Over six feet tall, Mason was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler, classified as a genuine all-rounder.

[2] His father, Richard, had played for Worcestershire before the county gained first-class cricket status and worked as a solicitor.

Mason performed well at the start of the tour but endured "a long spell of bad luck" and did not live up to expectations.

[12][13] His highest score of 183 came against Somerset at Blackheath while, in 1899, he posted an unbeaten 181 against Nottinghamshire in an unbroken partnership of 321 with Alec Hearne.

He scored three successive centuries in 1904 against Yorkshire, Somerset and Essex and appeared 11 times for the Gentlemen against the Players.

[1] After the 1902 season Mason's father told him he was no longer prepared to pay for his son's cricket career, and that it was time he joined the family firm.

[19] With a height of over six feet,[1] Mason generally played forward when batting, driving cleanly and powerfully.

He volunteered to serve in the Royal Air Force in April 1918 but was considered too important to be spared by the Hydrophone Service which was playing a crucial role in combatting German U-boat attacks.

He played for and was involved in the Band of Brothers club, closely associated with Kent's county team.