Ronald Osmond Talbot (26 November 1903 – 5 January 1983), was a cricketer who played first-class cricket in New Zealand from 1922-23 to 1935-36, and toured England with the national team in 1931. Talbot was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, where he captained the First XI cricket team and the First XV Rugby team. Opening the batting for Canterbury against Auckland in the first match of the 1932-33 season he made 55 and 117, his highest score. He moved to Otago in 1933, playing four matches in the next three seasons with moderate success.