Career
He also played Australian rules football for East Fremantle in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL). A tall fast bowler and useful lower-order batsman, he played for Western Australia from 1955-1956 to 1965-1966. He was selected for the Fourth Test against the West Indies in 1960-1961, replacing the injured Alan Davidson.
Davidson returned to the team for the Fifth Test.
He was not selected for the tour to England in 1961, and when the touring team played Western Australia at the end of the 1960-1961 season, he opened the batting for Western Australia and hit 133, his only century. His best bowling figures were 8 for 98 and 2 for 55 against New South Wales in 1964-1965.
In 1959-1960 he took 6 for 18 off 6 overs to dismiss South Australia for 56. He played as the professional for Nelson in the Lancashire League in 1963 and 1964.
He stayed in England in the off-season, working for a brewery, and missing the 1963-1964 season in Australia.
He used this experience later in his work as a sales representative for Swan Brewery in Perth.
