\n Mick \u201cPud\u201d Ward joined Acle Cricket Club in the 1950s when he was 17-years-old and played for 40 years, scoring numerous centuries over that time including a high mark of 135 not out against Ashmanaugh in 1973.\n<\/p>\n
\n After finishing his first team career, he played with and captained the second team.\n<\/p>\n
\n Retirement saw Mr Ward continue to support the club including becoming landlord to a number of players from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mick “Pud” Ward started playing for Acle Cricket Club in the 1950s. (Image: Acle Cricket Club)\n<\/p>\n
\n Mick “Pud” Ward played for Acle Cricket Club for 40 years. (Image: Acle Cricket Club)\n<\/p>\n
\n Away from the cricket, he was known for his work picking litter in the village and cleaning the toilet block and bus stop.\n<\/p>\n
\n Acle Cricket Club said: “It is impossible to write about Pud because whatever you say will not be enough to do justice to a unique and wonderful man, a man who was so loved by everyone at the cricket club and the village community and beyond.\n<\/p>\n
\n “At the moment it is impossible to imagine Saturdays in the summer without Pud but I\u2019m sure he will be keeping an eye on us and toasting our wins with a Wherry and a whiskey.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The club sent their love and thoughts to Mr Ward’s family.\n<\/p>\n
\n Tributes have been paid to Acle man Mick “Pud” Ward. (Image: Acle Cricket Club)\n<\/p>\n
\n On Saturday, May 9, ahead of their fixtures that day, the club observed a minute’s silence in his memory.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Rest well Pud, you will be incredibly missed by everyone at the club and in the village, and we are all very grateful that our world had you in it.\n<\/p>\n
\n “An Acle CC icon and legend,” the club said.\n<\/p>\n
\n A minute’s silence was observed at Acle Cricket Club on May 9 to mark the death of former player Mick (Image: Acle Cricket Club)\n<\/p>\n
\n The All About Acle Facebook page said the village had lost a true legend.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Mick “Pud” Ward, has been an inspiration for many generations of locals, and will be sadly missed by all those that knew him,” they said.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Pud loved having a pride in his work, and he was proud to call Acle his home.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mick \u201cPud\u201d Ward joined Acle Cricket Club in the 1950s when he was 17-years-old and played for 40…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-590794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}