Wallingford Mendelson (29 December 1872 – 19 August 1902) was a New Zealand cricketer, rugby player and athlete of the 1890s, who became a lawyer.
[1] He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and the University of Otago, where he graduated with a BA in 1892.
[3] Mendelson returned to New Zealand and practised law in Temuka, where he was an influential player and administrator in cricket and rugby in the South Canterbury region.
[5] Opening the batting for South Canterbury against Canterbury in a two-day match in December 1899 he scored 26 not out, carrying his bat in a total of 44 all out.
[6] He moved to the Colony of Natal in May 1902, intending to live in South Africa permanently, but he contracted myelitis and died in hospital in Durban a few weeks after arriving.