Artefacts at the museum, which is located at Headingley, include the bat Len Hutton used for his maiden first-class hundred, his county cap and an original scorecard of his then-Test-record 364 for England in 1938.

Geoffrey Boycott has loaned the club the bat he used to score his 99th and 100th first-class hundreds as well as his Yorkshire and England caps.

The precarious finances have forced the board to look to sell some of their most important pieces following fears the collection could be broken up and sold at auction if the club went into administration.