Career
A right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast medium bowler, he averaged 5.54 in 94 innings with the bat, with a high score of 22. His bowling return was 276 wickets at 24.57, with a best of 9-43. He toured Pakistan with the Master Control Console in 1955.
A back injury caused his early return home, and prevented him playing in 1956.
In 1958 and 1959, he was the professional at Bingley Community College In 1960, he returned to the county side to take 77 wickets, but then faded from the scene. In the early 1980s he was a popular representative for Penguin Books, visiting booksellers in Yorkshire and elsewhere to promote the forthcoming list and backlist.