[2] They moved in the 1880s to New Zealand, where he taught in the Hawke's Bay area, conducting the school at Norsewood.
In November 1892, he was described by the Hawke's Bay Herald thus: "has a good defence and splendid execution, and hits very hard when once set", and a fast bowler "with rather a low delivery" who "always gets wickets".
[4] He usually opened the batting, as he did when he made his highest first-class score of 103 in an innings victory over Taranaki in 1897–98.
[9] After retiring from the position after some years, he was the storekeeper at the small town of Ongaonga, in Central Hawke's Bay.
[11][12] He returned to Napier to live, working as a relieving teacher until his sudden death in February 1914.