A right-handed opening batsman who first played for Kent at the age of 17, Fagg was a Test match player at 21 against India in 1936.

[1][2][3] This feat was not equalled until 2019, when it was achieved in Sri Lankan domestic cricket by Angelo Perera.

[4] The 1938 season was a year of record-breaking, and the young Leonard Hutton cemented his place as England's first choice opener with his 364 against the Australians at The Oval.

After retirement, he became a cricket umpire, officiating in eighteen Test matches and seven One Day Internationals.

In an incident at Edgbaston in 1973, he refused to take the field after the West Indies team disputed one of his decisions.