Woodhouse was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium. Educated at Oundle School, Woodhouse later made a single first-class appearance for the Free Foresters against Oxford University at the University Parks in 1957. In the Free Foresters first-innings response of 146 all out, he scored 12 runs before being dismissed by Jowett, while in their second-innings the same bowler dismissed him for 17.
He later became a company director