Yorkshire County Cricket Club facts for kids

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Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a cricket club in Yorkshire, England. They play most of their games at the Headingley Stadium in the Headingley area of Leeds, West Yorkshire as well as some games at North Marine Road in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

Images for kids

  • A man in a striped shirt and a bowler hat standing with his arms folded looking off camera.

    Roger Iddison, the first captain of Yorkshire: he led the team until 1872.

  • A cricketer holding a ball posing before a painted backdrop of a field

    George Freeman, a key factor in Yorkshire's success in the late 1860s, played for the team mainly between 1865 and 1870, taking 209 wickets in 32 matches.

  • Yorkshire CCC 1875

    The Yorkshire team in 1875 was captained by Joseph Rowbotham. Back row: G. Martin (umpire), John Thewlis. Middle row: George Pinder, George Ulyett, Tom Armitage, Joseph Rowbotham, Allen Hill, Andrew Greenwood. Front row: Tom Emmett, John Hicks, Ephraim Lockwood, Charlie Ullathorne.

  • A painting of a cricketer sitting in a chair wearing a striped blazer.

    Caricature of Lord Hawke by Spy, first published in Vanity Fair on 24 September 1892 with the caption "Yorkshire Cricket".

  • A cricketer about to bowl

    Wilfred Rhodes made his debut in 1898 and went on to take a record 3,598 wickets for Yorkshire.

  • HeadingleyEast

    Headingley– East Stand

  • HeadingleyWest

    Headingley – West Stand


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