Humphrey William Maghull Yates (25 March 1883 – 21 August 1956) was an English first-class cricketer. Yates was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Yates first appearance in County Cricket came in a single match in the 1907 Minor Counties Championship where he made an appearance for the Lancashire Second XI against Durham. Additionally, in 1910 Yates made a first-class appearance for the Army and Navy against an Oxford and Cambridge Universities side. In 1911 Yates represented the Army and Navy in the same fixture, scoring 70 runs in the Army and Navy first innings.