Background
He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
He was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Othen was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Othen made his debut for Shropshire in the 1957 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. Othen played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1957 to 1976, which included 143 Minor Counties Championship appearances.
He made his List A debut against Essex in the 1974 Gillette Cup.
In this match, took 4 wickets for the cost of 34 runs from 12 overs. He made a further List A appearance against Yorkshire in the 1976 Gillette Cup.
He bowled 8 wicket-less overs in this match, for the cost of 35 runs.
