Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for Yorkshire in FC

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
AW Gale	2007-2016	103	42	13	0	48	0	3.230	40.77	12.62	0	46.6	0	76.36
SA Patterson	2018-2022	47	18	10	0	19	0	1.800	38.29	21.27	0	40.42	0	64.28
AB Sellers	1932-1948	44	27	4	0	13	0	6.750	61.36	9.09	0	29.54	0	87.09
C White	2004-2006	38	11	8	0	19	0	1.370	28.94	21.05	0	50	0	57.89
A McGrath	2003-2009	37	6	10	0	21	0	0.600	16.21	27.02	0	56.75	0	37.5
D Byas	1997-2001	34	16	8	0	10	0	2.000	47.05	23.52	0	29.41	0	66.66
D Gough	2007-2008	22	4	5	0	13	0	0.800	18.18	22.72	0	59.09	0	44.44
R Illingworth	1983-1983	21	1	4	0	16	0	0.250	4.76	19.04	0	76.19	0	20
GS Ballance	2014-2018	18	8	4	0	6	0	2.000	44.44	22.22	0	33.33	0	66.66
Lord Hawke	1893-1906	18	7	4	0	7	0	1.750	38.88	22.22	0	38.88	0	63.63
MJ Wood	2003-2004	16	2	3	0	11	0	0.660	12.5	18.75	0	68.75	0	40
Shan Masood	2023-2024	15	4	3	0	8	0	1.330	26.66	20	0	53.33	0	57.14
NWD Yardley	1948-1955	15	3	4	0	8	0	0.750	20	26.66	0	53.33	0	42.85
JA Tattersall	2022-2024	13	4	3	0	6	0	1.330	30.76	23.07	0	46.15	0	57.14
JM Bairstow	2025-2025	12	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	25	25	0	50	0	50
G Ulyett	1893-1893	12	7	4	0	1	0	1.750	58.33	33.33	0	8.33	0	63.63
DB Close	1963-1970	11	3	2	0	6	0	1.500	27.27	18.18	0	54.54	0	60
DS Lehmann	2000-2002	11	0	5	0	6	0	0.000	0	45.45	0	54.54	0	0
P Carrick	1986-1988	7	1	2	0	4	0	0.500	14.28	28.57	0	57.14	0	33.33
RJ Blakey	2002-2002	6	2	3	0	1	0	0.660	33.33	50	0	16.66	0	40
G Boycott	1971-1978	6	0	0	0	5	1	0.000	0	0	0	83.33	16.66	-
A Lyth	2018-2023	6	1	1	0	4	0	1.000	16.66	16.66	0	66.66	0	50
JA Rudolph	2008-2011	6	1	3	0	2	0	0.330	16.66	50	0	33.33	0	25
JJ Sayers	2005-2011	5	3	0	0	2	0	-	60	0	0	40	0	100
MD Moxon	1990-1994	4	1	0	0	3	0	-	25	0	0	75	0	100
JE Root	2014-2018	4	1	2	0	1	0	0.500	25	50	0	25	0	33.33
WHH Sutcliffe	1956-1957	4	2	0	0	2	0	-	50	0	0	50	0	100
DCF Burton	1919-1921	3	0	1	0	2	0	0.000	0	33.33	0	66.66	0	0
AZ Lees	2015-2016	3	2	0	0	1	0	-	66.66	0	0	33.33	0	100
DM Bess	2025-2025	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
TT Bresnan	2017-2017	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
T Emmett	1882-1882	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
JH Hampshire	1976-1980	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
SN Hartley	1983-1983	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	0	50	0	50	0	0
PA Jaques	2012-2012	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
AW Lupton	1926-1926	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
J Rowbotham	1873-1873	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	0	0	50
FS Trueman	1967-1968	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
DJ Willey	2018-2018	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
G Wilson	1922-1922	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
AT Barber	1930-1930	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JAR Blain	2010-2010	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JR Burnet	1959-1959	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
BO Coad	2021-2021	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0	0	0
L Hall	1893-1893	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Hon.FS Jackson	1893-1893	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
HS Kaye	1908-1908	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
CM Old	1982-1982	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
TF Smailes	1946-1946	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
Ernest Smith	1893-1893	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	0	0	100
D Wilson	1971-1971	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-
JV Wilson	1959-1959	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	100	0	-

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Durham vs Yorkshire at Leeds, County Championship Division One 70th Match, Sep 24-27, 2025 [First-class]

Yorkshire vs Sussex at Hove, County Championship Division One 63rd Match, Sep 15-18, 2025 [First-class]

Somerset vs Yorkshire at Taunton, County Championship Division One 57th Match, Sep 8-11, 2025 [First-class]