 He became a Minor Counties Cricket Championship umpire, adjudicating in 53 matches between 1957 and 1969 plus two further miscellaneous matches involving the army.His brother Geoffrey also had cricket trials for Hampshire, as did his nephew Thomas Prouton.Prouton was also signed as a footballer for Arsenal, but in 1952 moved to Swindon Town without having played a single first-team game for Arsenal.