[2] He played for the Albert club in Ipswich for 15 years, taking well over 1000 wickets at an average of fewer than six runs each.

After a few matches for Queensland, he moved to Victoria in 1914, accepting a position offered by Hugh Trumble as professional bowler at the Melbourne Cricket Club.

[8] Ironmonger resumed successfully after World War I but was hampered by injuries to his knees, and by his reputation as a poor batsman and fielder.

[11] He lost his stock in a burglary in 1923 and could not afford to re-stock and start again, so he took a position with St Kilda City Council maintaining the municipal parks and gardens, where he remained for the rest of his working life.

[12] Ironmonger joined the St Kilda club at the start of the 1922–23 season, along with another 40-year-old spin bowler, Don Blackie.

[14] The Victorian team toured New Zealand at the end of the season, but Ironmonger declined his invitation as he could not take the required time off work.

Ironmonger's contemporary, the Australian Test batsman and captain Vic Richardson, said of him: I would say unhesitatingly that he stood head and shoulders above any other left-hander, not even excepting Wilfred Rhodes.