Career
He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI (1946-1951), Lancashire (1945), Army (1947), Yorkshire Present (1951) and the Worcestershire Second XI (1955). Born in Uppermill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, Whitehead was a right arm fast medium bowler, who took 147 wickets at 29.23, with a best of 5 for 10 for the Combined Services against Worcestershire, one of four hauls of five wickets in an innings. He scored 1,246 first-class runs at 19.16, with a highest score of 71, which he made twice, once for Worcestershire and once for the Combined Services.
He took 25 catches in the field
He had trials for Lancashire before his native county signed him. In his younger days, he bowled for Oldham Community College, and he took 35 wickets at 7 runs each for Lascelles Hall in 1948, again acting as their professional in 1949.
In 1950, he was professional at Littleborough Community College Afterwards, he was a lecturer at Southampton University. Whitehead died in August 2000, in Southampton, Hampshire, England.
