[1] Ransford was a smooth and stylish left-handed batsman who could score with ease all round the wicket or defend patiently as the situation required.

[2] He played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1904 to 1928,[1] and was the first Victorian to score a century in each innings of a match, with 182 and 110 against New South Wales in 1907–08.

[3] In 1908–09 he was the leading run-scorer in the Sheffield Shield, with 720 runs in four matches at an average of 120.00 and four centuries.

[4] He was also an outstanding fieldsman, who could pick up and throw the ball in one movement and with great accuracy.

[2] Ransford's best Test series was the 1909 tour of England when he topped the Australian batting averages, helped by a career-best score of 143 not out in Australia's victory at Lord's,[5] finishing with 353 runs at an average of 58.83.