Teams Billy Bates played for

TestEngland (1881/82-1886/87)
Main FCYorkshire (1877-1887)
Other FCEngland (1878-1887)
 North (1878-1887)
 United North of England Eleven (1879)
 Under 30 (1879-1882)
 R Daft's American XI (1880)
 Players (1880-1887)
 Players of the North (1880-1887)
 England XI (1881)
 T Emmett's XI (1881-1883)
 A Shaw's XI (1881-1886/87)
 IFW Bligh's XI (1882/83)
 Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire (1883)
 Lancashire and Yorkshire (1883)
 The Rest (1883)
 CI Thornton's XI (1884)
 A Shaw's Australian Team (1885)
 Lord Sheffield's XI (1886)
 Lord Londesborough's XI (1886)
 Non-Smokers (1886/87)
 GF Vernon's XI (1887/88)
MiscellaneousLascelles Hall (1875-1881)
 E Lockwood's Yorkshire Colts (1877)
 Yorkshire Colts (1877)
 United North of England Eleven (1878-1881)
 Hunslet (1878)
 Kidderminster (1879)
 Stanley Club (1879)
 R Daft's XI (1879-1880)
 T Emmett's XI (1879)
 Yorkshire (1879-1887)
 Broughton (1880)
 Stockport (1880)
 Players (1880)
 WW Read's XI (1881)
 A Shaw's XI (1881-1887)
 IFW Bligh's XI (1882/83)
 Yorkshire XI (1887)
 GF Vernon's XI (1887/88)