He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1937 season against Surrey in May in a match which saw the fall of only one wicket before being concluded as a draw.
After an uneventful season in 1939, Rhodes peak career was interrupted by the Second World War.
He made his top score of 127 against Somerset and 126 against Nottinghamshire in the 1949 season and took two 5 wicket innings including 7 for 114 against Gloucestershire.
Rhodes was a right-hand batsman and played 422 innings in 275 first-class matches to score 7,363 runs with an average of 18.97.
[1] Rhodes later joined the first-class umpiring list, standing in eight Test matches between 1963 and 1973 and three ODIs between 1972 and 1973.