 At first @-@ class level he represented the Oxford University Cricket Club , Middlesex CCC and MCC . Between 1924 and 1927 he played ten first @-@ class matches , scoring 147 runs at an average of 16 @.@ 33 with a best score of 37 not out . As a bowler he took 12 wickets at an average of 30 @.@ 25 with a best of 3 for 43 . Three of his first @-@ class games were internationals against Argentina on the MCC " representative " tour of South America in 1926 – 27 . 
