John played his first tournament in 1896 at the Bristol and Clifton Open Lawn Tennis Championships featuring the
West of England Championships in Bristol where he reached the quarter finals, but was beaten by the three time
U.S. National Championships finalist
William Larned. His career singles highlights included winning the
Welsh Championships five times (1903, 1906–1908, 1923), the
Warwickshire Championships eight times (1897, 1900–1904, 1906–1907), the
Trefriw Open six times (1897–1902), the
Midland Counties Championships three times (1906–1908) and the
Northumberland Championships two times (1907–1908. In 1897 he won the
Exmouth Open. In 1898 he reached the semi-finals of the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships in Dublin, but was beaten by
Harold Mahony. In 1899 he took part in the
Scottish Championships, but was defeated in the quarter finals by the American player
Clarence Hobart. 1900 he won the
Gloucestershire Championships. In 1923 played his final tournament at the
Welsh Championships held at
Newport, Wales which he won. After John retired he later became a company director at his father's firm Ferris & Co. John Myscroft Boucher died on 7 May 1948 in Bristol, England. ==Philanthropy==