[1] Following the conclusion of his final year at Winchester, Lee made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Yorkshire at Harrogate in the 1896 County Championship.
During the summer break in 1897, Lee established himself in the Hampshire side, making eleven appearances in the latter half of that season.
[5] Lee toured North America with P. F. Warner's XI during the winter of 1898,[3] having been selected on the strength of his bowling for Oxford.
[9] In 1901, he first played for the MCC against Oxford University, in addition to making six appearances for Hampshire in the County Championship.
[2] From January to April 1902, Lee toured the West Indies with R. A. Bennett's XI, making thirteen first-class appearances on the tour; these came mostly against regional domestic teams, such as Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica, Trinidad, in addition to the West Indies cricket team.
It was in 1909, that he made his final two first-class appearances, playing once for Hampshire against the touring Australians, and once for the MCC against Oxford University.