He was spotted by Jack Durston while practising at the Middlesex Indoor School at Acton.
Seconded to Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), his duties included rolling the wicket.
He joined Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1934 and made his 1st XI debut in 1946.
He served as an Able Seaman with the Eastern Front in the Indian Ocean, during the Second World War, but saw little action.
He became MCC's Assistant Head Coach and he succeeded Jim Sims as the Middlesex scorer in 1973.