CHAPTER ONE: THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT Len Hutton by Neville Cardus, 1956; John Woodcock, 1991 Hedley Verity by R C Robertson-Glasgow, 1944 Fred Trueman by W E Bowes, 1970; Michael Parkinson, 2007 Ray Illingworth by Trevor Bailey, 1973 Geoffrey Boycott by Terry Brindle, 1978; Derek Hodgson, 1988 George Hirst, 1955 Wilfred Rhodes by Neville Cardus, 1974 Herbert Sutcliffe by J M Kilburn, 1979 Sir S F Jackson by Herbert Preston, 1948 CHAPTER TWO: WE DON'T PLAY IT FOR FUN Lord Hawke: Fifty Years of Yorkshire, 1952 J M Kilburn: No Other County can Match this Tale of Success, 1955 John Bapty: The Top County, 1969 Philip Bailey: County of the Century, 2000 Roy Hattersley: To be disliked again, 2002 CHAPTER THREE: FOLLOW THE LEADER Brian Close by W E Bowes, 1964 Brian Sellers, 1940 Vic Wilson by W E Bowes , 1961 Michael Vaughan by David Hopps, 2002 Phil Carrick, Graeme Wright, 2001 Darren Gough by Matthew Engel, 1999 CHAPTER FOUR: THE HISTORY BOYS Robert Peel, 1942 Louis Hall, 1890 Major William Booth, 1914; 1917 Alonzo Drake, 1920 Lord Hawke, 1939 J T Brown, 1895 Tom Emmett, 1905 Edward Wainwright, 1894 Schofield Haigh, 1901 John Tunnicliffe, 1901 George Ulyett, 1899 Ted Peate, 1891 CHAPTER FIVE: BIG HEARTS OF THE BROAD ACRES Chris Old by Terry Brindle, 1979 Martyn Moxon by Michael Henderson, 1993 Willie Watson by W E Bowes, 1954 J H Wardle, 1954 Roy Kilner, 1929 Arthur Wood by E Eden, 1974 Jimmy Binks by W E Bowes, 1969 Tony Nicholson, 1986 Bob Appleyard by W E Bowes, 1952 Bill Bowes by R L Arrowsmith, 1988 CHAPTER SIX: GOD'S OWN COUNTRY Keith Farnsworth: Farewell Bramall Lane, 1974 J M Kilburn: Over 100 Years of Scarborough Festival, 1977 CHAPTER SEVEN: CHARACTER AND CLASS Percy Holmes by Neville Cardus, 1972 Emmott Robinson by Neville Cardus, 1970 David Bairstow, 1998 Maurice Leyland by R C Robertson Glasgow, 1943 Darren Lehmann by David Warner, 2001 Phil Sharpe by W E Bowes, 1963 Matthew Hoggard by David Hopps, 2006 Dickie Bird by Tony Lewis, 1997 CHAPTER EIGHT: TROUBLE AND STRIFE . . . AND MESS AND MUDDLE Yorkshire v Middlesex, Sheffield 1924 Professional Captains: C Stewart Caine, 1928 The Wardle Case, 1959 Warwickshire v Yorkshire, Edgbaston, 1967 War: What is it Good For? Part One: by John Callaghan: Yorkshire in 1977 Boycott and Hampshire and the flames of speculation by John Callaghan: Yorkshire in 1978 An uneasy inheritance by John Callaghan: Yorkshire in 1980 What Fresh Hell is This? by John Callaghan: Yorkshire in 1981 Facing Hard Facts by John Callaghan: Yorkshire in 1982 Famine and feast by John Callaghan: Yorkshire in 1983 Exit, Boycott by John Callaghan: Yorkshire in 1986 War: What is it Good For? Part Two: Back to the trenches by John Callaghan: Yorkshire in 1989 The Hutton Gates by David Warner: Yorkshire in 2001 A voice from Parliament by David Warner: Yorkshire in 200 Hampshire v Yorkshire, Southampton, 2005 Adams says Yes - and then No by David Warner: Yorkshire in 2006 The Azeem Rafiq affair by David Warner: Yorkshire in 2008 Hoggy's Sad Farewell, by David Warner: Yorkshire in 2009 CHAPTER NINE: DAYS IN THE SUN 1882: v Kent, Bramall Lane 1884: v Australia, Bradford 1888: v Nottinghamshire, Bramall Lane 1889: v Lancashire, Huddersfield 1890: v Staffordshire, Bramall Lane 1893: v Lancashire, Old Trafford 1894: v Sussex, Dewsbury V Somerset, Huddersfield 1896 v Warwickshire, Edgbaston 1897 v Derbyshire, Bradford 1898 v Hampshire, Southampton v Derbyshire, Chesterfield 1899 v Essex, Leyton v Surrey, The Oval 1900 v Worcestershire, Bradford 1901 v Essex, Letyon v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge 1902 v Australia, Headingley 1905 v Leicestershire, Leicester 1910 v Lancashire, Headingley 1914 v Somerset, Weston-super-mare 1925 v Middlesex, Lord's v Sussex, Bradord 1930 v Australia, Bramall Lane 1931 v Warwickshire, Headingley v Glamorgan, Swansea 1932 v Lancashire, Bradford v Essex, Leyton v Nottinghamshire, Headingley 1936 v Kent, Bramall Lane 1948 v Lancashire, Old Trafford 1949 v Lancashire, Old Trafford v MCC, Scarborough 1951 v Surrey, The Oval v MCC, Scarborough 1952 v Lancashire, Old Trafford 1954 v Sussex, Hull v Leicestershire, Huddersfield 1957 v Worcestershire, Worcester 1959 v Sussex, Hove 1960 v Surrey, The Oval v Hampshire, Portsmouth v Lancashire, Old Trafford 1961 v Worcestershire, Worcester 1965 v Hampshire, Middlesbrough v Surrey, Lord's 1966 v Hampshire, Middlesbrough 1967 v Cambridge, Castleford 1969 v Derbyshire, Lord's 1971 v Lancashire, Old Trafford 1973 v Durham, Harrogate 1976: v Middlesex, Bradford 1982: v Warwickshire, Edgbaston 1987 v Northamptonshire, Lord's 2001 v Lancashire, Headingley v Glamorgan, Scarborough v Nottinghamshire, Scarborough 2002 v Somerset, Lord's 2005 v Leicestershire, Leicester 2006 v Durham, Headingley 2009 v Somerset, Taunton