He married Eliza Helena Lovett Cameron (1848–1943),[3] later Mrs. Edward Thomas Tatham,[4] on 18 May 1871.
[6][7] Wardill was also an influential player and administrator in the early years of Australian rules football.
Cricket writer Gideon Haigh published an article on Wardill in 1992 titled "The Drowned Bradman".
In between 1859 and 1861 he played a number of games of Australian Rules Football with (pre-VFL) Melbourne, Richmond, and St Kilda.
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