He appeared for Derbyshire in the 1885 season when he kept wicket in a match against Staffordshire which did not count as first-class.
His only first-class appearance for Derbyshire came late the 1895 season, against Leicestershire in August.
A middle-order batsman, he scored a duck in his first innings and just four runs in the next.
Boot was a right-handed batsman and scored 4 runs in his first-class career.
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