List of Worcestershire cricket captains
Worcestershire County Cricket Club are an English cricket club based in Worcester, Worcestershire. The club was founded in 1865 and played their first first-class cricket match in 1899 after being accepted into the County Championship.[1] The club have played both List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket since their introductions into the English game in 1963 and 2003 respectively.
Key
[edit]- Years denotes the years in which the player was named as official club captain for Worcestershire.
- First denotes the date of the first match in which the player captained Worcestershire.
- Last denotes the date of the last match in which the player captained Worcestershire.
- FC denotes the number of first-class matches in which the player captained Worcestershire.
- LA denotes the number of List A matches in which the player captained Worcestershire.
- T20 denotes the number of Twenty20 matches in which the player captained Worcestershire.
- Total denotes the total number of first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches in which the player captained Worcestershire.
Official captains
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No. | Name | Nationality | Years | First | Last | FC | LA | T20 | Total | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Harry Foster | ![]() | 1899–1900 1902–1910 1913 | 4 May 1899 | 25 August 1920 | 214 | – | – | 214 | [2] |
2 | Reginald Foster | ![]() | 1901 | 13 August 1900 | 17 June 1907 | 24 | – | – | 24 | [3] |
3 | George Simpson-Hayward | ![]() | 1911–1912 | 22 June 1908 | 22 June 1914 | 47 | – | – | 47 | [4] |
4 | William Taylor | ![]() | 1914–1919 1922 | 9 May 1914 | 19 August 1922 | 45 | – | – | 45 | [5] |
5 | Maurice Jewell | ![]() | 1920–1921 1926 1928–1929 | 23 June 1919 | 31 May 1933 | 81 | – | – | 81 | [6] |
6 | Maurice Foster | ![]() | 1923–1925 | 9 August 1909 | 20 June 1934 | 86 | – | – | 86 | [7] |
7 | Cecil Ponsonby | ![]() | 1927 | 4 May 1927 | 29 August 1928 | 27 | – | – | 27 | [8] |
8 | John Coventry | ![]() | 1929–1930 | 8 June 1927 | 23 August 1930 | 23 | – | – | 23 | [9] |
9 | Cyril Walters | ![]() | 1931–1935 | 3 May 1930 | 3 August 1935 | 127 | – | – | 127 | [10] |
10 | Charles Lyttelton | ![]() | 1936–1939 | 25 July 1934 | 30 August 1939 | 82 | – | – | 82 | [11] |
11 | Sandy Singleton | ![]() | 1946 | 23 August 1939 | 24 August 1946 | 24 | – | – | 24 | [12] |
12 | Allan White | ![]() | 1947–1949 | 21 June 1939 | 10 August 1949 | 65 | – | – | 65 | [13] |
13 | Bob Wyatt | ![]() | 1949–1951 | 7 June 1947 | 29 August 1951 | 41 | – | – | 41 | [14] |
14 | Ronald Bird | ![]() | 1952–1954 | 21 May 1949 | 14 August 1954 | 107 | – | – | 107 | [15] |
15 | Reg Perks | ![]() | 1955 | 27 May 1950 | 31 August 1955 | 50 | – | – | 50 | [16] |
16 | Peter Richardson | ![]() | 1956–1958 | 20 June 1953 | 3 September 1958 | 61 | – | – | 61 | [17] |
17 | Don Kenyon | ![]() | 1959–1967 | 18 June 1958 | 30 August 1967 | 260 | 10 | – | 270 | [18][19] |
18 | Tom Graveney | ![]() | 1968–1970 | 15 May 1965 | 6 September 1970 | 69 | 33 | – | 102 | [20][21] |
19 | Norman Gifford | ![]() | 1971–1980 | 4 June 1969 | 15 May 1982 | 204 | 206 | – | 410 | [22][23] |
20 | Glenn Turner | ![]() | 1981 | 22 May 1971 | 13 September 1981 | 40 | 28 | – | 68 | [24][25] |
21 | Phil Neale | ![]() | 1982–1991 | 25 July 1981 | 26 July 1991 | 229 | 221 | – | 450 | [26][27] |
22 | Tim Curtis | ![]() | 1992–1995 | 28 May 1988 | 13 June 1995 | 84 | 87 | – | 171 | [28][29] |
23 | Tom Moody | ![]() | 1995–1999 | 15 June 1995 | 12 September 1999 | 64 | 83 | – | 147 | [30][31] |
24 | Graeme Hick | ![]() | 2000–2002 | 16 July 1997 | 19 June 2005 | 57 | 70 | 1 | 128 | [32][33][34] |
25 | Ben Smith | ![]() | 2003–2004 | 22 September 2002 | 12 June 2005 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 82 | [35][36][37] |
26 | Steve Rhodes | ![]() | 2004 | 6 June 1993 | 9 September 2004 | 28 | 23 | – | 51 | [38][39] |
27 | Vikram Solanki | ![]() | 2005–2010 | 20 June 2001 | 9 August 2010 | 85 | 85 | 39 | 173 | [40][41][42] |
28 | Daryl Mitchell | ![]() | 2010–2016 | 11 June 2010 | 20 September 2016 | 101 | 60 | 79 | 240 | [43][44][45] |
29 | Joe Leach | ![]() | 2017-2021 | 10 June 2016 | 25 September 2017 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 38 | [46][47][48] |
30 | Brett D'Oliveira | ![]() | 2022 to date | 7 April 2022 | 26 September 2022 | 13 | - | - | - |
Unofficial captains
[edit]This is a list of players who have captained Worcestershire without having been appointed official club captain.
Name | Nationality | First | Last | FC | LA | T20 | Total | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Granville Bromley-Martin | ![]() | 30 July 1903 | 30 July 1903 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [49] |
