sentences:  Born in Bromley, Kent, England, the son of the chaplain at Bromley College, he was educated at Bromsgrove School and appeared for their first XI in 1866 and 1867.Standing just over and weighing almost , he was a right-handed batsman and a right-round-arm bowler with an eccentric action.Bowling against the Australians in 1882, a contemporary report said "the amateur's delivery was very curious and caused a great deal of laughter".