 Although he was never selected to play rugby for England, he was selected to tour with the Combined British on the 1910 tour to Argentina where he played in what Argentina count as their first test match.After Aspatria College, he joined a firm of shipping agents, and was employed in Le Havre, France.During World War 1 he voluntarily enlisted on 31 August 1914 with the London Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army as Private No.2522, going on to serve on the Western Front with its 1st Battalion in 1915 as a Corporal.