He played hockey for England and both cricket and rugby union for Kent as well as being a good all-round sportsman.

[2][3] At Canford he excelled at rugby union, hockey, squash, tennis, athletics and cricket, captaining the school first team in all six sports.

[1] Writing in Wisden on that year's schools cricket, E. M. Wellings said: Campbell had methods all of his own, rough and ready by precise standards but very effective for all that.

A good eye, confidence and exceptional power of strike are natural assets which add up to a large sum.

He played rugby union for Blackheath, Kent and London Counties and had a trial for the Scotland national side.