He took part in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp . In the individual race he was fifth in 50.0 s. As a member of the British team in the 4-by-400-meter relay , which featured Cecil Griffiths , Robert Lindsay , Ainsworth-Davis and Guy Butler , he won the gold medal in 3: 22.2 minutes. He was the only one on the team who could never win a national championship: Lindsay and Butler were each AAA champion over 440 yards, Griffiths won the title twice over 880 yards.
During the First World War he was a member of the British Air Corps. He then studied at Christ's College in Cambridge . After graduating, he worked as a urologist and became secretary of the Royal Society of Medicine. During World War II he worked as a surgeon in Cosford for the Royal Air Force.