Bats Display
[a] All-time greats: Legendary names on this Yorkshire bat are topped by Brian Close, who captained Yorkshire to four Championships in the 1960s, and Geoff Boycott, whose 32,570 First Class runs for Yorkshire included 103 centuries. Umpire Harold "Dickie" Bird modestly consigns himself to the bottom edge.
[b] Autographs of the England and Australia teams of 1997 can be seen clearly on this Yorkshire bat.
[c] Yorkshire on the run-in to the Championship (2000) and Champions after a wait of 33 years (2001).
[d] Bats topped by Sir Donald Bradman and Wilfred Rhodes.
[e] Wilfred Rhodes bat in close-up.
[f] Yorkshire 1937. The signatures are faint, but the distinctive "A Brian Sellers" can be read clearly.
[g] George Ulyett and Ted Wainwright. Yorkshire and England in the 19th Century.
[h] George Ulyett bat in close-up.
[i] Ted Wainwright bat in close-up.
[j] Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson, grandson of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, played for Hampshire and England.
[k] Lionel Tennyson bat in close-up.
All-time greats
England and Australia teams of 1997
Ted Wainwright bat in close-up
Lionel Tennyson bat in close-up
