He took twenty one catches and nineteen wickets at 30.63, with his slow left arm spin.
After retiring he umpired in first-class cricket, mainly in games featuring Cambridge University at Fenner's.
His only Test match as an umpire came when South Africa played England at Durban in January 1923.
Wainwright died on New Year's Eve 1961, in Winchester, Hampshire.
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