[1][2] He was educated at Burton Grammar School in Staffordshire[3] and Jesus College, Oxford, where he was listed as an armiger.
He won his first "Blue" in 1881, when he played in the university match against Cambridge.
[4] In all, he played 17 first-class matches for Oxford University, scoring 168 runs in 30 innings, at an average of 8.84 with a highest score of 28; he was primarily a left-arm fast bowler, and took 80 wickets at an average of 17.16, with best bowling figures of 7 wickets for 47 runs.
[1] James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual described him as "an apathetic bat and field".
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