Primarily a fast bowler bowling late away-swingers with a high action, he took 30 wickets in Tests.

He took 26 wickets at a bowling average of 33 before a groin injury in July ruled him out for the remainder of the tour.

John Reid rated him as the fastest bowler of the 1949 English season.

[1] Nicknamed "Haybag", he made his Test debut against England at Christchurch in March 1951.

He played his last first-class match for the New Zealand Governor-General's XI against the touring MCC in Auckland in February 1961.