Coaching
He was not lost to Yorkshire when his playing days were done. His experience at least did not go to waste as Yorkshire appointed him their head coach from 1951 until 1963 when mounting ill health forced his retirement. A squat, solid figure in later life, his flat cap slightly askew, he helped mould the young generation of Fred Trueman, Brian Close and Ray Illingworth who would restore Yorkshire's domination of county cricket in the 1960s.
Anecdotes about him abound to this day in cricketing circles. Perhaps the most famous Leyland story recalls a match in which, yet again, Leyland found himself holding the fort as wickets fell about him. Fifteen minutes before the close England, with seven wickets down, were still 300 behind, and the ninth man in, seemingly oblivious of the desperate situation, hit his first ball into the covers and began to scamper an unwise single. Leyland waved his eager partner back with the words "Wait your hurry, Mr. Robins. We shan't get 'em all tonight."
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