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TOM EMMETT
1866 - 1888
Tom Emmett was a very skilful left-arm fast bowler who was able to vary
his attack very well. Some players thought he deliberately bowled wide
to lull them into a false sense of security, before getting them out with an unplayable delivery. In his 299 matches for Yorkshire he took 1216 wickets at an average of 12.71.
LORD HAWKE
1881 - 1911
One of the few players born outside Yorkshire to play for the County.
Martin Bladen Hawke nevertheless regarded himself as a Yorkshireman. He
was extremely influential on all aspects of Yorkshire's operation, introducing winter pay, bringing discipline to the side, and creating the White Rose symbol that is Yorkshire's emblem. He was Captain for 28 years and was President for 40 years. He played five Tests and was Captain for four of them. His highest score was 166, scored in 1896 but he will be best remembered for his influence on the administration of cricket.
GEORGE HERBERT HIRST
1891 - 1929
Having begun his County career as a number 10 batsmen, playing only as a bowler, Hirst is the holder of the highest score for Yorkshire, 341 at Leicester in 1905. A left-arm bowler who had the ability to swing the ball prodigiously when it was new, Hirst took 2481 wickets in 717 matches for Yorkshire. He took 100 wickets and scored 1000 runs in a season 14 times and had a career batting average of 34.73 scoring 32024 runs.
WILFRED RHODES
1898 - 1930
A player, who began his career as a left-arm spinner, made himself into an excellent opening batsman and then towards the end of his career became mainly a bowler again. He did the double - 1000 runs and 100 wickets in a season - 16 times. He is the oldest ever Test player when he appeared against West Indies aged 52 years 165 days. In 883 matches for Yorkshire he scored 31,098 runs at an average of 30.04 and took 3,597 wickets at 16.02 runs each. He played 58 Tests scoring 2,325 runs and taking 127 wickets.Until the advent of Garfield Sobers he was generally acknowledged as the greatest all-rounder in history.
HERBERT SUTCLIFFE
1919 - 1945
A batsman with an excellent temperament, Herbert Sutcliffe averaged 60.73 in his 54 Tests for England. His attitude and concentration made him a very reliable batsman who could adapt his approach to any situation. He scored 18,558 runs for Yorkshire in 602 matches and averaged 50.2.
MAURICE LEYLAND
1920 - 1946
A left-hand top order batsman who was also a brilliant fielder. Maurice Leyland holds the record for England's highest second wicket stand with Len Hutton, 382 at The Oval in 1938. Averaging 19.16 and 13.75 in his first two full seasons in the side, he did not have a happy introduction to County cricket but eventually his class came through. He veraged
41.03 in 548 matches for Yorkshire scoring 26180 runs and could also be a useful left-arm spinner taking 409 wickets at 27.08.
HEDLEY VERITY
1930 - 1939
Hedley Verity was a slow left-arm bowler who was unplayable when the conditions gave him any assistance. He died in action in Sicily in 1943 and his last match was testimony to what a loss to cricket was his death He took 7 - 9 in six overs as Sussex were bowled out for 33. He played 278 matches for Yorkshire and took 1,558 wickets at an average of
13.7 and in his 40 Tests he took 144 wickets at 24.37.
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SIR LEONARD HUTTON
1934 - 1955
One of the best batsmen to ever play Test cricket. Len Hutton holds the record for the highest score made for England in a Test Match, 364 against Australia at The Oval in 1938. In 341 matches for Yorkshire he scores 24,807 runs at an average of 53.34 and took 154 wickets at an average of 27.40.
FRED TRUEMAN
1949 - 1968
Trueman was a true match winning fast bowler. He combined genuine pace with brilliant accuracy and an ability to generate late movement away from the right-hander. The first player to take 300 Test wickets, he finished with 307 Test wickets averaging 21.57 and in his 459 matches for Yorkshire took 1,745 wickets at an average of 17.12.
GEOFFREY BOYCOTT
1962 - 1986
Boycott was a world class batsman who scored 8114 Test runs. He became the third Yorkshireman to complete 100 first class centuries and the only player ever to do so in a Test Match versus Australia at Headingley in 1977. He played 414 matches for the County scoring 32,570 runs averaging 57.85.
DARREN GOUGH
1989-
An ebullient fast-medium, occasionally fast, right-arm bowler, "the Dazzler" was the
first graduate of the Academy to win international fame. His versatility, mixing a deadly Yorker with fast off-cutters and, when applicable, reverse swing made him a feared
opponent even in Australia.
"The pulse of the England team" is how one selector described him. Three operations of his right knee clouded his later career but his popularity, especially with the young,
never faded.
MICHAEL VAUGHAN
1993-
Yorkshire's tradition of playing only those born within the county was
suspended to accommodate him. He was born in Salford and is related, through his mother, to the great Lancashire and England batsman Johnny Tyldesley .The family moved to Sheffield from where he graduated to the Academy.
An elegant, free-scoring right handed batsman, he was ranked first in the
world in the spring of 2003 after scoring seven Test centuries, including three against Australia, in the previous 12 months. Appointed England captain in one-day matches in May 2003.
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OVERSEAS PLAYERS:
Yorkshire resisted importing professionals from overseas, unlike all other counties, until 1992 when, after 24 years of failing to win the Championship, members reluctantly supported the Committee in seeking reinforcement from outside the County. Craig McDermott, the then leading Australian fast bowler, was the first but he withdrew through injury and was replaced by Sachin Tendulkar, then 19,soon to become the world's leading batsman. The West Indies captain Richie Richardson had two poor seasons in the role but did play a prominent part in the development of Darren Gough. Since then Yorkshire
have had a sucession of Australians, including Michael Bevan, Darren Lehmann, Simon Katich and Matthew Elliott.
Lehmann had a magnificent career with Yorkshire, culminating in his
becoming the first overseas player to Captain the county, in 2002.He was so successful as a player that he reclaimed his place in Australia's Test squad. Yorkshire returned to India in 2003 to sign the 21-year-old left- hander Yuvraj Singh.
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