[3] After scoring 571 runs and taking 33 wickets in 1944―when Wisden called him "outstanding"―[4] he played for The Rest against Lord's Schools,[5] and "displayed batting and bowling promise" for the Public Schools side against a Lord's XI, a match briefly interrupted by a flying bomb exploding near to the ground.
[6] The previous season he had dismissed seven batsmen in his opening over of a match and taken ten wickets against Clifton College,[7] and in 1945 he was considered "the best" all-rounder in schools cricket by Wisden.
[9] After completing his National Service he attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he studied history, and made his first-class debut for the university side against Sussex in 1949, scoring 96 on debut and winning his Blue as a freshman.
[1][3][10] After first playing for Kent's Second XI in 1948, Morris made two appearances for the county's First XI in the 1950 County Championship, although he did not play for Cambridge at all that season, preferring to concentrate on his academic studies.
[1] Morris played no first-class cricket after leaving Cambridge, although he continued to play for Beckenham Cricket Club and Band of Brothers, an amateur side closely associated with Kent.