 Booth's best innings figures came in the match against Warwickshire at Birmingham in 1946, when he took 6 for 21 and 3 for 19 despite having had to retire hurt in Yorkshire's innings.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.He was later associated with Warwickshire as a scout, and served on the Lancashire committee until 1970.