[1] A middle-order batsman who often kept wicket and sometimes bowled, Moorhouse began playing for Addington in the Christchurch senior competition in the 1883-84 season.
[3][4] He moved to Wellington in 1886 and joined the Phoenix club, which he captained to its three most successful seasons.
His excellent fielding at point was one of the few positive aspects of Wellington's showing against the touring Australian team in 1886-87.
He captained them in the first match of the inaugural season of the Hawke Cup in December 1910, making their top score of 35 in the second innings.
[16] In February 1912, when Moorhouse and his wife returned to England, where he had accepted a "lucrative appointment", the secretary of the Masterton Cricket Club wrote: "In Mr. Moorhouse this Club loses its Mentor, and the district its greatest cricketer.