after fighting in world war 2 he returned to the county in 1946 where he began opening the batting. he took 30 stumpings in 1947 and made his highest score of 188 against sussex at priory park, chichester in 1949. for every season until 1950 he passed 1000 runs, last achieving the feat in 1953. he coached gloucestershire from 1950 and in a match against hampshire in 1953 he took a record 10 catches, 6 of them in the first innings.