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A SHORT HISTORY
Revised by Derek Hodgson, May 2003
1863
The Yorkshire County Cricket Club was founded on 8th January at the Adelphi Hotel in Sheffield. The first official county match was played at The Oval on 5th & 6th June against Surrey ,ending in a draw. The Captain was Roger Iddison.
1865
A players' strike: George Anderson, George Atkinson, Roger Iddison, Joe Rowbotham and Ned Stephenson refused to play against Surrey after a dispute over the bowling action of a Kent player, their colleague in an all-England match against Surrey.
Anderson never played again for Yorkshire
1867
Yorkshire won all their seven matches and their first, unofficial, County Championship.
1883
Lord Hawke was appointed Captain.
He brought much needed authority and discipline to the side. Lord Hawke was one of the great influences on the development of the cricket. He was captain for 28 years, later becoming President and President of MCC.
1891
Yorkshire played their first game at Headingley, the current County headquarters and one of the major Test Match grounds in England.
1893
This year saw a major reorganization of the Club. Sheffield's hegemony shifted to Leeds.
1896
Yorkshire scored the highest score in county cricket, 887 against Warwickhire at Birmingham.
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1900/1902
During this period Yorkshire lost only two Championship matches of 80 played.
1908
Yorkshire went through the season unbeaten. They bowled Northamptonshire out for the lowest aggregate score in English cricket of 42 (27 & 15).
1910
Lord Hawke resigned as Capt
1919
Yorkshire won the first post-war championship with debuts from Herbert Sutcliffe, Norman Kilner, Abe Waddington and Emmott Robinson.
1930
Rhodes retired ,in his 53rd year.He took 73 wickets and scored 478 runs in his final season.J.M.Kiburn wrote in the Yorkshire Post:
"He had bowled at Grace and he bowled at Bradman.At 20, at 30, at 40 and 50 he had shown himself master of his world and his kingdom was never usurped".
1932
Holmes and Sutcliffe put on a record opening stand of 555 against Essex at Leyton.
1938
Len Hutton recorded the highest score for England, 364 against Australia at The Oval aged only 22.
1946
Yorkshire won nthe first post-war championship with debuts for Alec Coxon,Vic Wilson,Ted Lester,Gerald Smithson and Johnny Wardle
1951
Bob Appleyard became the first bowler to take 200 wickets in his first full season.
1958
Yorkshire sacked Johnny Wardle,then the world's best bowler of his type because of "his general behaviour".Ronnie Burnet, the second X1 captain, then 39, elected first team captain and won the Championship in 1959.
1963
Brian Close, was made Captain and won the Championship in his first season.
1970
Brian Close, Captain through the highly successful 1960's was sacked as Captain. There were the first signs of the long running unrest in the Club.
1973
Bramall Lane, Yorkshire's first County Ground was closed.
1982
Ray Illingworth, as team manager, replaced Chris Old, the captain, at the age of 50.
1983
Yorkshire finished bottom of the 17-strong County Championship for the first time but won the John Player ~(later National) League)for the first time.
Geoffrey Boycott, one of Yorkshire's most successful players, was not offered a new contract.
There was a public outcry, the General Committee resigned, and he was eventually re-installed as a player,having already been elected to the Committee.
Brian Close became Chairman of the Cricket Committee.
1984/1985
The Team Manager Ray Illingworth was removed from his post and Boycott was made Vice-Captain.
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1987
Yorkshire, under new captain Phil Carrick, led the Championship table in mid-summer and won the Benson and Hedges Cup
1989
Carrick resigned with a letter to the Committee urging the recruitment of an overseas professional.
1997
Play for the first team limited to Scarborough and Headingley only.a majority of members supported a plan to build a new ground near Wakefield.
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2001
Yorkshire won first Championship since 1968.Captain David Byas retired then joined Lancashire for one season.
2002
Yorkshire relegated from Division 1.Yorkshire won Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy
Financial crisis forced extraordinary general meeting at which General
Committee was replaced by Board of Management.
2003
Anthony McGrath elected Captain. New East Stand, with Long Room for Members opened at Headingley, including Office Block and indoor nets. Yorkshire relegated to 2nd division of National Cricket League
2004
Craig White elected Captain. David Byas returns to Yorkshire as Director of Cricket. Yorkshire reach semi-final of C & G but lose out to Gloucestershire at Bristol
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