He was at Harrow for eleven years and later coached at St Peter's School in York. In the late 1930s, he was in charge of coaching for Yorkshire at Headingley and one of his charges was the teenage Jim Laker, who was then a promising batsman and fast bowler.
For eleven years, he taught at Harrow before moving to St Peter's School in York. In the late 1930s, he took charge of coaching for Yorkshire at Headingley, where one of his notable students was Jim Laker, a talented young batsman and bowler.