 A wingman and a rover, he played with Collingwood in the VFL competition for eleven years (1897-1907).He was the first VFL player to reach the 100 game milestone, he was the VFL's Leading Goalkicker in 1905.Having played his last two games for Collingwood in rounds one and two of 1907, he transferred to the VFA and, as captain-coach played 13 games.