Born in
Bedford in 1903, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He began playing for his native
Bedfordshire in the
Minor Counties Championship in 1921. In 1924, he was selected for a combined Minor Counties North team to play against a combined Minor Counties South team. He made his first-class debut for the combined
Minor Counties team in June 1928, playing against the
West Indies. The following year, he played for the Minor Counties against
South Africa, and for the
Army against the
Royal Air Force and the
Royal Navy. He scored 127 against the Royal Navy, his only first-class
century. the only time he took five
wickets in an
innings in first-class cricket, Later in life, he served as
Aide-de-camp to
Queen Elizabeth II between 1955 and 1957, for which he was awarded the
CBE. He also served as honorary secretary of the Sussex County Golf Union. He died in 1968. ==References==