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Australian cricketer This article is about the Australian cricketer. For the Australian rules footballer, see Dick Wardill.

Richard Wardill

Personal information

Full name

Richard Wilson Wardill

Born

(1840-11-03)3 November 1840
Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Died

17 August 1873(1873-08-17) (aged 32)
Melbourne, Australia

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right arm medium pace (roundarm)

Role

Batsman

Relations

Benjamin Wardill (brother)
Dick Wardill (son)

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1861–73

Victoria

1864

G. Anderson's XI

Career statistics

Competition	First-class
Matches	10
Runs scored	381
Batting average	25.40
100s/50s	1/1
Top score	110
Balls bowled	202
Wickets	8
Bowling average	10.50
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	3/23
Catches/stumpings

Source: CricketArchive

Richard Wilson Wardill (3 November 1840 – 17 August 1873) was an Australian cricketer who played in ten first-class cricket matches, eight of which were for Victoria.

Family

The son of the stockbroker Joseph Wilson Wardill (1796–1866), and Mary Wardill (1815–1878), née Briddon, Richard Wilson Wardill was born at Everton, Liverpool, England on 3 November 1840. He was the brother of Benjamin Johnston Wardill (1842–1917).

He married Eliza Helena Lovett Cameron (1848–1943), later Mrs. Edward Thomas Tatham, on 18 May 1871. Their son, Richard Cameron Wardill (1872–1929) was born in Melbourne on 5 July 1872.

Cricket

He was the first cricketer to score a century in Australian first-class cricket, when he made 110 and 45 not out in Victoria's victory over New South Wales in 1867–68. Wardill was also an influential player and administrator in the early years of Australian rules football. On Boxing Day 1866 he captained the Melbourne Cricket Club against the Western District Aboriginal cricket team, led by Tom Wills.

Cricket writer Gideon Haigh published an article on Wardill in 1992 titled "The Drowned Bradman".

Football

In between 1859 and 1861 he played a number of games of Australian Rules Football with (pre-VFL) Melbourne, Richmond, and St Kilda.

Death

Wardill committed suicide by drowning himself in the Yarra River on 17 August 1873.

"In 1872-73 Wardill had serious personal problems probably because of speculation in mining shares; he embezzled £7000 from his employers, the Victoria Sugar Co. On 17 August 1873, aged 38, he committed suicide by jumping into the Yarra River…" – Australian Dictionary of Biography.

Notes

References

Haigh, Gideon, "The drowned Bradman", Independent Monthly, (December 1991-January 1992), pp. 23–24.

External links

Richard Wardill, at Demonwiki.

v t e Australian first-class cricket season leading run-scorers (1850–51 to 1899–1900)
1850–51: Hamilton 1851–52: Hamilton 1852–53: – 1853–54: Cavenagh 1854–55: – 1855–56: Driver/McKone 1856–57: Gilbert 1857–58: Wills 1858–59: Lewis 1859–60: Wills 1860–61: Bryant 1861–62: Caffyn 1862–63: D'Arcy 1863–64: Lockyer 1864–65: – 1865–66: N. Gregory 1866–67: Cosstick 1867–68: Wardill 1868–69: Phillips 1869–70: Gordon 1870–71: Loughnan 1871–72: Thomson 1872–73: Arthur 1873–74: – 1874–75: C. Bannerman 1875–76: D. Gregory 1876–77: C. Bannerman 1877–78: Thomson 1878–79: Ulyett 1879–80: A. Bannerman 1880–81: Horan 1881–82: Murdoch 1882–83: A. Bannerman 1883–84: Murdoch 1884–85: Barnes 1885–86: McIlwraith 1886–87: Shrewsbury 1887–88: Moses 1888–89: Trott 1889–90: Lyons 1890–91: Giffen 1891–92: Lyons 1892–93: Giffen 1893–94: Giffen 1894–95: Ward 1895–96: Donnan 1896–97: Lyons 1897–98: Hill 1898–99: Trumper 1899–1900: Trumper
Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–2000 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–2000 2000–01 onwards

