Yorkshire
Established	1863
First-Class Debut	v Surrey County Cricket Club at The Oval on June 5, 1863
Captain	Craig White
Coach	Steve Oldham
County Titles	34 (shared 2 times)

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History

The club was founded on January 8, 1863 in the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield. From 1891 the club's headquarters moved to Headingley, although 'out grounds' in Hull, Sheffield, Bradford, Middlesbrough and Harrogate were used with great success until recent years. Yorkshire currently play nearly all their home matches at either Headingley in Leeds or the east coast holiday town of Scarborough, although a move to a new purpose built stadium near Wakefield has been mooted on several occasions. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article is about the city in England. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Location within the British Isles This article discusses the city Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. ... Map sources for Middlesbrough at grid reference NZ5118 Middlesbrough is a town and district in North-East England, with a resident population in 2001 of 134,855. ... Map sources for Harrogate at grid reference SE3055 Harrogate is a town in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 70,000. ... Map sources for Scarborough at grid reference TA0388 The South Bay at Scarborough Scarborough lies on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. ... For other uses of the word, see Wakefield (disambiguation). ...

Yorkshire were the dominant force in the County Championship until the Second World War, often dismissing lesser sides without recourse to a third day's play. The immaculate Herbert Sutcliffe formed a famous opening partnership with Surrey great Jack Hobbs for England, while Wilfred Rhodes and George Hirst rank with the finest all rounders the game has ever produced. A youthful Len Hutton scored a then world record 364 against Australia at the Oval and returned after the war, despite a serious arm injury, to become England's first professional captain and prove himself perhaps the most complete opening batsman since Hobbs. Herbert Sutcliffe (born November 24, 1894, Summerbridge, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England; died January 22, 1978, Cross Hills, Yorkshire, England) was arguably the greatest opening batsman in cricket history and undoubtedly one of the greatest players of any type the game has known. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based at The Oval in London. ... The English cricket team is a national cricket team which nominally represents England and Wales, but is a de facto United Kingdom team. ... Wilfred Rhodes (born October 29, 1877, North Moor, Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire; died July 8, 1973, Branksome Park, Bournemouth) was one of the greatest cricketers of the twentieth century. ... George Herbert Hirst (7 September 1871 - 10 May 1954) was one of the finest all-round cricketers of crickets Golden Age, and though he tended to disappoint for England, for his county he was prolific with both bat and ball; Lord Hawke, his captain at Yorkshire, reckoned him the... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is a player whose speciality in the game is batting. ... Hobbs, New Mexico Hobbs, Maryland Jack Hobbs, English cricketer. ...

After Surrey's unbroken hegemony in the fifties, the sixties saw a new Yorkshire team emerge dominate the first class game. Obdurate opener Geoff Boycott, canny off spinner Ray Illingworth, ever present keeper Jimmy Binks, belligerant left hander Brian Close, hard hitting 'Jack' Hampshire and 'Fiery' Fred Trueman combined in one of the great county teams. Personal feuds between these strong personalities were perhaps inevitable and Yorkshire's dressing room less than harmonioius, particularly when Geoff Boycott captained an acrimonious team through the barren years of the seventies. // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby boom from returning... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Geoffrey Boycott (born October 21, 1940) is a former England cricketer. ... Raymond (Ray) Illingworth (born 8 June 1932) is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. ... James Graham Jimmy Binks, born October 5, 1935, was a cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper for Yorkshire. ... Brian Close - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Frederick Sewards Trueman (born February 6, 1931 in Stainton, Yorkshire) was an English cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. ...

More recently exuberant paceman Darren Gough and Manchester born Michael Vaughan have proved major stars for county and country alike. In clinching the match against Glamorgan at Scarborough in 2001 the club won its first County Championship since 1968 under the flinty captaincy of locally born David Byas, who has since returned to the club as director of cricket. Yorkshiremen are regarded as fanatical in their support of their native county, and in cricketing matters especially. The famous 'Roses' matches against Lancashire are second only to Anglo-Australian Tests in terms of history, tradition and competitiveness. Darren Gough (born September 18, 1970, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club based at Old Trafford cricket ground, Manchester. ...

Yorkshire CCC was famous for insisting that its players must have been born within the traditional county of Yorkshire, a rule not dropped until 1992, and Yorkshire's prospects of playing success suffered through the seventies and eighties as other counties raced to sign major overseas stars. This rule was criticised as a manifestation of racism as many of the large Asian first generation immigrant population of Yorkshire were made ineligible to play; Sachin Tendulkar was the first Asian to play for Yorkshire, but he played as an overseas player. The British Isles are divided into the following traditional counties (also vice counties or historic counties). ... The White Yorkshire rose. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... An African-American man drinks out of the colored only water fountain at a racially segregated streetcar terminal in the United States in 1939. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ...

