Basil Ward (cricketer) explained

Country:Ireland
Fullname:Basil Jordain Ward
Birth Date:6 August 1889
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Wandsworth Common, London, England
Batting:Left-handed
Bowling:Left-arm fast-medium
Club1:Ireland
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:4
Runs1:56
Bat Avg1:11.20
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:17
Deliveries1:751
Wickets1:13
Bowl Avg1:21.00
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:4/66
Catches/Stumpings1:3/–
Date:5 November
Year:2018
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24535.html Cricinfo

Basil Jordain Ward (6 August 1889  - 29 March 1972) was an Irish first-class cricketer.

Ward was born at Dublin in August 1889, where he was educated at Mountjoy School.[1] After finishing his schooling, he went up to Trinity College, Dublin in 1908, where he played club cricket for Dublin University.[1] He did not appear regularly for the university until 1912, but did represent Leinster alongside.[1] Ward made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Dublin in 1912.[2] He played in the same fixture in 1913 at Edinburgh, and in 1914 at Dublin.[2] Ward served in the British Army during World War I, enlisting in August 1915 as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. Surviving the war, he returned to playing club cricket for Dublin University.[1] He made a final first-class appearance for Ireland against Scotland at Edinburgh in 1920,[2] a year in which he also played minor matches against Cambridge University and Derbyshire at College Park, Dublin.[3] Ward played in a total of four first-class matches, scoring 56 runs with a highest score of 17.[4] However, it is a fast-medium bowler that Ward is better remembered, where alongside an impressive club record,[1] he also took 13 first-class wickets at an average of 21.00, with best innings figures of 4 for 66.[5] A schoolteacher by profession, he took up a teaching position in London soon after his final appearance for Ireland.[1] He died at Wandsworth Common in London in March 1972.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player profile: Basil Jordain Ward. CricketEurope. 5 November 2018.
  2. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Basil Ward . CricketArchive . 5 November 2018. subscription.
  3. Web site: Miscellaneous Matches played by Basil Ward. CricketArchive. 5 November 2018. subscription.
  4. Web site: First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Basil Ward. CricketArchive. 5 November 2018. subscription.
  5. Web site: First-class Bowling For Each Team by Basil Ward. CricketArchive. 5 November 2018. subscription.