Yorkshire CCC Supporters Association got “a real sense of history” when they visited all the grounds where the White Rose club have played first-class cricket.

The venture was to mark Yorkshire’s 150th anniversary and the 20 grounds included Fartown, Savile Park in Dewsbury and Thrum Hall in Halifax.

Fartown, of course, staged 72 County Championship matches between 1873 and 1955 and Yorkshire used the venue – once the traditional venue for the Drakes League’s Sykes Cup final – for limited-overs games from 1969 to 1982.

Ken Shaw and Geoff Wood from the Yorkshire Supporters were the men who visited – in a car sponsored for the day by Holmfirth Garage Ltd – and they took pictures of the ground, the old pavilion and the GH Hirst memorial.

“We got a real sense of history at all the venues and, with Fartown having the memorial to GH Hirst and the plaque remembering the ‘Great Triumvirate’ of George Herbert Hirst, Wilfred Rhodes and Schofield Haigh, it was really special,” said Mr Shaw.

“Many people still remember the famous tied Championship match against Leicestershire there in 1954 and, obviously, all the great names of Yorkshire cricket played there at one time or another.

“At Savile Park, Kirklees have gone to the trouble of putting a plaque on a bench to mark the club’s history there (it staged 43 matches from 1867 to 1933), which is really nice.

“And at Thrum Hall, which is now an Asda store, they have also put up a plaque, even though Yorkshire haven’t played there since 1897 and it’s been a store for the last 15 years. That’s excellent from them.”

Rhodes and Hirst, two of the county’s greatest ever players, were born in Kirkheaton, while Schofield Haigh, another fantastic all-rounder who also played for England, was from Berry Brow.

Six sponsored cars were used in all to get members around the various grounds, with new Yorkshire chief executive Mark Arthur sending them all on their way from Headingley.

Grounds visited included Sheffield’s Bramall Lane and Abbeydale, Middlesbrough’s Acklam Park and two other sites in that area.

Two Bradford grounds, St George’s Road in Harrogate and Hull’s Circle were on the list, plus an additional site nearby.

Scarborough, the only county ground outside Headingley still used by Yorkshire, was visited along with Wakefield’s College Grove and York’s Wiggington Road.

In addition to Headingley, there were three other venues in Leeds.

Yorkshire Supporters Association was founded in 1981 and has raised well over £100,000 for the club, mainly used to fund the development of young players – and vastly successful they have been.

Supporters can send cheques payable to YCCSA to the secretary at 16 Balmoral Way, Yeadon, LS19 7WF.