Booth was educated at Rugby School,[2] where he was coached in cricket by Alfred Diver and Daniel Hayward.
[5] Booth played minor matches for an early Lincolnshire county organisation, acting as its honorary secretary from 1867 until the end 1871, when he resigned.
In addition to playing cricket for Hampshire, he also served as the club's honorary secretary from 1874 to 1879,[3] being succeeded by Russell Bencraft.
[7] Besides his lengthy associations with Cambridge University, the MCC and Hampshire, Booth also played first-class cricket on three occasions for the South in the North v South match, as well as making a single appearance each for the Gentlemen of England and an Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present team.
[5] Wisden described Booth's as a "sound free batsman, with strong back play and a fine cut, and an excellent field at long-leg and cover".