[1][2][3] A right-handed batsman, White made his first-class debut for Kent against Sussex in early July 1869, opening the batting.
[4] White joined the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot in 1869, his service in the military effectively ending his top-class cricket career.
[5] He served in the later stages of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 in the Commissariat and Transport Department and, after being promoted to the rank of captain in 1880, in the Soudan Expedition during 1885 with the 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
In 1872 he scored a century for a team of St Pauls old boys against the school XI and in 1880 he played matches whilst stationed in Cheshire.
[7] His cousin Edward White was also a first-class cricketer who played 29 times for Kent between 1867 and 1875.