 He helped Luton gain election to the Football League and played in Luton's first-ever league match on 4 September 1897, a 1–1 draw away to Leicester Fosse.He played 27 times that season, leaving at the end of it to join Barnsley.He scored 3 times in 63 league games for Barnsley before retiring in April 1901 to become Barnsley's secretary-manager.