Clark, a locomotive driver with the Great Western Railway, did not play any cricket until he was 25, when he began playing for a railways team. Three years later he was called into the Somerset side for five matches when regular wicketkeeper Wally Luckes was ill.
Clark, a railway employee, did not play cricket until he was 25, at which point he began participating in a team sport for railway workers. He was subsequently invited to join the Somerset team for five games after the regular catcher, Wally Luckes, fell ill.