 He made 38 against Surrey and 56 against Warwickshire.He played only once in 1937, but made four appearances the following year, standing in as captain in the absence of usual captain Charles Lyttelton.Having enlisted with the 7th Btn of the Worcestershire Territorial Regiment in 1937, he served with the 9th Btn at the beginning of the war before transferring to the RAF in 1941.