[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played 11 first-class matches between 1923 and 1932,[2] six for Worcestershire and five for the British Army cricket team.
[6] Indeed, he played largely as a batsman that season, bowling only half a dozen overs in five matches and gaining no reward.
[5] In the first innings of this match he claimed his first wicket, that of Ronald Sugden, and went on to take five more to finish with what would remain his career best of 6–27.
)[9] In the next two years, he played four more times for the Army,[5] and consistently took wickets,[7] a notable performance being his 6–31 against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in August 1931.
[5] His last first-class match was for the Army against the RAF in June 1932,[5] after which he continued to play at lower levels.