A right-handed batsman,[1] he played eighteen times for the Ireland cricket team between 1957 and 1965,[3] including nine first-class matches.
[4] He made his debut for Ireland in two matches against the West Indies in July 1957, one in Belfast and one in Dublin.
[4] He also played at Lord's against the MCC and against the Free Foresters in Dublin, against whom he made his highest score for Ireland of 49.
[3] He came back to the Ireland side in 1961, playing against Leicestershire, Scotland, the MCC and Australia.
[1] Another of his cousins, Allan Hunter from the same village of Sion Mills, while no mean cricketer himself, played soccer for Oldham Athletic, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town and Colchester United and was capped for the Northern Ireland national team.