[1][2] In the 1892–93 season Gardiner was regarded as the best batsman in Auckland and "one of the best in the colony", as well as a reliable fieldsman.
[3] His highest first-class score was 61, the only fifty in the match, when Auckland beat Canterbury in 1891–92.
[5] Gardiner also played rugby for Auckland in the 1880s until a shoulder injury curtailed his career.
He worked as a builder and contractor, his company being noted for building bridges and wharfs.
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