He never broke through to the first team, and after two years moved on to Crystal Palace of the Third Division South, where he had a similar lack of success.
[2] The Derby Daily Telegraph thought he had "height and weight on his side but lack[ed] something in steadiness in front of the sticks.
"[4] This time he managed to make his Football League debut, coming into an injury-hit Forest team for the visit to Hull City on 31 October,[5] but he appeared just once more that season.
[1] He then signed for Brighton & Hove Albion of the Third Division South, where he came into the first team in January 1929 and played 18 times before returning to the reserves.
In December, he broke his leg in a Southern League match, an injury that finished his senior career at the age of 26.