The Australian state of Tasmania has one of the longest traditions of cricket-playing in the southern hemisphere. Cricket is recorded as having first been played in Tasmania very shortly after the arrival of British settlers on the island on 12 September 1803, however it wasn't until nearly fifty years later that First-class cricket was to be played there.
Despite the long wait since the foundation of the colony, Tasmania played in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, which was played on 11 February and 12 February 1851, against Victoria, with Tasmania emerging victorious by 3 wickets. For that first match, Tasmania was captained by John Marshall.
Following that first ever First-class match Tasmania endured a long period of isolation, in which the island's cricketers had to content themselves with occasional First-class matches against other colonies, primarily Victoria, and touring or representative sides.
Australia's elite First-class cricket competition, the Sheffield Shield was established in 1892, however Tasmania was not invited to participate in that elite competition until 1977, and even then, their first four seasons were on a limited fixture list.
These are lists of the men who have been the official Tasmanian captains in First-class, List A and Twenty20 domestic matches.
Where a player has a dagger (†) after his period of captaincy, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain. The dagger classification follows that adopted by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Tasmanian cricket team for at least one First-class match. It is complete up to the 2018/19 season.
| Tasmanian First-class captains | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Period of captaincy | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | Drawn | Winning rate | |
| 1 | 1851/52-53/54 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.66% | ||
| 2 | 1857/58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 3 | 1858/59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 4 | 1868/69 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 5 | 1871/72-1883/84 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
| 6 | 1873/74-77/78 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 7 | 1879/80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 8 | 1888/89 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 9 | 1889/90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 10 | 1890/91-93/94 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 11 | 1893/94-1909/10 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 42.85% | ||
| 12 | 1904/05† | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50% | ||
| 13 | 1909/10† | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 14 | 1909/10† | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 15 | 1910/11-1914/15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 33.33% | ||
| 16 | 1913/14† | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 17 | 1914/15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 18 | 1922/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
| 19 | 1923/24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 20 | 1924/25-35/36 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 33.33% | ||
| 21 | 1926/27-27/28† | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 22 | 1926/27† | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 23 | 1927/28† | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 24 | 1929/30-33/34 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15.38% | ||
| 25 | 1931/32-33/34† | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ||
| 26 | 1932/33† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
| 27 | 1934/35† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
| 28 | 1937/38† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
| 29 | 1937/38-1951/52 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ||
| 30 | 1950/51† | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 31 | 1950/51-55/56 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20% | ||
| 32 | 1952/53† | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 33 | 1956/57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 34 | 1958/59-61/62 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
| 35 | 1963/64-67/68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
| 36 | 1968/69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
| 37 | 1969/70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
| 38 | 1970/71-71/72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 39 | 1972/73-78/79 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10.00% | ||
| 40 | 1979/80-87/88 | 27 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7.40% | ||
| 41 | 1981/82-85/86† | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 10.34% | ||
| 42 | 1985/86-98/99 | 58 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 22.41% | ||
| 43 | 1985/86† | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
| 44 | 1986/87† | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20% | ||
| 45 | 1987/88-90/91 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 16.66% | ||
| 46 | 1990/91† | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20% | ||
| 47 | 1991/92-94/95 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 23.33% | ||
| 48 | 1999/2000-02/03 | 38 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 28.94% | ||
| 49 | 2001/02-2012 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28.57% | ||
| 50 | 2002/03-2008/09 | 50 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 34% | ||
| 51 | 2003/04† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
| 52 | 2004/05† | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20% | ||
| 53 | 2004/05† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
| 54 | 2009/10-2018 | 61 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 36.06% | ||
| 55 | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | ||
| 56 | 2010-2014 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 41.66% | ||
| 57 | 2014-2016 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | ||
| 58 | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | ||
| 59 | 2018–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Despite not participating in the Sheffield Shield at that time, Tasmania was included in the inaugural List A cricket competition in Australia that began in 1969/70, and has participated in every subsequent season.This is a complete list of every man who has captained the Tasmanian Tigers in List A cricket.
| Tasmanian List A captains | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Period of captaincy | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Winning rate | |
| 1 | 1969/70 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 2 | Khalid Ibadulla | 1970/71-71/72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| 3 | 1972/73-78/79 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 40.00% | ||
| 4 | 1979/80-87/88 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33.33% | ||
| 5 | 1982/83-85/86 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.11% | ||
| 6 | 1985/86-98/99 | 35 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 34.28% | ||
| 7 | 1986/87† | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50% | ||
| 8 | 1988/89-90/91 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 9 | 1992/93-95/96 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23.07% | ||
| 10 | 1996/97-2002/03 | 31 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 36.66% | ||
| 11 | 1999/2000† | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
| 12 | 2001/02-07/08 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25.00% | ||
| 13 | 2003/04-2008/09 | 48 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 47.91% | ||
| 14 | 2005/06† | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43.75% | ||
| 15 | 2006/7† & 2009/10 – present | 48 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 56.25% | ||
| 16 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
| 17 | 2013–present | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54.54% | ||
| 18 | 2014 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33.33% | ||
All statistics correct as of 19 October 2016.
Tasmania played their first Twenty20 cricket match against the Queensland Bulls on 6 January 2006; however, the match ended with no result. Below is the record of all the men who have captained Tasmania in Twenty20 cricket matches.
| Tasmanian Twenty20 captains | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Name | Period of captaincy | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | Winning rate | |
| 1 | 2005/06 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
| 2 | 2006/07-2008/09 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 46.15% | ||
| 3 | 2007/08† & 2009/10 – 2011 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50% | ||
| 4 | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | ||
Notes:
All statistics correct as of 1 February 2011.