Allan Massie describes him as "one of the best Scottish cricketers of his generation, and indeed more than that"; his Ayr team-mate Keith Graham described him as "one of the shrewdest left-arm bowlers" he had seen, and he was compared to the likes of association footballers Denis Law and Jim Baxter in terms of his importance to Scottish cricket.
Allan Massie refers to him as "one of the most skilled Scottish cricketers of his time, and even more so"; Keith Graham, his teammate from Ayr, calls him "one of the shrewdest left-arm bowlers" he has encountered. He is also compared to footballers Denis Law and Jim Baxter in terms of his importance to Scottish cricket.