[2] A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, he played first-class cricket for New South Wales in the early 20th century.
He played further matches for New South Wales against Tasmania and Queensland in the same season.
The following season he played his last two first-class matches against Queensland and an Australian XI.
[4] In the mid-1920s, Penman played three matches for the Federated Malay States, two against the Straits Settlements and one against Hong Kong.
[3] Penman was also a rugby union international for Australia, being capped for his country as a fullback in a friendly against New Zealand, at Dunedin, on 2 September 1905.