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Basil Ward
Personal information
Full name
Basil Jordain Ward
Born6 August 1889
Dublin, Ireland
Died29 March 1972(1972-03-29) (aged 82)
Wandsworth Common, London, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1912–1920Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 56
Batting average 11.20
100s/50s –/–
Top score 17
Balls bowled 751
Wickets 13
Bowling average 21.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 4/66
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 November 2018

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.[3] 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.[4] Ward played in a total of four first-class matches, scoring 56 runs with a highest score of 17.[5] 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.[6] 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Player profile: Basil Jordain Ward". CricketEurope. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Basil Ward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ "No. 29268". The London Gazette. 17 August 1915. p. 8264.
  4. ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Basil Ward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Basil Ward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  6. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Basil Ward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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