despite booth's views being more genteel than that of most of his teammates, there was minimal friction or disconnect. early in his state career, booth declined to join a melbourne cup gambling sweep organised by captain keith miller. however, miller included booth in the event by assigning him to look after the money. booth said "that was typical of keith. that he was able to turn something that might have been a problem into something positive, giving me a responsibility, making me feel part of the team." he added "the boys just accepted me for what i was. if they didn't share the strength of my convictions, they were quite happy for me to hold them." simpson said that booth never attempted to impose his worldview on his teammates and never gave any inkling that he disapproved of their behaviour.