On 26 March 1930, he married Elizabeth Marjorie Wylie at All Saints' Church in Dunedin.

[4] He was selected in the New Zealand eight for the 1928 Olympic Games, but they did not travel because of insufficient funds.

[5] He represented New Zealand at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, and was a member of the coxed four, which included Jack Macdonald, Ben Waters, Bert Sandos, and Arthur Eastwood (coxswain), that won the gold medal.

[6] He also stroked the eight that won the silver medal,[6][7] three-quarters of a boat length behind the victorious English crew.

[8] Brough died in Dunedin on 25 October 1960, and his ashes were buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery.