[2] He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge University in 1855 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, which converted to a Master of Arts in 1858.
[2] As a cricketer, Ward was a middle-order batsman, though it is not known whether he was right- or left-handed.
[2] In addition to games for Cambridge University, he also played in 1853 and 1854 for the MCC and in 1853 for a "Gentlemen of England" side.
[1] After graduating from Cambridge, Ward was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England and then as a priest, both in 1856.
[2] Many years after his death, The Times published a reminiscent letter from the eminent late Victorian cricketer C. I. Thornton which recalled Ward as a "very stout" man and remarked on his capacity for refreshment: "At a big dinner... Ward took 11 bottles Apollinaris [German carbonated water], two bottles champagne, one bottle port.