As far as I know, the following former Yorkshire players are still batting...
Joseph Johnson b. May 16, 1916
John Pearson b. May 14, 1915
Thomas Wright b. March 5, 1900 (None of Wikipedia, CricInfo nor the Cricket Archive list Mr. Wright as having passed on.
If his birth date is correct, and in the unlikely possibility that Mr. Wright is still alive, he is 109 not out and obviously would be the new record-holder. Indeed, if he is still alive, I would think the YCCC should celebrate this man in some fashion.
Even if it is, he may well have taken Rhodes' mantel as the oldest lived player. I for one am every interested in getting to the bottom of this - especially given that I am both a cricket fan and a practicing Gerontologist.
Last year's yearbook has his death date as 'not known'. He played one match vs. Cambridge University at Fenner's in June 1919, and scored 12 runs.
This match was Herbert Sutcliffe's third for the 1st team. His first had been a few days before, against Gloucestershire at the Spa Ground. The reason I mention this is that my great-great-great-great uncle, Hugh Marsden Claughton, was at the wicket with Sutcliffe, though not for long (he scored a single). He played three times for the 1st team, once in 1914 and twice in 1919. I'm proud to see his name in the Yearbook every year.
Some years ago I helped the late Tony Woodhouse to try and find the dates of birth and death of many Yorkshire cricketers - and there are now only a few missing gaps that have proved elusive. The death of Thomas John Wright is one of them. I made searches over a large number of years at the Central Registry Office in London which records all deaths in England and Wales. I could find nothing clearly relating to him, but he may have died in Scotland, Ireland or abroad. The last note that Tony Woodhouse had about him was that he apparently played for XVI of York against a Yorkshire XI in 1930. He captained St Peter's School York in 1918 - and played just once for Yorkshire in 1919 scoring 12 v Cambridge University.
This is a gap in Yorkshire records that needs resolving!
The most ancient Yorkshire cricketer is obviously Adam Lyth. Lyth's 'official' age is 21 as he's supposed to have been born on 25th Sept 1987 ... but he looks much older.
I see that St. Peter's has an old boy association called Old Peterites which was founded in 1886. They have a list of 'lost' members and his name is not on it. Perhaps the Old Peterites Association may be able to give a date of death or an address if he is still at the crease.
i would put money on the oldest living player eventually being Dickie Bird - he seems to go on forever, has not had a stressful life of a proper job, marriage and kids, worked outdoors in fresh air for the majority of his career.
The only problem is he has a habit of being incredibly early for everything he does (think when he got his MBE at the Palace he was outside the gates at 5.30 am). Therefore there is a strong chance he would be extremely early for his own funeral and probably turn up when he was still alive!