List of Gloucestershire cricket captains

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Gloucestershire County Cricket Club are an English cricket club based in Bristol. The club has played first-class cricket since 1870 against Surrey.[1] The club have played both List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket since their introductions into the English game in 1963 and 2003 respectively.

W. G. Grace was the first club captain of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

The county were captained for their first 29 years of first-class cricket by W. G. Grace, whose family had helped form the club.[1] The 359 first-class matches which he captained are the most by any player, eclipsing the combined 327 matches of Mark Alleyne, who led the county in all three formats of the game. Alleyne captained the county during its most prosperous spell, during which time they won eight one-day trophies.[2] Gloucestershire have never won the official County Championship, but have been runners-up on a number of occasions.[3] They achieved this twice under the captaincy of Bev Lyon, whose captaincy was the primary factor in him being named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1931. Wisden noted that he was "a possible England captain," though he never went on to appear for England.[4]

The majority of Gloucestershire's captains have been English, as only Mike Procter and Courtney Walsh have played international cricket for different nations. Walter Troup, Cyril Sewell and George Emmett were all born outside of the United Kingdom, but within the British Empire. Three members of the Graveney family captained the county: Tom Graveney from 1959 to 1960, his brother Ken Graveney from 1963 to 1964, and the latter's son David Graveney between 1982 and 1988.[5]

Key

  • Years denotes the years in which the player was named as official club captain for Gloucestershire.
  • First denotes the date of the first match in which the player captained Gloucestershire.
  • Last denotes the date of the last match in which the player captained Gloucestershire.
  • FC denotes the number of first-class matches in which the player captained Gloucestershire.
  • LA denotes the number of List A matches in which the player captained Gloucestershire.
  • T20 denotes the number of Twenty20 matches in which the player captained Gloucestershire.
  • Total denotes the total number of first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches in which the player captained Gloucestershire.

Official captains

More information No., Name ...
No. Name Nationality Years First Last FC LA T20 Total Refs
1 W. G. Grace England1870–189928 July 187025 May 1899 359––359 [6]
2 Walter Troup England189915 May 189929 June 1911 21––21 [7]
3 Gilbert Jessop England1900–191214 May 19004 August 1913 252––252 [8]
4 Cyril Sewell England1913–191423 May 191231 August 1914 47––47 [9]
5 Foster Robinson England1919–192123 May 191930 August 1922 62––62 [10]
6 Philip Williams England1922–192330 June 192020 May 1925 49––49 [11]
7 Douglas Robinson England1924–192611 June 192121 August 1926 86––86 [12]
8 William Rowlands England1927–192828 May 192125 August 1928 60––60 [13]
9 Bev Lyon England1929–193429 May 192619 August 1939 128––128 [14]
10 Dallas Page England1935–19362 May 193429 August 1936 83––83 [15]
11 Basil Allen England1937–1938
1947–1950		22 July 19332 September 1950 190––190 [16]
12 Wally Hammond England1939–19466 June 193110 August 1946 63––63 [17]
13 Derrick Bailey England1951–195215 June 194930 August 1952 51––51 [18]
14 Jack Crapp England1953–195412 May 19511 June 1955 64––64 [19]
15 George Emmett England1955–19583 June 195315 August 1959 140––140 [20]
16 Tom Graveney England1959–196013 June 195127 August 1960 49––49 [21]
17 Tom Pugh England1961–196229 April 19615 September 1962 45––45 [22]
18 Ken Graveney England1963–19641 May 19632 September 1964 562–58 [23][24]
19 John Mortimore England1965–196729 April 19646 September 1967 944–98 [25][26]
20 Arthur Milton England196817 July 195713 September 1969 455–50 [27][28]
21 Tony Brown England1969–197627 April 19698 September 1976 165149–314 [29][30]
22 Mike Procter South Africa1977–198126 May 19711 July 1981 9394–187 [31][32]
23 David Graveney England1982–198813 May 198114 September 1988 170144–314 [33][34]
24 Bill Athey England198912 July 198730 August 1992 2924–53 [35][36]
25 Tony Wright England1990–19932 May 19897 July 1993 7882–160 [37][38]
26 Courtney Walsh West Indies1993–1994
1996		4 August 199019 September 1996 4136–77 [39][40]
27 Jack Russell England19958 August 199319 July 2002 2437–61 [41][42]
28 Mark Alleyne England1997–200525 June 199425 September 2005 11519418327 [43][44][45]
29 Jon Lewis England2006–200820 July 20054 June 2009 29211464 [46][47][48]
30 Alex Gidman England2009–201210 August 200511 September 2012 867333192 [49][50][51]
31 Michael Klinger Australia2013–201420132017 ----
32 Geraint Jones England201520142015 ----
33 Gareth Roderick South Africa2016-201720132020 ----
34 Chris Dent England2018-20212009- ----
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