Don_Ward_(cricketer)

Don Ward (cricketer)

Don Ward (cricketer)

Welsh cricketer

Donald John Ward (born 30 August 1934) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan in the County Championship between 1954 and 1962.[1]

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An all-rounder born in Trealaw, Tonypandy, but brought up in London, Don Ward bowled right-arm off-spin that took 187 wickets and also contributed 2,496 lower-order runs including six half-centuries. Described as "a very brave and attractive strokemaker" as well as "a good off-spinner", Ward was also a skilled fielder both close to the wicket and in the outfield.[2] He was one of the shortest players in county cricket, at around five feet three inches tall.[3]

His career best with the bat was 86, against Somerset in 1956.[4] With the ball he took his career-best 7 for 60 against Lancashire in 1962, when he bowled Glamorgan to a 12-run victory in the second-last match of his career.[5] He also served in the British Armed Forces, playing for British Army and Royal Artillery teams in 1953.[6]

After leaving Glamorgan at the end of the 1962 season he worked for a transport company in South Wales.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Player Profile: Don Ward". ESPNCricInfo. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Don Ward". Museum of Welsh Cricket. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Vital statistics" by H.S. Scales
  4. [4]
    "Glamorgan v Somerset 1956". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Lancashire v Glamorgan 1962". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. [6]
    Hignell, Dr. Andrew. "Brief profile of Don Ward". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
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