Ware made his first appearance for the Waterford senior hurling team during the 1927 Munster Championship and enjoyed his greatest successes as a goalkeeper over the following two decades.
Just four years later, he was goalkeeper on the Erin's Own team that won their first Waterford Senior Championship after an 8–02 to 0–05 defeat of reigning champions Dungarvan.
It was the first of nine consecutive championship titles for the club, with Ware lining out in goal for all the subsequent victories over Tallow (1928, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935), Lismore (1929), Dungarvan (1930) and Dunhill (1933).
Ware ended his club career by winning back-to-back championship title in 1946 and 1947 after defeats of Brickey Rangers and Clonea.
Ware captained Waterford for the first time on 13 June 1943 in a Munster Championship first round defeat of Tipperary at Fraher Field.
On 1 August 1948, Ware won his only Munster Championship medal when Waterford defeated reigning champions Cork by 4–07 to 3–09 in the final at Thurles Sportsfield.
Ware married Alice O'Donnell (28 April 1912 - 8 June 1998), a poet and playwright, at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Waterford on 24 September 1938.