captain. The extent of leadership given by these gentlemen has long been a subject of discussion. Hawke and Sellers are generally held to have been autocratic and decisive, but in fact both relied heavily on sound professional advice. At the other extreme, Wilfred Rhodes is supposed to have been the de facto captain from 1920 to 1930, but it was Major Arthur Lupton who restored discipline to the side when a row erupted between Yorkshire and Middlesex in 1924. Lord Hawke famously said at the Yorkshire Annual General Meeting in 1925: "Pray God, no professional shall ever captain England. I love and admire them all, but we have always had an amateur skipper and when the day comes when we shall have no more amateurs captaining England it will be a thousand pities." In view of this, it is perhaps surprising that, when Arthur Lupton retired at the end of the 1927 season, Hawke was one of the sponsors of the suggestion that Herbert Sutcliffe should become Yorkshire captain. In the event, there was sufficient opposition to the idea amongst the Yorkshire committee and players (some of the latter felt that Wilfred Rhodes, as senior professional, had a prior claim), that the proposal was dropped. In 1960, Vic Wilson became Yorkshire's first professional captain since Tom Emmett when he succeeded Ronnie Burnet. Brian Close, who took over in 1963, has been Yorkshire's most successful professional captain with four County Championships. Club officials Directors of Cricket 2002 Geoff Cope 2007–2021 Martyn Moxon Managing Director of Cricket 2021 to date Darren Gough Coaching staff Head Coach Ottis Gibson Assistant Coach Kabir Ali Assistant Coach Alistair Maiden Second Eleven Coach Tom Smith Officers Club Presidents Those who have held the office of Yorkshire President are: Club Secretaries Those who have held the office of Yorkshire Secretary are: Honours First XI honours County Championship (32) – 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1908, 1912, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 2001, 2014, 2015; shared (1) – 1949 FP Trophy (3) – 1965, 1969, 2002 National League (1) – 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup (1) – 1987 Second XI honours Second XI Championship (5) – 1977, 1984, 1991, 2003, 2022; shared (1) – 1987 Second XI Trophy (1) – 2009, 2017 Minor Counties Championship (5) – 1947, 1957, 1958, 1968,