List of Surrey cricket captains explained

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of eighteen county teams in England that play first-class cricket. The club is based in Kennington (formerly part of the county of Surrey). It was founded in 1845 after securing a lease on The Oval for its use as a cricket field. Surrey played their first first-class cricket match in 1846 against Marylebone Cricket Club and have gone on to win the County Championship on 21 occasions (plus one shared), a figure bettered only by Yorkshire. The club have played both List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket since their introductions into the English game in 1963 and 2003 respectively. The player appointed club captain leads the side in all their fixtures, except when unavailable through injury or some other reason. Players who captained the side as substitute for the official club captain are not included in the list below.

History

Since attaining first-class status, Surrey have named 41 official captains, including two who have been appointed twice: George Strachan in the late nineteenth century and Errol Holmes, who had spells either side of the Second World War.

List of club captains

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

Note: In the club's earliest years, match scorecards do not always identify which player captained the side.

No.	Name	Nationality	Years^[1]	First	Last	FC	LA	T20	Total
			1846–1850			5			5
			1851–1857			54			54
			1858–1865
			1866
			1867
			1868
			1869–1870
			1871
			1872–1875 1877–1878
10			1876
11			1879
12			1880–1893			274			274
13			1894–1899			288			288
14			1900–1902			165			165
15			1903
In 1904, no club captain appointment was made.
16			1905–1907
17			1908–1910			122			122
18			1911–1913			127			127
19			1914–1920
20			1921–1931			343			343
21			1932–1933			141			141
22			1934–1938 1947–1948			198			198
23			1939			130			130
From 1940 to 1945, no club captain appointments were made due to the Second World War.
24			1946
25			1949–1951			110			110
26			1952–1956			254			254
27			1957–1962			208			208
28			1963–1972			498			573
29			1973–1977			410	149		559
30			1978–1983			174	161		335
31			1984–1985			188	170		358
32			1986			485	318		803
33			1987–1991			157	118		275
34			1992–1996			266	321		587
35			1997–2003			243	241		498
36			2004			278	170		448
37			2005–2009			182	188		383
38			2010–2012
39			2013–14
40			2015–2017
41			2018–

References

Bibliography

Surrey County Cricket Club Yearbook, 2005. (No ISBN given.)

Notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Surrey Club Captains . Cricketarchive.com. 10 August 2011.