Full Name

Sydney William Ward

Born

August 05, 1907, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died

December 31, 2010, Featherstone, Wellington, (aged 103y 148d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Born in Australia, Syd Ward moved to New Zealand at an early age and worked in Wellington as a jeweller. A top-order batsman, he played ten matches for Wellington between 1929-30 and 1936-37 scoring 282 runs at 14.84. The highlight of his career came in December 1935 when he was in the Wellington side which beat the touring MCC by 14 runs. Ward was also an accomplished rugby player for the state before his career was ended in 1933 by a badly-broken ankle.
Martin Williamson

Syd Ward Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC102012826114.840190

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC1036220---3.66-000

Debut/Last Matches of Syd Ward

FC Matches

Span
1929/30 - 1937/38

Recent Matches of Syd Ward

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
Wellington vs M.C.C.0 & 1320-Dec-1935WellingtonFC