Career
Townsend represented the Gentlemen on a number of occasions between 1874 and 1885. He was a right-handed batsman (RHB) and an underarm right arm slow bowler who made 179 career appearances. Townsend scored 5,110 runs including two centuries with a highest score of 136.
He held 131 catches and took 101 wickets with a best bowling analysis of 6–31.