 On his debut against the West Indies at Old Trafford in 1933, he took seven wickets for 56 runs in the second innings.He was then picked for the 1933–34 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour to India under Douglas Jardine, where he scored 70 in the Test at Calcutta and took five wickets for 63 runs at Madras.He later made a single appearances in the 1935 series against South Africa, and against India, in both 1936 and 1946.