For the pre-VFL player see Richard Wardill
DOB: 5 July 1872
Died: 28 August 1929
Debut: Round 6, 1897 against Collingwood at MCG
Last Game: Round 3, 1902 against Essendon at East Melbourne
From: Alberton
Honours:
Premiership Player - 1900
Victorian state player - 1900
Captain - 1900
Life Member - 2017
Games: 60
Goals: 37
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 27 | 1 | 32 | 45.00 |
Debuting with the Reds in 1893, Wardill remained with the club throughout its early VFL years but also filled in with his old side Alberton in 1895. He missed the first five rounds of 1897 while playing Juniors with Caulfield, before returning to Melbourne.
He was one of the best afield in the shock 1900 Grand Final triumph.
Played for the VFL in a game against Ballarat in June 1900.
He retired after three games of 1901, but returned the next season to play the first three games of the year again.
In 1924 he appeared in an 'old players' charity game aged 52. He died after jumping in front of a train in 1929.
| Year | Games | Goals | |
| 1897 | 11 | 4 | |
| 1898 | 12 | 5 | |
| 1899 | 14 | 6 | |
| 1900 | 17 | 19 | |
| 1901 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1902 | 3 | 2 | |
Lists
Pre-VFL Players
Media
Argus - 11/09/1893
Herald - 26/06/1897
Argus - 20/05/1901
Argus - 27/09/1924
Sporting Globe - 23/08/1924
Australasian - 31/08/1929