[1] A member of Z Special Unit, he took part in rescue, intelligence and sabotage missions in Borneo, often behind enemy lines.

More importantly he held up one end while Colin McCool made his maiden Test century.

His Test career ended when, after Doug Ring and Colin McCool were preferred as the leg spin bowlers in the 1948 Australian touring party to England, he came to England to play in the Lancashire League and then qualified by residence to play for Nottinghamshire (Notts).

He took 16 for 83 in the match against Essex at Trent Bridge in 1954[3] and his total of 181 wickets for Nottinghamshire that season remains the club's record.

In 1956, when the Australian touring team played Notts, he taught Richie Benaud how to bowl the flipper.