Badge and Colours
Lord Hawke, in the early days of his captaincy, designed the white rose badge. Copying the idea from Lancashire, who already had adopted the red rose as a symbol, Hawke designed a rose which, unlike Lancashire's, was not a real flower. He created a rose with eleven petals, to represent the eleven players of the team, based on the hedge rose. Only players who had received their county cap were allowed to wear the badge. It was not until the 1980s it was allowed by the committee to be placed on merchandise as a marketing device.
Yorkshire's club colours are dark blue, light blue and gold. These are knitted in bands forming the v-neck of each player's sweater. The limited overs team, Yorkshire Carnegie, wears the colours in the players' overall uniforms.
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