 He played club cricket before and during the First World War in the northern leagues, before playing for Littleborough and Rochdale after the war in the Central Lancashire League, where he performed well.He then moved to Blackpool, where he played for twenty seasons.He was selected to play for Sir L. Parkinson's XI in 1933, making his debut in first-class cricket for the team against the touring West Indians at Blackpool in 1933.