Henderson was a left-arm fast-medium bowler and tail-end batsman who made his first-class debut for Wellington in 1921–22, taking 5 for 66 against Auckland in his second match.

Henderson took 33 first-class wickets at 24.21, including 5 for 27 against the Civil Service[4] and 5 for 76 against Leicestershire,[5] but his bowling, according to Wisden, lacked direction.

He dismissed Eddie Dawson with his first delivery[7] and later took the wicket of K. S. Duleepsinhji, the top scorer.

[8] But New Zealand lost in two days and he was replaced for the Second Test by his Wellington team-mate, the all-rounder Eddie McLeod.

[10] Henderson died on 17 June 1970, in Lower Hutt, Wellington, aged 74.