Rought-Rought made his debut for Norfolk in the 1931 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire at Norwich.
[3] Rought-Rought played twelve first-class matches for the university in his Blue year of 1937,[2] scoring 472 runs and taking 42 wickets.
[1] He made his last appearance in first-class cricket in 1947 when he was selected to play for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University.
[8] The family's unusual surname originated with their father, who was born Albert William Rought Whitta.
[9][10] Desmond Rought-Rought died in a car accident in Cambridge on 7 January 1970, which also claimed the life of his wife.