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.
- 1863âÂÂ1872 Roger Iddison â champions 1867, 1870; shared 1869 (note that these titles are unofficial)
- 1873âÂÂ1873 Joseph Rowbotham
- 1874âÂÂ1874 Luke Greenwood
- 1875âÂÂ1875 Joseph Rowbotham (second term)
- 1876âÂÂ1877 Ephraim Lockwood
- 1878âÂÂ1882 Tom Emmett
- 1883âÂÂ1910 Lord Hawke â champions 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1908
- 1911âÂÂ1911 Everard Radcliffe
- 1912âÂÂ1918 Archibald White â champions 1912
- 1919âÂÂ1921 Cecil Burton â champions 1919
- 1922âÂÂ1924 Geoffrey Wilson â champions 1922, 1923, 1924
- 1925âÂÂ1927 Arthur Lupton â champions 1925
- 1928âÂÂ1929 Sir William Worsley
- 1930âÂÂ1930 Alan Barber
- 1931âÂÂ1932 Frank Greenwood â champions 1931, 1932
- 1933âÂÂ1947 Brian Sellers â champions 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946
- 1948âÂÂ1955 Norman Yardley â shared title 1949
- 1956âÂÂ1957 Billy Sutcliffe
- 1958âÂÂ1959 Ronnie Burnet â champions 1959
- 1960âÂÂ1962 Vic Wilson â champions 1960, 1962
- 1963âÂÂ1970 Brian Close â champions 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968
- 1971âÂÂ1978 Geoff Boycott
- 1979âÂÂ1980 John Hampshire
- 1981âÂÂ1982 Chris Old
- 1982âÂÂ1983 Ray Illingworth
- 1984âÂÂ1986 David Bairstow
- 1987âÂÂ1989 Phil Carrick
- 1990âÂÂ1995 Martyn Moxon
- 1996âÂÂ2001 David Byas â champions 2001
- 2002âÂÂ2002 Darren Lehmann
- 2003âÂÂ2003 Anthony McGrath
- 2004âÂÂ2006 Craig White
- 2007âÂÂ2008 Darren Gough
- 2009âÂÂ2009 Anthony McGrath (second term)
- 2010âÂÂ2016 Andrew Gale â champions 2014, 2015
- 2017-2018 Gary Ballance
- 2018âÂÂ2022 Steven Patterson
- 2023âÂÂ2024 Shan Masood
- 2025 - present Jonny Bairstow
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