[1] A tall and forceful batsman, strong on the front foot, Punch made his highest score of 176 against Otago when New South Wales toured New Zealand early in 1924;[2] New South Wales scored 649 on the second day of the three-day match.

[3] His best bowling figures with his leg-breaks were 5 for 33 against Queensland earlier that season.

[4] In 1923 Punch, described in the Sydney Referee as "a finely-trained baritone of undoubted excellence", resigned his position with the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Company to become a professional singer.

[5][6] He married Sylvia Byrne in the Sydney suburb of Neutral Bay in November 1934.

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