This meant batsmen who did not play with a straight bat, or who lacked good footwork, rarely lasted long against him.

Freeman relied chiefly on a leg-break that pitched on middle-and-leg, so that batsmen had to play at it, and a top-spinner that was notoriously difficult to detect and brought him hundreds of wickets; the googly he used sparingly.

[6] In 1924, Freeman's bowling for the Players (6 for 52 in the first innings) against the Gentlemen earned him a place in the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour to Australia.

However, owing to the rock-hard pitches and the superb footwork of Australia's batsmen, Freeman proved expensive in the two Tests in which he was selected.

Freeman continued to dominate Kent's bowling in the following three years, but was only modestly successful against South Africa in 1927–1928.

After retirement Freeman opened a chain of sports retail shops in partnership with his old Kent teammate Jack Hubble.