford in 2004, aged 87.^[2] His son Chris Ronaldson was world champion in real tennis.^[5]

References

1. ^ Malcolm Ronaldson at Cricinfo
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Malcolm Ronaldson at CricketArchive
3. ^ ^{a b} First-class matches played by Malcolm Ronaldson at CricketArchive
4. ^ ^{a b} Other matches played by Malcolm Ronaldson at CricketArchive
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2007, Obituaries K-R
6. ^ Scorecard of Western Province v Eastern Province, 19 February 1938
7. ^ Scorecard of East Africa v South African Non-Europeans, 13 September 1958 at CricketArchive

Persondata
Name	Ronaldson, Malcolm
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	13 April 1917
Place of birth	East London, Cape Province
Date of death	2 December 2004
Place of death	Oxford, Oxfordshire