Roy Booth

Roy Booth (1 October 1926 – 24 September 2018) was an English first-class cricketer, who played for both Yorkshire and Worcestershire. He was born at Marsden, West Riding of Yorkshire.

A product of Golcar Cricket Club, where he lived most of his early life, he was professional with Lightcliffe from 1948 to 1953 and 1955. A specialist wicket-keeper, he took 948 catches and completed 178 stumpings in a first-class career of 468 games between 1951 and 1970. He took another 28 catches and made two stumpings in his List A one-day matches.

Career Booth came late to first-class cricket, not making his debut for his native Yorkshire until he was 24, and was a fringe player in the Yorkshire team until the retirement of Don Brennan at the end of the 1953 season. He was then first choice for Yorkshire in 1954 and in the first half of 1955, but lost his place mid-season to Jimmy Binks.