Ward Prentice
| Full name | Warden Selby Prentice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 July 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Homebush, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 February 1969 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rosebery, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Archie, Clarrie (Brothers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Five-eighth | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1920 | Wests Magpies | 5 | (11) |
| Position(s) | centre,first five-eighth | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1908-12 | New South Wales | 25 | () |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1908-12 | Australia | 6 | (3) |
Warden Selby Prentice (30 July 1886 – 26 February 1969) was an Australian sportsman who captained Australia at rugby union and New South Wales at first-class cricket and also played first-grade rugby league for the Western Suburbs Magpies.
Ward Prentice and four of his brothers played first grade rugby union in Sydney at various times and two others played in the lower grades. Ward and two of his brothers later played first grade rugby league. Ward's club career started with the his local Western Suburbs RUFC and he made his representative debut in 1908 for New South Wales against a touring Anglo-Welsh side.
In 1908 he was selected in the 31 man squad for the 1908-09 Australia rugby union tour of the British Isles and France. Chris McKivat was the standout incumbent five-eighth even though McKivat had greater career success at half-back. The selectors generally opted for Fred Wood, the tour vice-captain at half, with McKivat at fly-half. Prentice made a handful of tour match appearances at centre and at five-eighth and the Howell reference quotes Pollard "he distinguished himself by his unselfish team play and clever-cross-kicking for his loose forwards and wingers.....and was an astute cover-defender who on numerous occasions saved certain tries by launching himself at opposition wingers when they were set to score". In the tour match before the first Test Prentice scored the try of the match stepping through the whole team before touching down in the corner
Prentice made his Test debut against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park on 12 December 1908 at five-eighth and paired with McKivat. He set up the Wallabies' first try scored by Tom Richards though Australia lost the Test 6-9. Prentice had to leave the field twice for treatment after being kicked in the mouth and his injury caused him to miss the next five tour matches. In January he earned his second cap in the Test against England. He played at centre in the 9-3 win. By the end of the tour which also took in Canada and the USA, Prentice had played in 13 of the 35 matches.
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