Ayling was a middle-to-lower order right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler.
On the tour of England in 1932, his batting was not very successful in the six first-class matches, and his highest score was only 34.
[1] Outside the first-class games, he scored an unbeaten 95 and took five for 72 against MCC at Lord's; his innings averted the follow-on and his victims included Test player Eddie Dawson and former England captain Pelham Warner.
His highest score in three matches came in a rearguard action in the last of the three games, in which all three brothers reached 50 – in Cyril's case, exactly 50.
[3] Cyril Ayling continued to play high-level Argentinian cricket past his 50th birthday.