Career
He was a right-handed batsman whose first-class career with Sussex lasted from 1926 to 1948. In 483 matches he scored 21,725 runs at an average of 33.57, with 42 centuries and a highest score of 200*. He scored 1000 runs in a season 14 times, with a best of 2,122 in 1947.
He stood as a first-class umpire in 1949 and 1950, and played one match for the Commonwealth XI in India in 1949-1950, his last first-class match.
Afterwards he was a coach at Taunton School.
