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English national cricket captains - Definition and Overview
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This is a list of cricketers who have captained the English cricket team for at least one Test match. It has been updated to the fifth Test against the South Africa in 2004/5. The next Test match to be added will be the first Test against Bangladesh, which starts on 26 May 2005. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a test match series in which he captained at least one test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or were appointed by the home authority for a minor proportion in a series. The dagger classification follows that adopted by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

, who captained 13 times between and .
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WG Grace, who captained England 13 times between 1888 and 1898.
Ian Botham, who captained England in the early 1980s, but never won a game as captain.
Nasser Hussain, England's captain from 1999 to 2003.
England Test match captains
Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Lost Drawn
1 James Lillywhite 1876/7 2 1 1 0
2 Lord Harris 1878/9-1880
1884
Total		 2
2
4 		1
1
2 		1
0
1 		0
1
1
3 Alfred Shaw 1881/2 4 0 2 2
4 Monkey Hornby 1882
1884 †
Total		 1
1
2 		0
0
0 		1
0
1 		0
1
1
5 Honourable Ivo Bligh 1882/3 4 2 2 0
6 Arthur Shrewsbury 1884/5
1886/7
Total 		5
2
7 		3
2
5 		2
0
2 		0
0
0
7 Allan Steel 1886
1888†
Total 		3
1
4 		3
0
3 		0
1
1 		0
0
0
8 Walter Read 1887/8
1891/2
Total		 1
1
2 		1
1
2 		0
0
0 		0
0
0
9 WG Grace 1888
18902
1891/2-1893
1896
1899†4
Total		 2
2
5
3
1
13 		2
2
2
2
0
8 		0
0
2
1
0
3 		0
0
1
0
1
2
10 Sir Aubrey Smith 1888/9 1 1 0 0
11 Monty Bowden1 1888/9† 1 1 0 0
12 Andrew Stoddart3 1893†
1894/5
1897/8
Total 		1
5
2
8 		0
3
0
3 		0
2
2
4 		1
0
0
1
13 Sir Tim O'Brien 1895/6† 1 1 0 0
14 Lord Hawke 1895/6
1898/9
Total 		2
2
4 		2
2
4 		0
0
0 		0
0
0
15 Archie MacLaren 1897/8†
1899-1902
1909
Total 		3
14
5
22 		1
2
1
4 		2
7
2
11 		0
5
2
7
16 Plum Warner 1903/4
1905/6
Total 		5
5
10 		3
1
4 		2
4
6 		0
0
0
17 Honourable Stanley Jackson 1905 5 2 0 3
18 Tip Foster 1907 3 1 0 2
19 Frederick Fane 1907/8†
1909/10†
Total 		3
2
5 		1
1
2 		2
1
3 		0
0
0
20 Arthur Jones 1907/8 2 0 2 0
21 Shrimp Leveson Gower5 1909/10 3 1 2 0
22 Johnny Douglas 1911/2
1913/4-1920/1
1921†
1924†
Total 		5
10
2
1
18 		4
4
0
0
8 		1
5
2
0
8 		0
1
0
1
2
23 CB Fry 1912 6 4 0 2
24 Honourable Lionel Tennyson 1921 3 0 1 2
25 Frank Mann11 1922/3 5 2 1 2
26 Arthur Gilligan6 1924-1924/5 9 4 4 1
27 Arthur Carr 1926
1929†
Total 		4
2
6 		0
1
1 		0
0
0 		4
1
5
28 Percy Chapman 1926†
1928-1928/9
1930-1930/1
Total		 1
7
9
17 		1
7
1
9 		0
0
2
2 		0
0
6
6
29 Rony Stanyforth 1927/8 4 2 1 1
30 Greville Stevens 1927/8† 1 0 1 0
31 Jack White 1928/9†
1929
Total 		1
3
4 		0
1
1 		1
0
1 		0
2
2
32 Harold Gilligan6, 7 1929/308 4 9 1 0 3
33 Honourable Freddie Calthorpe 1929/308 4 1 1 2
34 Bob Wyatt 1930†
1932/3†
1933
1934-1935
Total 		1
1
1
13
16 		0
0
1
2
3 		1
0
0
4
5 		0
1
0
7
8
35 Douglas Jardine 1931-1933/4 15 9 1 5
36 Cyril Walters 1934† 1 0 1 0
37 Gubby Allen 1936-1936/7
1947/8
Total 		8
3
11 		4
0
4 		3
2
5 		1
1
2
38 Walter Robins 1937 3 1 0 2
39 Wally Hammond 1938-193910
1946-1946/7
Total 		12
8
20 		3
1
4 		1
2
3 		8
5
13
40 Norman Yardley 1946/7†
1947
1948
1950
Total 		1
5
5
3
14 		0
3
0
1
4 		1
0
4
2
7 		0
2
1
0
3
41 Ken Cranston 1947/8† 1 0 0 1
42 George Mann11 1948/9-1949 7 2 0 5
43 Freddie Brown 1949†
1950†
1950/1-1951
Total 		2
1
12
15 		0
0
5
5 		0
1
5
6 		2
0
2
4
44 Nigel Howard 1951/2 4 1 0 3
45 Donald Carr 1951/2† 1 0 1 0
46 Len Hutton 1952-1954/5 23 11 4 8'
47 David Sheppard 1954† 2 1 0 1
48 Peter May 1955-1959/60
1961
Total 		38
3
41 		19
1
20 		9
1
10 		10
1
11
49 Colin Cowdrey15 1959†
1959/1960†
1960
1961†
1962†
1966
1967/8-1968/9
Total 		2
2
5
2
1
3
12
27 		2
0
3
0
1
0
2
8 		0
0
0
1
0
2
1
4 		0
2
2
1
0
1
9
15
50 Ted Dexter 1961/2-1963
1964
Total 		25
5
30 		9
0
9 		6
1
7 		10
4
14
51 MJK Smith 1963/4
1964/5-1965/6
1966†
Total 		5
19
1
25 		0
5
0
5 		0
2
1
3 		5
12
0
17
52 Brian Close 1966†
1967
Total 		1
6
7 		1
5
6 		0
0
0 		0
1
1
53 Tom Graveney 1968† 1 0 0 1
54 Ray Illingworth12 1969-1972
1973
Total 		2513
6
31 		10
2
12 		3
2
5 		12
2
14
55 Tony Lewis 1972/3 8 1 2 5
56 Mike Denness 1973/4-1974/5
1975†
Total 		18
1
19 		6
0
6 		4
1
5 		8
0
8
57 John Edrich 1974/5† 1 0 1 0
58 Tony Greig 1975-1976/7 14 3 5 6
59 Mike Brearley 1977
1977/8-1979/80
