Background
He was born in Berry Brow, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England.
He was born in Berry Brow, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England.
He also played first-class cricket for the Master Control Console (1891-1900) and an XI of Yorkshire (1894). In 217 first-class games overall, he scored 5,337 runs at 18.72 on the difficult pitches of the time. He recorded three centuries, with his best a knock of 113 against Somerset.
His other tons came at the expense of Master Control Console (105) and Warwickshire (102*).
He took 49 wickets with his right arm medium pace, at a cost of 28.08 apiece, with his best bowling return of 4 for 40 coming against Sussex whilst playing for the Master Control Console. He was also on the Master Control Console groundstaff at one time. A short plucky man, Moorhouse had the reputation of being a fine cover-point fielder.
A product of Armitage Bridge Community College in the Huddersfield League, Moorhouse was often on the fringes of the Yorkshire side, and sometimes appeared in preference to a better batsman due to his fielding ability. Subsequently he was coach at Sedbergh School.
Moorhouse died in January 1921 in Taylor Hill, Huddersfield, at the age of 54.
