[1] Entwistle made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Gloucestershire in the 1962 County Championship.
Opening the batting, he was the first person to be dismissed in List A cricket, hit wicket to Rodney Pratt for 18.
[9] During this time he also made a single first-class appearance for the Minor Counties against the touring West Indians in 1976,[2] scoring 8 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings before being dismissed by John Holder, while in their second-innings he scored exactly 50 runs before being dismissed by Albert Padmore.
[6] In a match which Cumberland lost by 9 wickets, Entwistle was dismissed for a duck by Roger Finney.
[11] He played as a professional for four Northern Cricket League teams from 1967 to 1986: Netherfield, Fleetwood, Darwen and St Annes.