 He joined Merthyr Town in 1920 for their first season in the Football League and went on to play 125 league games, scoring 34 goals for the Welsh side.From 1922 to 1924, he was joined in the forward line by Ernest Turner, to whom he was not related.In 1924 he returned to the Midlands, joining Coventry City, but left after 30 league games to play for non-league Brierley Hill Alliance.