He made his debut for Minor Counties South in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup against Gloucestershire.
[4] Further appearances came for the Minor Counties cricket team, with Collins making a single first-class match against the touring Indians in 1979.
[5] In this match, he took the wickets of Anshuman Gaekwad, Chetan Chauhan and Dilip Vengsarkar as the Indians amassed a total of 315/4 declared, with Collins' figures reading 3/83 from 28 overs.
[6] He made his first List A appearance for the Minor Counties in the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup against Essex.
He made seven further appearances in that format for the Minor Counties, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup.