List of Yorkshire cricket captains
Yorkshire County Cricket Club was officially founded on 8 January 1863 and its team was elevated to first-class status in the same year. It is one of eighteen county teams in England and Wales that play first-class cricket. The player appointed club captain leads the team in all fixtures except if unavailable.[1]
- 1863 – 1872 Roger Iddison – champions 1867, 1870; shared 1869 (note that these titles are unofficial)
- 1873 – 1873 Joseph Rowbotham
- 1874 – 1874 Luke Greenwood
- 1875 – 1875 Joseph Rowbotham (second term)
- 1876 – 1877 Ephraim Lockwood
- 1878 – 1882 Tom Emmett
- 1883 – 1910 Lord Hawke – champions 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1908
- 1911 – 1911 Everard Radcliffe
- 1912 – 1918 Archibald White – champions 1912
- 1919 – 1921 Cecil Burton – champions 1919
- 1922 – 1924 Geoffrey Wilson – champions 1922, 1923, 1924
- 1925 – 1927 Arthur Lupton – champions 1925
- 1928 – 1929 Sir William Worsley
- 1930 – 1930 Alan Barber
- 1931 – 1932 Frank Greenwood – champions 1931, 1932
- 1933 – 1947 Brian Sellers – champions 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946
- 1948 – 1955 Norman Yardley – shared title 1949
- 1956 – 1957 Billy Sutcliffe
- 1958 – 1959 Ronnie Burnet – champions 1959
- 1960 – 1962 Vic Wilson – champions 1960, 1962
- 1963 – 1970 Brian Close – champions 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968
- 1971 – 1978 Geoff Boycott
- 1979 – 1980 John Hampshire
- 1981 – 1982 Chris Old
- 1982 – 1983 Ray Illingworth
- 1984 – 1986 David Bairstow
- 1987 – 1989 Phil Carrick
- 1990 – 1995 Martyn Moxon
- 1996 – 2001 David Byas – champions 2001
- 2002 – 2002 Darren Lehmann
- 2003 – 2003 Anthony McGrath
- 2004 – 2006 Craig White
- 2007 – 2008 Darren Gough
- 2009 – 2009 Anthony McGrath (second term)
- 2010 – 2016 Andrew Gale – champions 2014, 2015
- 2017 - 2018 Gary Ballance
- 2018 - present Steven Patterson
Notes
- – Yorkshire Players. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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