A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace/leg spin bowler, he played 48 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1928 and 1953[2] including nineteen first-class matches.
[5] He made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against the MCC[2] in a first-class match[6] ten days before his 18th birthday.
[2] He began playing for Middlesex in 1938, making his debut in a County Championship match against Worcestershire.
He was never a regular in the Middlesex side,[6] which allowed him to continue playing for Ireland, his career interrupted only by the Second World War.
[2] His last game for Middlesex came in June 1949 against Glamorgan, and his last first-class match was for Ireland against Scotland in July 1953[6] at the age of 42.