Born in Delamere Land, Brighton, St Michael, Barbados, King was a hostile right-arm fast bowler who opened the bowling for the West Indies in three consecutive home series in the early 1950s.
But he failed to build on a promising debut in the 1952–53 series against the Indian cricket team, when, with 17 wickets, he was the second highest wicket-taker after Alf Valentine.
In the third Test of the series, he took 5 for 74 in India's first innings,[1] and also broke the hand of the Indian wicketkeeper, Ebrahim Maka.
[2] The following season he played three Tests against England and took eight wickets, again bowling with much hostility and inflicting injury to several batsmen, though he himself also suffered from muscle strains.
This tour saw the emergence of Tom Dewdney as a fast bowler, and King never again appeared for the West Indies.