His most notable performance came against Newbury at the Antelope Ground in the 1894–95 FA Cup, when he scored six goals in Southampton's 14–0 victory.

[4] To facilitate that ambition, Ward played football at a less demanding level for Geneva Cross, which was the team affiliated with Netley Hospital.

[9] During the 1896 season, he led the Hampshire bowling attack alongside Charles Robson (who was the secretary–manager of Southampton St Mary's).

[7] However, seventeen days after this match, Ward died at Northwood Park in near Winchester on 6 June, where he had been employed as an assistant master.

[13] His cause of death was initially thought to be sunstroke, but it was subsequently diagnosed as a combination of typhoid fever and meningitis.