[3] In his second first-class match, for Wellington against the MCC, he took 3 for 71, his victims Eddie Paynter, Wally Hammond and Les Ames.

[4] He also played his first two Hawke Cup matches for Nelson in January and February 1933, taking 13 wickets for 133.

[5] Freeman was selected to play Test cricket while still a school student, making his debut in March 1933 at the age of 18 years and 197 days.

He played one match for Wellington in the 1933–34 season, taking one wicket, and that was the end of his first-class career, at the age of 19.

He managed the Fiji cricket team's tour of New Zealand in 1953-54 and played in some of the minor matches, but achieved little with bat or ball.