Background
He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and, from the death of Frank Shipston on 6 July 2005 until his death, was considered the oldest living first-class cricketer and the second oldest ever, behind Jim Hutchinson.
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He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and, from the death of Frank Shipston on 6 July 2005 until his death, was considered the oldest living first-class cricketer and the second oldest ever, behind Jim Hutchinson.
Ward was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Following his death, Cyril Perkins became the oldest living first-class cricketer. Ward was born in Australia, but moved to New Zealand at some point prior to playing first-class cricket for Wellington.
His first-class debut for Wellington came in the 1929/30 Plunket Shield against Otago.
From 1929/30 to 1937/38, he represented Wellington in 10 first-class matches, with his final first-class match coming against Canterbury. In his 20 first-class innings, he scored 282 runs at a batting average of 14.84, with a single half century high score of 61, which came against Auckland in the 1934/35 season.
This was the team"s third straight title. Ward worked as a jeweller and watchmaker in Wellington until 1982, then retired to the Wairarapa farming village of Kaiwaiwai, between Featherston and Martinborough.