He scored 146 not out and 71 for Canterbury against Errol Holmes's MCC tourists in 1935-36 and then posted 105 not out at Wellington and 132 at Christchurch in the "unofficial Tests", and was recognised as the season's best batsman, winning the Redpath Cup.
He toured England again in 1937, playing his final two Tests at Lord's and Old Trafford, and scoring a total of 1,205 first-class runs on the tour at 31.71, with two hundreds.