[2] Born in Churchill, Worcestershire, Bache was educated at King Edward VI School, Birmingham, and Caius College, Cambridge.
[3] He made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Surrey at Worcester late in the 1907 season, scoring 9 in his only innings and holding three catches.
Later in the same season against the same opposition, but this time at Worcester, he took two of his three career wickets: those of Patsy Hendren and Jack Hearne.
[4] He was killed by a sniper near the Comines Canal, West Flanders, Belgium at the age of 26.
[citation needed] He excelled whilst on the club's famous tours and in 1911, took little mercy on his Canadian and American hosts, netting 34 goals in just 18 matches.