1981
Total 		5
22
4
31 		3
12
3
18 		0
4
0
4 		2
6
1
9
60 Geoffrey Boycott 1977/8
1977/8†
Total 		3
1
4 		1
0
1 		1
0
1 		1
1
2
61 Ian Botham 1980-1980/1
1981†
Total 		1014
2
12 		0
0
0 		3
1
4 		7
1
8
62 Keith Fletcher 1981/2 7 1 1 5
63 Bob Willis 1982-1983/4 18 7 5 6
64 David Gower 1982†
1983/4†
1984-1985/6
1986†
1989
Total 		1
2
22
1
6
32 		0
0
5
0
0
5 		1
0
12
1
4
18 		0
2
5
0
2
9
65 Mike Gatting 1986-1987/8
1988†
Total 		22
1
23 		2
0
2 		5
0
5 		15
1
16
66 John Emburey 1988 2 0 2 0
67 Chris Cowdrey15 1988† 1 0 1 0
68 Graham Gooch 1988†
1988
1989/90-1992/3
1993
Total 		1
1
2816
4
34 		0
1
9
0
10 		1
0
8
3
12 		0
0
11
1
12
69 Allan Lamb 1989/90†
1990/1†
Total 		2
1
3 		0
0
0 		2
1
3 		0
0
0
70 Alec Stewart 1992/3†
1992/3
1998-1998/9
2000†
2001†
Total 		1
1
11
1
1
15 		0
0
3
1
0
4 		1
1
5
0
1
8 		0
0
3
0
0
3
71 Michael Atherton 1993†
1993/4-1997/8
2001†
Total 		2
50
2
54 		1
12
0
13 		1
18
2
21 		0
20
0
20
72 Nasser Hussain 1999-2003
2003†
Total 		44
1
45 		17
0
17 		15
0
15 		12
1
13
73 Mark Butcher 1999† 1 0 1 0
74 Michael Vaughan 2003-present 27 16 6 5
75 Marcus Trescothick 2004† 1 1 0 0
  • 1 Bowden, aged 23 years 144 days became England's youngest captain on 25 March 1889, three years before dying in Umtali Hospital- a glorified mud hut where his body had to be protected from marauding lions prior to being interred in a coffin made from whiskey cases.
  • 2 The third test at Old Trafford, Manchester, England was abandoned without a ball being bowled and is excluded from these statistics. This is in line with the approach adopted by Wisden.
  • 3 Andrew Stoddart became the first test captain to declare an innings closed (at 234 for 8), though no further play was possible because of rain.
  • 4 WG Grace, playing his last Test was 50 years and 320 days old when the match ended. Only Wilfred Rhodes, who was making his debut in this test, played Test cricket at a greater age.
  • 5 Leveson Gower's surname was pronounced Loosen Gore.
  • 6 Arthur Gilligan and Harold Gilligan were brothers: the first brothers to captain England.
  • 7Harold Gilligan captained England in his debut test.
  • 8England had two overlapping test series in the winter of 1929/30. Their first test against New Zealand started on 10 January 1930. Their first test against the West Indies started on 11 January 1930, making the first time England had simultaneously played two test matches at once.
  • 9Harold Gilligan's Cricinfo profile [1] (http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/ENG/G/GILLIGAN_AHH_01000525/) is wrong. He captained England in all four tests that he played in - the whole England v New Zealand series of 1929/30
  • 10The third test at Old Trafford, Manchester, England was abandoned without a ball being bowled and is excluded from these statistics. This is in line with the approach adopted by Wisden.
  • 11George Mann was the son of Frank Mann, making them the first father and son to both captain England.
  • 12In 1970 South Africa were due to tour England. However, the Basil D'Oliveira affair, and South Africa's subsequent withdrawal from international cricket left England without a touring side that summer. A Rest of the World XI was hastily arranged to play a 5 match series, which originally was regarded as a test series. Later the matches were stripped of test status. The Rest of the World XI won the series 4-1, with Ray Illingworth captaining England in each match.
  • 13The third test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia in 1970/1 was abandoned without a ball being bowled and is excluded from these statistics. This is in line with the approach adopted by Wisden and most statisticians, although the match has been recognised as an official test match by the Australian Board of Control. In its place, once the rain cleared, the two teams played a limited overs game, which was retrospectively recognised as the first one-day international.
  • 14The second test at Georgetown, Guyana in 1980/1 was abandoned because of political pressure and is not included in the totals. This is in line with the approach adopted by Wisden.
  • 15 Chris Cowdrey is the son of Colin Cowdrey, making them the second father and son to both captain England after George and Frank Mann.
  • 16The second test at Georgetown, Guyana in 1989/90 was abandoned because of rain and is not included in the totals. This is in line with the approach adopted by Wisden.

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