Background
He was born in Saddleworth in the former West Riding of Yorkshire.
He was born in Saddleworth in the former West Riding of Yorkshire.
Rhodes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow-medium. Rhodes made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in the 1922 County Championship. He made sixteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Essex at the County Ground, Leyton, in the 1924 County Championship.
In his seventeen first-class appearances, Rhodes scored 382 runs at an average of 17.36, with a high score of 70.
One of two half centuries he made, this score came against the touring West Indians in 1923. With the ball, he took 15 wickets at a bowling average of 31.66, with best figures of 2/24.
He also played cricket for Haslingden in the Lancashire League, who played for from 1919 to 1935. He died at Blackpool, Lancashire, on 10 March 1970.