Terry entered the 1936 World Snooker Championship and was drawn against Horace Lindrum in a match over 31 frames.

[1][2] Members of his local club in Camberwell raised the £10 entry fee, equivalent to £858 in 2023, for him.

[3] He won the first two frames,[1] and the score was level at 5–5 after the first day.

Lindrum won 8 frames on the second day to lead 13–7.

[4] An article in The Billiard Player magazine praised Terry's safety play and, although he lacked consistency at it, his potting, and called it one of the best debut [1] He died in 1958.