Roland Barton "Bill" Proud (29 September 1919 – 27 October 1961) was an English first-class cricketer. Proud was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Proud was educated at Winchester College, where he represented the college cricket team. Later, Proud was educated at Oxford University. Proud made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Derbyshire in the 1938 County Championship, playing three first-class matches for the county during the season. In 1939, he made his debut for Oxford University against Yorkshire. Proud represented the university in ten first-class matches in 1939, with his final first-class match for the university coming against Cambridge University. In his ten first-class matches for the university, Proud scored 488 runs at a batting average of 25.