List of Gloucestershire cricket captains explained

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.

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 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, only Mike Procter and Courtney Walsh have played international cricket for a different nation. 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

No.	Name	Nationality	Years	First	Last	FC	LA	T20	Total	Refs
1			1870–1899			359			359	^[6]
2			1899			21			21	^[7]
3			1900–1912			252			252	^[8]
4			1913–1914			47			47	^[9]
5			1919–1921			62			62	^[10]
6			1922–1923			49			49	^[11]
7			1924–1926			86			86	^[12]
8			1927–1928			60			60	^[13]
9			1929–1934			128			128	^[14]
10			1935–1936			83			83	^[15]
11			1937–1938 1947–1950			190			190	^[16]
12			1939–1946			63			63	^[17]
13			1951–1952			51			51	^[18]
14			1953–1954			64			64	^[19]
15			1955–1958			140			140	^[20]
16			1959–1960			49			49	^[21]
17			1961–1962			45			45	^[22]
18			1963–1964			56			58	^[23] ^[24]
19			1965–1967			94			98	^[25] ^[26]
20			1968			45			50	^[27] ^[28]
21			1969–1976			165	149		314	^[29] ^[30]
22			1977–1981			93			187	^[31] ^[32]
23			1982–1988			170	144		314	^[33] ^[34]
24			1989			29			53	^[35] ^[36]
25			1990–1993			78			160	^[37] ^[38]
26			1993–1994 1996			41			77	^[39] ^[40]
27			1995			24			61	^[41] ^[42]
28			1997–2005			115	194		327	^[43] ^[44] ^[45]
29			2006–2008			29			64	^[46] ^[47] ^[48]
30			2009–2012			86			192	^[49] ^[50] ^[51]
31			2013–2014	2013	2017	-			-
32			2015	2014	2015	-			-
33			2016-2017	2013	2020	-			-
34			2018-2021	2009	-	-			-

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Founding of GCCC . . 16 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121101081211/http://www.gloscricket.co.uk/information/cheltenham-festival-history . 1 November 2012 .
2. Web site: Gloucestershire release Mark Alleyne . Cricinfo staff . . 16 November 2012.
3. Web site: County Champions 1890-2012 / County Championship . ESPNcricinfo . 16 November 2012.
4. Web site: Cricketer of the Year 1931: Beverley Hamilton Lyon . ESPNcricinfo . 16 November 2012.
5. Book: Bird, Dickie . Dickie Bird

   . White Cap and Bails . Dickie Bird . 1999 . Hodder and Stoughton . 9781444717556 . London.

6. Web site: WG Grace as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 1 March 2022.
7. Web site: W Troup as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
8. Web site: GL Jessop as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
9. Web site: COH Sewell as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
10. Web site: FG Robinson as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
11. Web site: PFC Williams as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
12. Web site: DC Robinson as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
13. Web site: WH Rowlands as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
14. Web site: BH Lyon as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
15. Web site: DAC Page as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
16. Web site: BO Allen as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
17. Web site: WR Hammond as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
18. Web site: DTL Bailey as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
19. Web site: JF Crapp as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
20. Web site: GM Emmett as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
21. Web site: TW Graveney as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
22. Web site: CTM Pugh as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
23. Web site: JKR Graveney as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
24. Web site: JKR Graveney as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
25. Web site: JB Mortimore as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
26. Web site: JB Mortimore as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
27. Web site: CA Milton as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
28. Web site: CA Milton as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
29. Web site: AS Brown as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
30. Web site: AS Brown as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
31. Web site: MJ Procter as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
32. Web site: MJ Procter as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
33. Web site: DA Graveney as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
34. Web site: DA Graveney as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
35. Web site: CWJ Athey as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
36. Web site: CWJ Athey as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
37. Web site: AJ Wright as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
38. Web site: AJ Wright as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
39. Web site: CA Walsh as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
40. Web site: CA Walsh as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
41. Web site: RC Russell as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
42. Web site: RC Russell as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
43. Web site: MW Alleyne as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
44. Web site: MW Alleyne as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
45. Web site: MW Alleyne as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
46. Web site: J Lewis as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
47. Web site: J Lewis as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
48. Web site: J Lewis as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
49. Web site: APR Gidman as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
50. Web site: APR Gidman as captain in listA matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.
51. Web site: APR Gidman as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Gloucestershire . CricketArchive . 16 November 2012.