 He was born at Westbury, Bristol.Chard made two first-class appearances for Gloucestershire in 1889 against Surrey at The Oval and Sussex at the County Ground, Hove.He scored 35 runs at an average of 8.75, with a high score of 32, while with the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 45.33, with best figures of 2/27.