[2] He scored 576 runs at an average of 26.18 in debut season,[3] including a maiden century against the Free Foresters, sharing an unbroken fifth-wicket partnership of 256 with Abbas Ali Baig which remained a first-class record for the fifth wicket for Oxford until 2017, when it was broken by Dan Escott's and Matthew Naylor's partnership of 267.
[3] Against Sussex at Bournemouth, he was notably bowled by Robin Marlar, who would later become one of his successors to the presidency of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
[7] The following season, having graduated from Oxford, he appeared twice for Northamptonshire against Cambridge University at Northampton, and Essex in the County Championship at Colchester.
[9] At the end of his twelve-month presidency, he was succeeded by Tom Graveney, who was the first former professional cricketer to hold the post.
When he was forced out as chief executive, he started Pinder Fry & Benjamin, a firm of financial advisers, eventually retiring in 2005.