List of Sheffield Cricket Club players
This is a complete list in alphabetical order of cricketers who played for Sheffield in important matches prior to the foundation of Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1863. Many of the teams fielded by Sheffield were styled Yorkshire and its players in those games are included here. Sheffield is classified as an important team by substantial sources from 1771 to 1863.[1][2]
The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he was active as a Sheffield/Yorkshire player and then his name is given as it appears on match scorecards (i.e., usually his surname preceded by all initials). Note that many players represented other important teams besides Sheffield and that several played for the county club in or after 1863, at which time Sheffield ceased to be an important team.[3]
A
- George Anderson (1850–1862) : G. Anderson
- George Armitage (1847–1853) : G. Armitage
- George Atkinson (1858–1862) : G. R. Atkinson
B
- Samuel Baldwinson (1844–1851) : S. Baldwinson
- Joseph Barber (1852) : J. Barber
- William Barber (1822–1828) : W. Barber
- Thomas Barker (1836) : T. Barker
- Thomas Barker (1833–1851) : T. R. Barker
- Frederick Barlow (1834–1836) : F. Barlow
- Hugh Barrett (1845–1847) : H. Barrett
- J. Bentley (1844–1846) : J. Bentley
- George Berry (1845–1853) : G. Berry
- John Berry (1847–1862) : John Berry
- Joseph Berry (1861–1862) : Joseph Berry
- Henry Bolsover (1830–1839) : H. Bolsover
- Henry Boothroyd (1853) : H. Boothroyd
- Thomas Brownhill (1862) : T. Brownhill
- James Burbeary (1846–1853) : J. P. Burbeary
- William Burley (1844) : W. Burley
- Tom Burlinson (1844–1846) : T. Burlinson
C
- George Chatterton (1846–1861) : G. Chatterton
- C. Clarke (1846) : C. Clarke
- George Coates (1844–1853) : G. Coates
- James Cobbett (1835) : J. Cobbett
- Henry Cole (1835) : H. A. Cole
- Andrew Crossland (1844–1855) : A. Crossland
- William Cuttell (1862) : W. Cuttell
D
- Thomas Dakin (1851–1862) : T. Dakin
- George Dallas (1850) : G. F. Dallas
- Edwin Dawson (1862) : E. Dawson
- George Dawson (1822–1839) : G. E. Dawson
- Thomas Deakin (1833–1836) : T. Deakin
- Charles Dearman (1822–1832) : C. Dearman
- James Dearman (1827–1847) : J. Dearman
E
- J. E. Eadon (1852) : J. E. Eadon
- Thomas Ellis (1849–1851) : T. Ellis
- Michael Ellison (1849–1855) : M. J. Ellison
F
- J. Fisher (1827) : J. Fisher
G
- Gainsford (1834) : Gainsford
- Joseph Gillott (1846–1850) : J. B. Gillott
- Luke Greenwood (1861–1862) : L. Greenwood
H
- Henry Hall (1825–1839) : H. Hall
- John Hall (1844–1847) : J. Hall
- William Halton (1861–1862) : W. Halton
- Henry Hattersley (1834) : H. Hattersley
- Isaac Hodgson (1847–1862) : I. Hodgson
- Holdsworth (1830–1831) : Holdsworth
- John Holdsworth (1844) : J. Holdsworth
- Tom Hunt (1845–1851) : T. Hunt
- Benjamin Huntsman (1846–1852) : B. Huntsman
- H. Hurt (1846–1849) : H. Hurt
- Joseph Hydes (1834–1839) : J. Hydes
I
- John Ibbetson (1845–1847) : J. R. Ibbetson
- Roger Iddison (1853–1862) : R. Iddison
- William Ingle (1845–1847) : W. Ingle
J
- C. Jeffcock (1852) : C. Jeffcock
- P. S. Johnston (1833–1834) : P. S. Johnston
- Jonathan Joy (1849–1862) : J. Joy
K
- E. B. Kaye (1852–1855) : E. B. Kaye
- William Kaye (1853–1855) : W. Kaye
L
- M. Lambert (1845) : M. Lambert
- W. Lupton (1833) : W. Lupton
M
- J. Mallinson (1832–1834) : J. Mallinson
- Tom Marsden (1824–1839) : T. Marsden
- John McCoy (1834) : J. McCoy
- John Mills (1862) : J. Mills
- Viscount Milton (1847–1852) : Viscount Milton
O
- Joseph Oates (1844) : J. H. Oates
- Osguthorpe (1771–72) : Osguthorpe – known to have played in Sheffield's two matches versus Nottingham
P
- Henry Pickard (1852–1862) : H. A. Pickard
- James Porter (1844–1845) : J. Porter
- G. Powell (1851) : G. Powell
- John Prest (1852–1854) : J. B. Prest
- William Prest (1861–1862) : W. Prest
R
- George Rawlins (1827–1836) : G. Rawlins
- Riley (1832) : Riley
- Thomas Robinson (1858–1862) : T. Robinson
- Joseph Rowbotham (1853–1862) : J. Rowbotham
S
- Henry Sampson (1839–1860) : H. Sampson
- J. Shackley (1830–1834) : J. Shackley
- Frederick Shaw (1835–1836) : F. B. Shaw
- John Shaw (1845) : J. Shaw
- Henry Skelton (1846–1847) : H. T. Skelton
- Richard Skelton (1846–1854) : R. F. Skelton
- G. Skinner (1825–1829) : G. Skinner
- William Slinn (1861–1862) : W. Slinn
- C. Smith (1846) : C. Smith
- George Smith (1825–1836) : G. Smith
- John Smith (1845–1847) : J. Smith
- Paul Smith (1845–1854) : P. Smith
- Henry Southern (1825–1828) : H. J. Southern
- Ned Stephenson (1854–1862) : E. Stephenson
T
- H. Taylor (1846–1848) : H. Taylor
- W. Taylor (1828–1829) : W. Taylor
- John Thewlis senior (1862) : John Thewlis senior
- H. Thompson (1829–1831) : H. Thompson
- John Thompson (1847–1858) : J. Thompson
- Richard Thorp (1862) : R. C. Thorp
- George Thorpe (1862) : G. Thorpe
V
- Emmanuel Vincent (1822–1846) : E. Vincent
- J. Vincent (1846–1849) : J. Vincent
W
- William Wadsworth (1845–1862) : W. Wadsworth
- Bernard Wake (1839–1851) : B. Wake
- C. Ward (1844) : C. Ward
- William Waterfall (1860–1862) : W. Waterfall
- Brian Waud (1861–1862) : B. W. Waud
- Charles Webster (1858–1862) : C. Webster
- J. Webster (1822–1829) : J. Webster
- George Wescoe (1854) : G. Wescoe
- George Wheatcroft (1831–1832) : G. Wheatcroft
- R. Wheatley (1836) : R. Wheatley
- F. Wilkinson (1836) : F. Wilkinson
- W. Wilson (1828–1836) : W. Wilson
- J. Womack (1844) : J. Womack
- William Woolhouse (1822–1834) : W. H. Woolhouse
- John Woollen (1832–1839) : J. Woollen
- W. Worrall (1848) : W. Worrall
- Henry Wright (1846–1860) : G. H. Wright
- John Wright (1822–1828) : J. Wright