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He was a carpenter and joiner by trade, but became cricket coach and groundsman at Charterhouse School in later life. One of his pupils at Charterhouse was C. Aubrey Smith who went on to play for Sussex, captain England in his only Test match and to become a famous Hollywood movie star.
Lillywhite records his height as 5 feet 71⁄2 inches (171.5 cm) and his weight as 12 stone 6 pounds (79 kg), and he is said to have been a very powerful man for his size. As a batsman, he was a fine free-hitter, especially forward and to the leg side, and made excellent scores for his county, especially in and about 1861. However, his first-class batting average was only 15.78 from 33 innings, with three centuries, including a top score of 132 not out.
He is said to have fielded well anywhere, though generally at point, where he took some wonderful catches. He was a fast round-armed bowler, but was seldom asked to bowl. He took 13 wickets with a bowling average of 23.62.
He was also a member of George Parr's team that visited North America - the first British cricket tour overseas, organised by Fred Lillywhite - and joined Parr's team that toured Australia and New Zealand in 1863/64.
It is said that he suffered from dropsy while coaching at Charterhouse and it is this that probably contributed to his early death.
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