Career
Born in Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Britton was a right-handed batsman, who recorded a duck in his first innings against Cambridgeshire at Queens Road, Wisbech, and scored three in the second innings. He was a sound reliable batsman around Leeds, and once carried his bat for 30 out of 70, whilst playing for XXII of Hull against the All England XI, in 1870.