Frederick Sewards Trueman,was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He had professional status and later became an author and broadcaster.
Raymond Illingworth CBE was an English cricketer,cricket commentator and administrator. As of 2015,he was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in first-class cricket. He played for Yorkshire,Leicestershire (1969–1978) and England (1958–1973) and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1960.
Dennis Brian Close,was an English first-class cricketer. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949,when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England,captaining them seven times to six wins and one drawn test. Close also captained Yorkshire to four county championship titles –the main domestic trophy in English cricket. He later went on to captain Somerset,where he is widely credited with developing the county into a hard-playing team,and helping to mould Viv Richards and Ian Botham into the successful players they became.
Kenneth Higgs was an English fast-medium bowler,who was most successful as the opening partner to Brian Statham with Lancashire in the 1960s. He later played with success for Leicestershire.
Jack Birkenshaw,is a former English cricketer,who later stood as an umpire and worked as a coach. Cricket writer Colin Bateman stated,"Jack Birkenshaw was the epitome of a good all-round county cricketer:a probing off-spinner who used flight and guile,a handy batsman who could grind it out or go for the slog,a dependable fielder and great competitor."
Craig White is an English former international cricketer. He is currently a cricket coach.
Roy Kilner was an English professional cricketer who played nine Test matches for England between 1924 and 1926. An all-rounder,he played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1911 and 1927. In all first-class matches,he scored 14,707 runs at an average of 30.01 and took 1,003 wickets at an average of 18.45. Kilner scored 1,000 runs in a season ten times and took 100 wickets in a season five times. On four occasions,he completed the double:scoring 1,000 runs and taking 100 wickets in the same season,recognised as a sign of a quality all-rounder.
Chris Old is a former English cricketer,who played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs from 1972 to 1981. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and lower order left-handed batsman,Old was a key feature of the Yorkshire side between 1969 and 1983,before finishing his career at Warwickshire in 1985. As a Test bowler for England he took 143 wickets,and scored useful runs in the famous 1981 Ashes series' Headingley victory. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
Geoffrey Alan Cope played first-class cricket for Yorkshire from 1966 to 1980,and appeared in three Test matches for England.
Christopher Craven Clifford is a former English first-class cricketer,who played for Yorkshire in 1972,and for Warwickshire from 1978 to 1980.
Anthony Clarkson is an English former first-class cricketer,who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Somerset County Cricket Club. He was born at Killinghall,Harrogate,Yorkshire.
Stuart Neil Hartley is a retired English first-class cricketer.
Peter John Kippax was an English first-class cricketer who played for Yorkshire,Durham and Northumberland. A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler,he played five first-class matches but they spanned twenty six years.
Richard Allan Kettleborough is an English international cricket umpire,and former first-class cricketer who appeared in 33 first-class matches for Yorkshire and Middlesex. He was a left-handed top order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He attended Worksop College and was a member of the college cricket XI for a number of years.
Alan Ramage is an English former first-class cricketer,who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club,Northern Transvaal and the Minor Counties.
Stuart David Fletcher is an English first-class cricketer,who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1983 to 1991,and Lancashire from 1992 to 1994. He also appeared for Lincolnshire in the Minor Counties Championship in both 1994 and 1995.
William Bryan Stott is an English former professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1952 to 1963. He also played three first-class matches for the Combined Services from 1955 to 1956. He was born in Yeadon.
Melville Ryan was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1954 to 1965. He was born in Huddersfield,and died in the Kirkland Hospice at Dalton in Huddersfield.
Anthony David Towse is an English former first-class cricketer,who played one first-class match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1988. He has also appeared in one day cricket for Lincolnshire in one game,and in eleven matches for the Wales Minor Counties.
Nigel John Bartle Illingworth is a former English cricketer. Illingworth was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Chesterfield,Derbyshire.
