Career
After making his debut for Durham in 1972, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the first round of the Gillette Cup, playing the following month against Essex in the same competition. He played in the Benson & Hedges Cup for a Minor Counties North team in 1974, in addition to two matches for Durham in the Gillette Cup.
He next played List A cricket for Durham in the 1977 Gillette Cup against Northamptonshire, and played for Minor Counties North in the following years Benson & Hedges Cup, also playing for Durham in the Gillette Cup the same year, and the subsequent three years.
He played his final List A match for Durham against Kent in 1985, and all his subsequent List A matches were for a combined Minor Counties team. Also in 1985, he played his only first-class match, for a combined Minor Counties team against Zimbabwe. The following year, he play for the Netherlands in the 1986 ICC Trophy and scored 162 against Israel, the second highest score for the Netherlands in ICC Trophy competition and the fourth highest overall.
He continued to play for Durham for the next three years, though he eventually settled in Hong Kong, where his son (who has played cricket for Hong Kong) was born in 1990. He played for Hong Kong at the 1994 ICC Trophy. He now is the selector for Hong Kong's junior teams.
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