Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - he tangata whakaiti, he tangata whakamā hoki a Ponsford. Whai muri i tana reti mai i te kirikiti, ka haere ia ki etahi waahanga kia kore ai e taunekeneke ki te iwi. I neke atu i te toru tekau tau ia e mahi ana mo te Karapu Kirikiti o Melbourne, i reira ia i whai kawenga mo nga mahi o te Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), te waahi o te maha o ana whakaaturanga nui me te peera. I te tau 1981 i whakaingoatia te Western Stand i te MCG hei WH Ponsford Stand hei whakahonore i a ia. I wahia tēnei tūru i te tau 2003 hei wāhanga o te whakahoutanga o te whenua mō te 2006 Commonwealth Games
, engari ko tana whakakapi i tapaina ko te WH Ponsford Stand. I te otinga o te whakahoutanga o te papa i te tau 2005, i whakauruhia he whakapakoko o Ponsford ki waho o nga kuaha pavilion. Hei whakanui i ana takoha hei kaitakaro, ko Ponsford tetahi o nga kaiwhakauru tuatahi tekau ki te Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.