He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.

[3] Twenty years later he won a gold medal in the pairs at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with William Rosbotham.

[4] He also competed at the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games and won the 1933 and 1938 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.

[5][6] In addition to his two National singles titles he also won two National pairs titles in 1926 and 1930 bowling for the Cavehill Bowls Club.

[7] He was a director of a linen manufacturers by trade and lived in Bedford Street, Belfast.