Geoffrey Foster | ![]() | 13 July 1905 | 7 July 1910 | 5 | – | – | 5 | [50] |
Reginald Brinton | ![]() | 10 May 1906 | 18 June 1906 | 2 | – | – | 2 | [51] |
William Hutchings | ![]() | 26 July 1906 | 26 July 1906 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [52] |
William Burns | ![]() | 5 August 1909 | 4 August 1913 | 17 | – | – | 17 | [53] |
Charles Frederick Lyttelton | ![]() | 1 September 1910 | 1 September 1910 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [54] |
George Crowe | ![]() | 31 July 1911 | 31 July 1911 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [55] |
J. W. Cecil Turner | ![]() | 4 August 1919 | 27 July 1921 | 2 | – | – | 2 | [56] |
Humphrey Gilbert | ![]() | 7 June 1922 | 18 July 1928 | 3 | – | – | 3 | [57] |
Leonard Crawley | ![]() | 12 August 1922 | 12 August 1922 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [58] |
Harry Higgins | ![]() | 23 May 1923 | 23 May 1923 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [59] |
John Higgins | ![]() | 27 July 1927 | 25 August 1928 | 9 | – | – | 9 | [60] |
Denys Hill | ![]() | 28 April 1928 | 11 August 1928 | 10 | – | – | 10 | [61] |
Albert Lane | ![]() | 2 May 1928 | 29 June 1929 | 5 | – | – | 5 | [62] |
Bernard Quaife | ![]() | 1 August 1928 | 28 August 1937 | 65 | – | – | 65 | [63] |
Denis Evers | ![]() | 12 June 1937 | 29 June 1938 | 4 | – | – | 4 | [64] |
Roger Human | ![]() | 25 August 1937 | 10 August 1938 | 5 | – | – | 5 | [65] |
Bob Crisp | ![]() | 11 June 1938 | 11 June 1938 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [66] |
Harold Gibbons | ![]() | 22 June 1938 | 27 May 1939 | 2 | – | – | 2 | [67] |
Cecil Pullan | ![]() | 16 July 1938 | 13 August 1938 | 2 | – | – | 2 | [68] |
George Abell | ![]() | 7 June 1939 | 5 July 1939 | 3 | – | – | 3 | [69] |
Charles Palmer | ![]() | 13 August 1949 | 17 August 1949 | 2 | – | – | 2 | [70] |
Joseph Lister | ![]() | 11 June 1955 | 27 June 1959 | 2 | – | – | 2 | [71] |
George Chesterton | ![]() | 17 August 1955 | 17 August 1955 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [72] |
Roly Jenkins | ![]() | 26 May 1956 | 7 June 1958 | 24 | – | – | 24 | [73] |
George Dews | ![]() | 11 June 1960 | 19 August 1961 | 7 | – | – | 7 | [74] |
Martin Horton | ![]() | 17 June 1961 | 12 June 1965 | 9 | – | – | 9 | [75] |
Bob Broadbent | ![]() | 2 June 1962 | 2 June 1962 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [76] |
Roy Booth | ![]() | 16 August 1961 | 4 September 1968 | 20 | – | – | 20 | [77] |
Alan Ormrod | ![]() | 14 May 1966 | 24 June 1978 | 2 | – | – | 2 | [78] |
Dick Richardson | ![]() | 26 July 1967 | 26 July 1967 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [79] |
Doug Slade | ![]() | 12 July 1969 | 12 July 1969 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [80] |
Ron Headley | ![]() | 20 June 1971 | 16 June 1974 | 14 | 9 | – | 23 | [81][82] |
Basil D'Oliveira | ![]() | 14 August 1971 | 7 August 1976 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | [83][84] |
Ted Hemsley | ![]() | 29 May 1974 | 29 June 1980 | 5 | 2 | – | 7 | [85][86] |
Greg Watson | ![]() | 30 August 1978 | 30 August 1978 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [87] |
David Humphries | ![]() | 24 August 1980 | 12 June 1985 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | [88][89] |
Dipak Patel | ![]() | 15 June 1983 | 25 August 1985 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | [90][91] |
Ian Botham | ![]() | 28 April 1988 | 13 May 1989 | 3 | 5 | – | 8 | [92][93] |
Neal Radford | ![]() | 11 June 1989 | 11 June 1989 | – | 1 | – | 1 | [94] |
Richard Illingworth | ![]() | 17 June 1994 | 17 June 1994 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [95] |
Phil Weston | ![]() | 10 August 1999 | 10 August 1999 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [96] |
Stephen Peters | ![]() | 8 May 2005 | 8 May 2005 | 1 | – | – | 1 | [97] |
Gareth Batty | ![]() | 22 June 2005 | 30 June 2009 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | [98][99][100] |
Moeen Ali | ![]() | 11 May 2011 | 29 May 2011 | 3 | 2 | – | 5 | [101][102] |
Saeed Ajmal | ![]() | 5 August 2015 | 5 August 2015 | – | 1 | – | 1 | [103] |
Alex Gidman | ![]() | 7 August 2015 | 18 August 2015 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | [104][105] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- General
"WCCC Roll of Honour". Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- Specific
