 He played only a single game for Cambridge University team in 1858, and in 1859, his single first-class match was the annual University Match against Oxford University in which he batted in the lower order.In 1860, he played three times for the university team and in the first of these appearances, against the Cambridge Town Club, he made an innings of 40 which was his highest first-class score.His last first-class game the University Match of 1860 in which he batted at No 9 in the first innings and did not bat at all in the second innings, when Cambridge won a very low-scoring game by three wickets.