Records
At the end of his 621 game career he had scored 26564 runs and 903 wickets as he put himself into the record books at Glamorgan.
- Twice took 100 wickets in a season, 1935 and 1937
- His 885 wickets for Glamorgan puts him 7th on their all time list as of 2007
- Holds the Glamorgan 3rd wicket record stand with Willie Jones of 313
- His tally of 26102 runs has been bettered only by Alan Jones
- In 1937 he scored 1954 runs which is the club's 7th highest total for a season
- He is one of only six cricketers from his county to have scored more than 30 centuries (31)
- His highest score of 287* was a club record until broken by Steve James in 2000, some 61 years later
- With 612 games to his name for Glamorgan, he is second only to Don Shepherd for the most capped player for the county
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