His Test match career was limited to three appearances for England against South Africa in 1895-96.

Wright was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge.

[1] In total Wright went on four overseas tours, all of which were captained by Lord Hawke.

These were to the United States and Canada in 1891 and 1894, to India in 1892-93, and then on the South African tour in which Wright played his Tests.

He is also notable for two other occurrences: Wright retired from the game after losing his eye in a shooting accident and later became a long-standing member of the Nottinghamshire Cricket Club's committee.