Donald John Ward (born 30 August 1934) is a former
cricketer
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who played
first-class cricket for
Glamorgan
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in the
County Championship between 1954 and 1962.
An all-rounder born in
Trealaw
Trealaw is a long village, also a community and electoral ward in the Rhondda Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It stretches over from the junction of Cemetery Road and Brithweunydd Road in the east, to the junction of Ynyscynon Road and Partrid ...
,
Tonypandy
Tonypandy is a town, community and electoral ward located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. A former industrial coal mining town, the town was ...
, 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.
He was one of the shortest players in county cricket, at around five feet three inches tall.
His career best with the bat was 86, against
Somerset in 1956. 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.
He also served in the
British Armed Forces
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, playing for
British Army and
Royal Artillery teams in 1953.
After leaving Glamorgan at the end of the 1962 season he worked for a transport company in South Wales.
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1934 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tonypandy
Welsh cricketers
Glamorgan cricketers