Born in Acocks Green, Birmingham, Santall was a regular on the Warwickshire teamsheet during the inter-war period.
Between 1919 and 1939 he played 496 first-class matches for his home county, only Willie Quaife and Dennis Amiss have represented Warwickshire more often.
During that season he produced the highest score of his career, a knock of 201 not out against Northamptonshire at Peterborough, an innings that took just 165 minutes.
[5] Santall's medium pace bowling took 283 wickets at an average of 43.31, twice taking five-fers, both of which came in the 1936 season.
After leaving Warwickshire he coached schools in Reading and Cheltenham, where he died aged 47 after suffering a thrombosis.