In 1903 he won fastest time at the annual Anfield B.C. Invitational 100 mile time trial. In the 1908 Olympics he won a gold medal in the team small-bore rifle event, bronze in the disappearing target small-bore rifle event, was fifth in the stationary target small-bore rifle event and 19th in the moving target small-bore rifle event. He went on to serve in the First World War as an officer in the Honourable Artillery Company becoming its Adjutant.
