Merrik Ward
Cricket Player
1908 – 1981
Who was Merrik Ward?
Merrik de Sampajo Cecil Ward was an English cricketer. Ward was a left-handed batsman who could bowl both left-arm medium pace and slow left-arm orthodox spin.
Ward made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1927 County Championship against Gloucestershire. This was Ward's only appearance during the 1927 season.
Ward made three County Championship appearances the following season, where Ward made his two highest scores of 47* against Gloucestershire and his highest score of 48 against Kent, a match in which Ward captained Hampshire in the absence of Lord Tennyson.
Ward's final match for the county came in the 1929 County Championship against Somerset, which was also the only match Ward played for the county that season.
Ward died in Bath, Somerset on February 13, 1981.
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- Born
- 1908
Belgravia - Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Feb 13, 1981
Bath
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on July 23, 2013
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