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Merrik de Sampajo Cecil Ward (5 July 1908 – 13 February 1981) was an English first-class cricketer.

Ward was born at Belgravia in July 1908. He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college cricket team. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham in the 1927 County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1929, making five appearances. In his five matches, Ward scored 141 runs at an average of 15.66, with a highest score of 48. As a left-arm bowler who could bowl both medium pace and slow orthodox, he bowled a total of 39 overs without taking a wicket. He stood in as captain for The Hon. Lionel Tennyson in a match against Kent in 1928, the same match in which he made his highest first-class score.

Ward later served in the Second World War, being commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps as a second lieutenant in January 1941. He died at Bath in February 1981.

References

1. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1981". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Merrik Ward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
3. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Merrik Ward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
4. "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Merrik Ward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
5. "Hampshire v Kent, County Championship 1928". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
6. "No. 35118". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 March 1941. p. 1788.

External links

• Merrik Ward at ESPNcricinfo

• 1908 births
• 1981 deaths
• People from Belgravia
• Cricketers from the City of Westminster
• People educated at Eton College
• English cricketers
• Hampshire cricketers
• Hampshire cricket captains
• Royal Army Ordnance Corps officers
• British Army personnel of World War II
• Military personnel from the City of Westminster
• 20th-century English sportsmen