 An aggressive middle-order batsman and off-spin bowler, he was a regular member of the Oxford cricket team for three years from 1957 to 1959, and played two further games in 1960.He was club secretary in 1959.In his fourth first-class match for Oxford he scored 105 and 30 not out and took 3 for 50 and 3 for 34 against Free Foresters.