A three-quarter, Hancock was a Birkenhead Park player and Cheshire representative. His England caps were preceded by a tour to Argentina with the British Lions in 1936.[3] He was an England reserve on multiple occasions in 1938, before getting his opportunity in the 1939 Home Nations, featuring as a centre in all three fixtures.[4]
Hancock worked as a solicitor at Halsall and Co in Birkenhead.[2]