 His bowling later came to the attention of Glamorgan captain Maurice Turnbull when Glamorgan were in the county playing Northamptonshire, Turnbull being told about a Welsh cricketer who was getting "a bag of wickets every week".He was invited to Cardiff Arms Park for a trial, impressing enough to be given a contract to play in the summer holidays.His first-class debut for Glamorgan against the touring South Africans in 1935 was an eventful one.