sentences:  He took nine wickets with his right arm medium pace at 26.22, with a first-class career best of 4 for 31.A fine outfielder, he learnt his cricket with Thongbridge Cricket Club in the Huddersfield Cricket League, and played for Yorkshire Second XI in 1938 and 1939.Engaged by Spen Victoria in 1946, he was a professional at Crompton Cricket Club, Lancashire in 1949.