Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - Ponsford bụ onye ihere na onye na-adịghị ekwu okwu. Mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na cricket, ọ gara ogologo oge iji zere iso ọha na eze na-emekọrịta ihe. Ọ nọrọ ihe karịrị afọ iri atọ na-arụ ọrụ maka Melbourne Cricket Club, ebe o nwere ụfọdụ ọrụ maka ọrụ nke Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), ebe ọtụtụ n'ime ihe ngosi ya dị ukwuu na bat. N'afọ 1981, a gbanwere aha Western Stand na MCG ka ọ bụrụ WH Ponsford Stand na nsọpụrụ ya. E bibiri ebe a na 2003 dịka akụkụ nke mmezigharị nke ala maka Egwuregwu Commonwealth 2006
, mana a kpọkwara onye nnọchi ya WH Ponsford Stand. Mgbe emechara ụlọ egwuregwu ahụ na 2005, a rụnyere ihe oyiyi nke Ponsford n'èzí ọnụ ụzọ ámá. N'ịghọta onyinye ya dị ka onye ọkpụkpọ, Ponsford bụ otu n'ime mmadụ iri mbụ a họpụtara n'ụlọ ezumezu ndị ama ama nke Cricket Australia.