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- ^ "D Kenyon as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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- ^ "TW Graveney as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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- ^ "GM Turner as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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- ^ "GE Hick as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "GE Hick as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "GE Hick as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "BF Smith as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "BF Smith as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "BF Smith as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "SJ Rhodes as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "SJ Rhodes as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "VS Solanki as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "VS Solanki as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "VS Solanki as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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- ^ "J Leach as captain in FirstClass matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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- ^ "J Leach as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "GE Bromley-Martin as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "GN Foster as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "RS Brinton as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "WG Hutchings as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "WB Burns as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "CF Lyttelton as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "GL Crowe as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "JWC Turner as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "HA Gilbert as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "LG Crawley as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "HL Higgins as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "JB Higgins as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "DV Hill as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "AF Lane as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "BW Quaife as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "RDM Evers as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "RHC Human as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "RJ Crisp as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "HHIH Gibbons as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "CDA Pullan as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "GEB Abell as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "CH Palmer as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "J Lister as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "GH Chesterton as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "RO Jenkins as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "G Dews as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "MJ Horton as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ^ "RG Broadbent as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "R Booth as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "JA Ormrod as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "DW Richardson as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "DNF Slade as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "RGA Headley as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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- ^ "BL D'Oliveira as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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- ^ "EJO Hemsley as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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- ^ "GG Watson as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "DJ Humphries as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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- ^ "DN Patel as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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- ^ "WPC Weston as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "SD Peters as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "GJ Batty as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "GJ Batty as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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- ^ "MM Ali as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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- ^ "Saeed Ajmal as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "APR Gidman as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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