[1] He was born at Thurnby, Leicestershire and died at Pickenham Hall, near Swaffham, Norfolk.
From 1842 onwards, he started playing for Marylebone Cricket Club and he made 36 appearances for that team over the next 10 years; he also played in 1843 for Nottinghamshire and a team representing the Midland Counties, and he started appearing also for "Gentlemen of England" teams of amateurs which played various county sides or other amateur combinations.
[1] His highest score in 120 first-class innings was 22, made in one of his occasional forays to the top of the batting order in an MCC match against Oxford University in 1846 in which the whole team had been dismissed for 24 in the first innings.
[6] From 1853 to 1857, he played in only one match per season, with none at all in 1855; in those four games, he batted seven times, and a score of 2 in his final innings in 1857 ended a succession of six ducks.
[7] At the time of his death, he was the auditor for the Marylebone Cricket Club's accounts.