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{{Short description|English cricketer and tea planter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ronald Coleridge
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Ronald Hamilton Coleridge
| nickname =
| birth_date = 27 October 1905
| birth_place = [[Madanapalle]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 1979 (aged 73/74)
| death_place = [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]], [[Berkshire]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting =
| bowling =
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1926/27–1936/37}}
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 38
| bat avg1 = 9.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 17
| deliveries1 = 54
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| date = 23 May
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ronald-coleridge-27736 Cricinfo
}}

'''Ronald Hamilton Coleridge''' (27 October 1905 – 1979) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and tea planter in [[British India|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 union|rugby]] and [[field hockey]] teams, in addition to representing the college in [[Rackets (sport)|racquets]].<ref name="BOOK">{{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}}</ref> Following the completion of his education, he returned to British India where he became a tea planter.<ref name="SOE">{{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}}</ref> In India, he made two appearances [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] in the [[Madras Presidency Matches]] of 1926–27 and 1936–37.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He scored 38 runs in these two matches, with a highest score of 17.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Coleridge served in the [[Second World War]] as a [[Lieutenant (navy)|lieutenant]] with the [[Royal Indian Navy|Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He later returned to England, where he died at [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]] in 1979. He was married to Maud Coleridge, a cipher for the [[Special Operations Executive]] in the Far-East.<ref name="SOE"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=27736}}

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[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:People educated at Marlborough College]]
[[Category:Businesspeople in the tea industry]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Royal Indian Navy officers]]
[[Category:Indian military personnel of World War II]]

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