William Edward Devenish Meares (14 December 1848 – 17 October 1923) was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer.
He lived in Dunedin initially before moving to take up a job as the general manager of the Union Insurance Company at Christchurch.
[3][4][5][6] Playing as both captain and wicket-keeper, Meares made his representative debut for Otago in a November 1873 first-class match against Auckland at South Dunedin Recreation Ground.
He also captained Otago during his second representative match, a January 1877 fixture against Canterbury at Christchurch, scoring three runs in his first innings and 10 in his second.
Later in the year he played for a side of 22 Otago players against touring English team led by James Lillywhite.