it was however for minor counties south that he had made his list a debut for, back in the 1973 benson & hedges cup against hampshire. he would make a further 6 list a appearances for the team, the last of which came against middlesex in the 1975 benson & hedges cup. in his 7 list a matches for minor counties south, he scored 103 runs at an average of 14.71, with a high score of 44. he also played 2 first-class matches for the minor counties cricket team, the first of which came against the touring west indians in 1973. he scored his maiden and only first-class half century in the minor counties first-innings, compiling 92 runs before being dismissed by vanburn holder. he scored 25 runs in their second-innings, before being dismissed by the same bowler. his second first-class match came the following year against the touring pakistanis. this match saw warrington make 25 runs in the minor counties first-innings, before being dismissed by imran khan, while in their second-innings he scored 15 runs before being dismissed by asif masood.