It was not until May 2004 that Ajmal Shahzad became the first British-born Asian to play for Yorkshire. Many Yorkshire lower league clubs are accepted as either all-Asian or all-white. Other overseas players to have worn the famous white rose cap include Australian middle order batsmen Michael Bevan and Darren Lehmann and West Indian Richie Richardson. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Gwyl Bevan (born 8 May 1970 in the Australian Capital Territory) is a left-handed cricket batsman (LHB) and a slow left arm chinaman (SLC) bowler. ... Darren Lehmann is an Australian cricketer, primarily a left-handed batsman. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Richard Benjamin Richardson was born January 12th 1962 in Five Islands Village, Antigua. ...

Headingley

Headingley was first established in 1888. Test cricket was first played at Headingley in 1899 eight years later than it hosted its first ever first-class game against Kent County Cricket Club in 1891. 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ... Kent County Cricket Club is an English county cricket club based at Canterbury, Kent. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Famous Players

• T.Emmett
• Lord Hawke
• G.H.Hirst
• W.Rhodes
• H.Sutcliffe
• M.Leyland
• H.Verity
• A.B.Sellers
• Sir L.Hutton
• N.W.D.Yardley
• R.Appleyard
• R.Illingworth
• F.S.Trueman
• G.Boycott
• C.M.Old
• D.Gough
• M.P.Vaughan
• W.H.H.Sutcliffe
• J.R.Burnet
• J.V.Wilson
• D.B.Close
• J.G.Binks
• J.H.Hampshire
• S.R.Tendulkar
• R.B.Richardson
• S.P.Fleming
• D.S.Lehmann

See also: List of Yorkshire C.C.C. players Thomas (Tom) Emmett (born 3 September 1841 in Halifax, Yorkshire; died 30 June 1904, in Leicester) was one of the finest bowlers in English cricket in the late 1860s, the 1870s and the 1880s. ... Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (16 August 1860-10 October 1938) was an English cricketer who, Wisden wrote, strode the cricketing world like a colossus for half a century, as a player and administrator, and one who played a major part in the modernisation of the game. He captained... George Herbert Hirst (7 September 1871 - 10 May 1954) was one of the finest all-round cricketers of crickets Golden Age, and though he tended to disappoint for England, for his county he was prolific with both bat and ball; Lord Hawke, his captain at Yorkshire, reckoned him the... Wilfred Rhodes (born October 29, 1877, North Moor, Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire; died July 8, 1973, Branksome Park, Bournemouth) was one of the greatest cricketers of the twentieth century. ... Herbert Sutcliffe (born November 24, 1894, Summerbridge, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England; died January 22, 1978, Cross Hills, Yorkshire, England) was arguably the greatest opening batsman in cricket history and undoubtedly one of the greatest players of any type the game has known. ... Morris Leyland (born July 20, 1900 in New Park, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England and died January 1, 1967 in Scotton Banks, Harrogate, Yorkshire) was better known as Maurice Leyland. He was an English cricketer who played 41 test matches and made 2764 runs with a batting average of 46. ... Hedley Verity (18 May 1905 - 31 July 1943) was an England cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley (19 March 1915-3 October 1989) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and England. ... Bob Appleyard (Robert Appleyard; born June 27, 1924, Wibsey, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) was one of the best English bowlers of the 1950s, a decade which saw England develop its strongest bowling attack of the twentieth century. ... Raymond (Ray) Illingworth (born 8 June 1932) is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. ... Frederick Sewards Trueman (born February 6, 1931 in Stainton, Yorkshire) was an English cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Darren Gough (born September 18, 1970, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Brian Close - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... James Graham Jimmy Binks, born October 5, 1935, was a cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper for Yorkshire. ... John Harry Hampshire (born February 10, 1941 Thurnscoe, Yorkshire), better known as Jackie Hampshire, was an English cricketer who played only a handfull of tests and ODIs for England. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Richard Benjamin Richardson was born January 12th 1962 in Five Islands Village, Antigua. ... Stephen Paul Fleming (born in Christchurch on April 1, 1973) is the current captain of the New Zealand cricket team, known as the Black Caps, and of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. ... Darren Lehmann is an Australian cricketer, primarily a left-handed batsman. ... This is a list of cricketers who have played for Yorkshire. ...

Honours

• County Championship Champions: 1867, 1869 {shared), 1870, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1908, 1912, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1949 {shared), 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 2001.
• Gillette Cup Champions: 1965, 1969
• Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Winners: 2002
• Benson & Hedges Cup Winners: 1987
• John Player Special League Winners: 1983
• Fenner Trophy Winners: 1972, 1974, 1981
• Asda Challenge Winners: 1987
• Ward Knockout Cup Winners: 1989
• Joshua Tetley Festival Trophy Winners: 1991, 1992 (shared), 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
• Tilcon Trophy Winners: 1988
• Second Eleven Champions: 1977, 1984, 1987 (shared), 1991, 2003
• Minor Counties Champions: 1947, 1957, 1958, 1968, 1971
• Under-25 Competition Winners: 1976, 1978, 1987
• Bain Clarkson Trophy Winners: 1994

The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ... The C&G Trophy is a knock-out one day cricket competition in the United Kingdom. ... The C&G Trophy is a knock-out one day cricket competition in the United Kingdom. ... The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one day cricket competition for English first class counties which was held from 1972 to 2002. ...

External Links

• Official Website