Slinger was born at
Accrington on 2 February 1938. He was educated in the town at
Accrington Grammar School, before going up to
Balliol College, Oxford. After graduating from Balliol, he was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1961. despite his large number of appearances for the second eleven, he never featured for the first eleven. Slinger did however feature in one
first-class match for the
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at
Oxford in 1967. Batting once in a match heavily affected by poor weather, he scored 12
not out in the MCC's first and only innings. He was appointed a
circuit judge in 1995, before retiring in 2010. He additionally sat as a member of the
Parole Board for England and Wales from 2009, and was a governor of
Westholme School. ==References==