[4] During his employment at BRPRA, he attended evening classes at the University of London, achieving a B.Sc.
[5] Together with doctoral student Oon Hock Yeoh he also studied the mechanics of cutting of rubber with a blade, thereby establishing the principle that rubber's intrinsic strength and fatigue limit are the same and that they can be measured via cutting experiments.
[7] In 2003, he received the Charles Goodyear Medal in recognition of the significance of his contributions to rubber science.
A symposium was organized in 2003 to honor the 50th anniversary of the development of Fracture Mechanics for rubber, and the symposium title was chosen as 'Fracture Mechanics and Elastomers: 50 not out', in reference to Lake's past career as a professional cricketer.
Lake made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Sussex in the 1956 County Championship.