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The club was founded on January 8, 1863 in the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield. From 1891 the club moved to Headingley. It has produced many prominent figures in English cricket, including Geoffrey Boycott, Fred Truman , Darren Gough and Michael Vaughan amongst others. In 2001 the club won its first County Championship since 1968. Yorkshiremen are regarded as fanatical in their support of their native county, and in cricketing matters especially.

Yorkshire CCC was famous for insisting that its players must have been born within the County of YorkshireThis article is about the English county. For other uses, see Yorkshire (disambiguation). traditional county. White Yorkshire rose. Yorkshire is the largest traditional county of England, covering some 6,000 sq. 15,000 km²) with a population of some five, a rule not dropped until 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi. This rule was criticised as a manifestation of racismRacism refers to beliefs, practices, and institutions that negatively discriminate against people based on their perceived or ascribed race. Sometimes the term is also used to describe the belief that race is the primary determinant of human capacities, o as many of the large Asian population of Yorkshire were made ineligible to play; Sachin TendulkarSir Garfield Sobers handing over the Man of Tournament trophy to Sachin Tendulkar at the 2003 World Cup Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born April 24, 1973) is a living cricket legend and member of the Indian cricket team since 1989. He made his international de was the first Asian to play for Yorkshire, but he played as an overseas player. It was not until May 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co that Ajmal Shahzad became the first British-born Asian to play for Yorkshire. Many Yorkshire lower league clubs are accepted as either all-Asian or all-white.