 His career was interrupted by the Second World War.When available, he continued to play for Lincoln in the wartime competitions, and resumed his league career on the opening day of the first post-war season, by which time he was 32.He helped the club to the Third Division North title in the 1947–48 season, and played his last game in the Football League on 12 March 1949, in a 1–1 draw against Nottingham Forest in the Second Division.