Education
Emmanuel College.
Emmanuel College.
He made his first-class debut for Jamaica in 1949-1950, opening the batting and scoring 20 and 33. He scored 60 in the only match he played in 1950-1951. He established himself in the Cambridge side in 1953, batting in the middle order and scoring 449 runs at an average of 22.45.
Wisden noted that he "could drive the ball very hard, but his lack of adequate defence and a sense of impetuosity often caused early failures.
His 47 in the second innings in the annual match against Oxford University helped Cambridge salvage a draw. In 1955 he scored 99 in the match against Worcestershire, again top-scoring in a Cambridge victory, this time by an innings.
He finished the season with 627 runs at 28.50. He also played a leading part in the victory over Sussex, top-scoring in each innings with 47 and 90, and taking three wickets with his off-spin.
He played four Minor Counties matches for Cambridgeshire in 1955 but with little success.
His form declined in 1956 (432 runs at 2057, with a highest score of 47) and he was unable to play in a fourth consecutive match against Oxford owing to a finger injury. He returned to Jamaica and played a few more matches for the Jamaica team In his first match he returned to the opening position and scored 91 as well as taking 4 for 20 and 2 for 32 in an innings victory over Leeward Islands.
His last match was against Master Control Console in 1959-1960.