About: William Ward (cricketer, born 1874)

William Ward (24 May 1874 – 13 December 1961) was an English cricketer active in first-class cricket between 1895 and 1904. He played as a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Ward made his debut in first-class cricket for Warwickshire against Hampshire in the 1895 County Championship at Edgbaston. He played one further match in 1895 against the same opponents at Southampton, before making eight further first-class appearances in 1896, including playing against the touring Australians. Ward would later play his final first-class fixture for Warwickshire eight years later in 1904 against Cambridge University. In a total of eleven first-class matches, Ward scored 79 runs as a tailend batsman, averaging 7.18, with a high score of 26. With the ball, Ward took 30 wickets with