William Ward was an English financier, and noted cricketer.
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Lord's Cricket Ground, better known as Lord's, is a cricket venue at St John's Wood, historically in Middlesex and now in the City of Westminster, England. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is
William Ward (cricketer, born 1787)
…but it was interrupted by the Napoleonic War until 1816. Ward played until 1845. His score of 278 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Norfolk at Lord's in 1820 was the highest individual innings in important matches until W. G. Grace scored the first triple-century in August 1876, more than 27 years…
Lord's Pavilion
Lord's Pavilion, designed by the architect Thomas Verity and built in 1889–90
Cricket being played at Lord's in 1899
Father Time (pictured) incurred damage from an RAAF Barrage Balloon during World War Two.