By Martin Gough

He may not be Yorkshire-born but in naming Michael Vaughan as one-day captain, England's selectors have mined a vein of grit from the county that has served them well in the past.

Vaughan becomes the eighth Yorkshire player to captain England

The only two England captains ever to win back the Ashes in Australia were both from "God's own country".

However, England fans will hope their new skipper avoids the controversy that has followed Yorkshiremen in the captaincy of the national side.

Lord Hawke5 Tests - 1895-96 & 1898-99

Yorkshire's captain for 28 years, Hawke regularly took touring sides overseas but only two of those series - both in South Africa - were given Test status.

A strict disciplinarian, Hawke controversially dropped leading bowler Bobby Peel, effectively ending his career, when the left-armer took the field too drunk to bowl.

In retirement he was Yorkshire's president for 40 years, as well as being president and treasurer of the MCC.

He was a champion of the rule restricting Yorkshire selection to players born in the county - a law that remained until 1992 and would have prevented Vaughan joining the Tykes.

Ironically, Hawke himself was born in Lincolnshire.

FS Jackson 5 Tests - 1905

The future Governor of Bengal's only series as England captain brought success for the team and their star all-rounder.

Jackson won all five tosses, and topped both the batting and bowling averages with 492 runs at an average of 70.28 and 13 wickets at 15.46, as England won the series 2-0.

"Mr Jackson has great confidence and splendid hitting power," said Wisden's editor in naming him on of the Almanack's Five All-Round Cricketers of 1894.

He played 20 Tests in all but, as an amateur, Jackson was never available to tour Australia.

Ronald Stanyforth4 Tests - 1927/28

Yorkshire's wicket-keeper for 19 years, Stanyforth was 35 when he gained his only chance in Test cricket, leading a below-strength side on a tour of South Africa.

The side, featuring a young Wally Hammond, won the series 2-1, despite having to get used to playing on matting wickets.

London-born Stanyforth was another flouter of the "Yorkshire soil" rule, after the club made an exception during the First World War.

Norman Yardley 14 Tests - 1947-48 & 1950

An outstanding athlete, Yardley's captaincy of Yorkshire was a stark contrast to that of his predecessors, but his easy-going nature also brought him the England job.

Taking the helm from Hammond in 1947 he led England to a 3-0 home series victory over South Africa, hitting his highest Test score, 99 at Trent Bridge, in the process.

But he was unfortunate to run into Donald Bradman's Invincibles the following summer, Australia's outstanding tourists winning 4-0.

Yardley later became Yorkshire president, although he resigned amidst the committee-room squabbling that surrounded Geoffrey Boycott's rise to power at Headingley.

Leonard Hutton23 Tests - 1952-55

Hutton was England's first professional captain

England's first professional captain, Hutton won each of his five Test series as skipper and was knighted for services to cricket a year after his retirement.

Hutton's 364 against Australia at The Oval in 1938 remains an England record, but many observers credited his 145 against the same opponents at Lord's in 1953 as his best.

His finest achievement, though, was to become the first captain to regain the Ashes away from home in 1954/55.

A stylish side including Peter May, Colin Cowdrey and Frank Tyson won three consecutive Tests, and Hutton contributed a match-winning 80 in Adelaide.

Hutton's one brush with controversy was when he became the only man to be out obstructing the field in Tests, against South Africa at The Oval in 1951.

Brian Close 7 Tests - 1966-67

Close ducks a Michael Holding bouncer in 1976

England's youngest ever Test player when he faced New Zealand as an 18-year-old, Close was the epitome of Yorkshire tough.

On several occasions while fielding at short-leg he dismissed batsmen on the rebound after being struck by the ball.

His abrasive nature saw him in and out of favour with the England hierarchy over the next 27 years, and he was sacked as Yorkshire captain after a run-in with the committee.

But when the chips were down, the selectors looked to Close, most memorably in 1976, when he was recalled at the age of 45 to face a West Indies attack including Michael Holding, Andy Roberts and Wayne Daniel.

Raymond Illingworth 31 Tests - 1969-73, 3 ODIs 1971-73

Illingworth (right) captained England in 31 Tests

Like Hutton, Illingworth was born in the Yorkshire town of Pudsey, and he also shares the accolades as a skipper who re-gained the Ashes abroad, in 1970-71.

The series, won by a 2-0 verdict, was far from smooth though, Illingworth leading his players off the field after spectator trouble in Sydney.

During that tour he also inadvertently became England's first one-day captain, when authorities in Melbourne conceived a limited-overs game after four days of the Test match had been lost to rain.

Another Yorkshire captain who fell out with the county, Illingworth ended his playing career at the helm of Leicestershire.

He also attracted criticism as England's manager and chairman of selectors for three years in the 1990s, including the side's quarter-final exit from the 1996 World Cup.

Geoffrey Boycott4 Tests 1978

Born in Fitzwilliam, Boycott is a stereotypically stubborn Yorkshireman.

He was a successful batsman, hitting 64 fifties for England and averaging 47.72 in Tests - although many accused him of playing selfishly.

He only captained England on four occasions, as a stand-in for the injured Mike Brearley.

His first match in charge, against Pakistan was a draw, he lost his second match, against New Zealand, won the third - when he was famously run out by Ian Botham - and drew the fourth.

Always a straight-talker, Boycott was not well liked by his team-mates.

He also got up the nose of the England hierarchy which is why his captaincy was short lived.