Australian first-class cricket season leading run-scorers (1850–51 to 1899–1900)

1850–51: Hamilton
1851–52: Hamilton
1852–53: –
1853–54: Cavenagh
1854–55: –
1855–56: Driver/McKone
1856–57: Gilbert
1857–58: Wills
1858–59: Lewis
1859–60: Wills
1860–61: Bryant
1861–62: Caffyn
1862–63: D'Arcy
1863–64: Lockyer
1864–65: –
1865–66: N. Gregory
1866–67: Cosstick
1867–68: Wardill
1868–69: Phillips
1869–70: Gordon
1870–71: Loughnan
1871–72: Thomson
1872–73: Arthur
1873–74: –
1874–75: C. Bannerman
1875–76: D. Gregory
1876–77: C. Bannerman
1877–78: Thomson
1878–79: Ulyett
1879–80: A. Bannerman
1880–81: Horan
1881–82: Murdoch
1882–83: A. Bannerman
1883–84: Murdoch
1884–85: Barnes
1885–86: McIlwraith
1886–87: Shrewsbury
1887–88: Moses
1888–89: Trott
1889–90: Lyons
1890–91: Giffen
1891–92: Lyons
1892–93: Giffen
1893–94: Giffen
1894–95: Ward
1895–96: Donnan
1896–97: Lyons
1897–98: Hill
1898–99: Trumper
1899–1900: Trumper

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900
1900–01 to 1949–50
1950–51 to 1999–2000
2000–01 onwards

Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–1900
1900–01 to 1949–50
1950–51 to 1999–2000
2000–01 onwards

v t e Captains of the Melbourne Football Club
Pre-VFA	1859: Wills/T. Smith/Hammersley 1860: Hammersley/T. Smith/Thompson/Wills 1861: Harrison/R. Wardill/T. Smith 1862: T. Smith/Woolley/Nicholls 1863: Harrison/Woolley 1864: Harrison/R. Wardill/Tait 1865: Wills/Harrison/R. Wardill 1866: Harrison/Neal/Conway 1867–1868: Harrison/Freeman 1869–1871: Harrison 1871: Goldsmith 1872–1873: Byrne 1874–1875: Goldsmith 1875: Forrester
VFA	1876–1879: Sillett 1880: Bennie 1881: Lamrock 1882: Rannard 1883: M. McKenzie 1884: John McDonald 1885: G. Aitken/Franks 1886: Morrison 1887: Kelly 1888: King 1889–1891: Fox 1892: W. Aitken 1892–1895: Fox 1895–1896: J. Wilson
VFL/AFL	1897–1898: Sutton 1899: Sholl 1900: D. Wardill 1901–1904: McClelland 1905: Langley 1906: Sowden 1907: Coutie 1908: Purse 1909: Nolan 1910–1911: Coutie 1912–1913: George 1914: Incigneri 1915: J. McKenzie 1919–1920: Heinz 1921–1923: P. Wilson 1924–1927: Chadwick 1928–1931: Warne-Smith 1932–1933: Vine 1934–1935: Niven 1936–1941: La Fontaine 1942–1944: Beames 1945–1947: N. Smith 1948–1949: Don Cordner 1950: McGrath 1951–1953: Denis Cordner 1954: Collins 1955–1956: McMahen 1957–1959: Beckwith 1960–1964: Barassi 1965–1969: Mann 1970: Johnson 1971–1972: Davis 1973–1976: Alves 1977–1978: Wells 1979–1980: Ditterich 1981–1987: Flower 1988–1990: Healy 1991–1997: Lyon 1998–1999: T. Viney 2000–2008: Neitz 2008: Bruce/James McDonald 2009–2010: James McDonald 2011: Green 2012–2013: Grimes/Trengove 2014: Grimes/Jones 2015–2016: Jones 2017–2019: Jones/J. Viney 2020–: Gawn
AFL Women's	2017–2018: Pearce 2019: O'Dea/Scott 2020–2022 (S7): Pearce 2023– : Hore

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