he was selected for the 1954 tour of england after just two first-class matches in which he had made 18 runs and taken 5 wickets. in 16 first-class matches on the tour he made 253 runs at 16.86 as a middle-order batsman and took 9 wickets at 54.90. he played in the first and third tests, batting in the lower order and not bowling. he played no more first-class cricket after the tour, and is thus the only test cricketer whose first-class career ended before he turned 19.