[2] As a cricketer, he was a tail-end batsman and a bowler; his batting and bowling styles are not known.
[1] Playing for Cambridge against the Marylebone Cricket Club, he took five wickets in the MCC second innings, though the complete figures are not recorded.
Potter graduated from Cambridge University in 1850 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
[2] He was ordained as a priest in the Church of England and served as a curate at Mablethorpe, Skirbeck, and Ropsley, all in Lincolnshire.
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