After Hedley Verity was killed during the War, Yorkshire lacked a slow left-arm bowler when cricket resumed and Booth was recalled.
He played in two first-class matches in 1945 and then became a first-team regular in 1946, the first full post-war season, at the age of 43.
Yorkshire won the County Championship that year and, in all matches, Booth took 111 wickets at an average of 11.61.
[2] In 1947, rheumatic fever effectively finished Booth's career and he played only four times for Yorkshire, taking just seven wickets.
[4] His best match figures came a few weeks later when he took 6 for 33 and 4 for 50 in Yorkshire's innings victory over the touring Indian team; he dismissed the leading Indian Test batsmen Vijay Hazare, Vinoo Mankad and Rusi Modi in each innings.