Background
He was born at Brighton, Sussex.
He was born at Brighton, Sussex.
Humphreys was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm underarm slow. Humphreys made his first-class debut for Sussex against Middlesex in 1898 County Championship. He made thirteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1900 County Championship.
In his fourteen first-class matches for Sussex, he took a total of 48 wickets at an average of 28.18, with best figures of 5/107.
One of two five wicket hauls he took, these figures came against Hampshire in 1899. With the bat, he scored 81 runs at a batting average of 5.78, with a high score of 27.
He died at Hove, Sussex, on 1 January 1960.
