List of Forfarshire cricket captains

There have been 34 captains of Forfarshire Cricket Club since it was founded. The longest-serving was W. R. Sharp, who held the position for 40 years, albeit having retired from regularly playing by 1908.

Official captains

No.	Name	Nationality	Years	Refs
1	George Cox	Scotland	1880-1884
2	W. R. Sharp	Scotland	1885-1925	[1]
3	Alan Fraser	Scotland	1925-1926	[2]
4	R. M. Lindsay	Scotland	1927-1929	[2]
5	J. B. Meikle	Scotland	1930-1937	[3]
6	John McNab	Scotland	1938	[4]
7	Alec Luhrs	Scotland	1939 1949-1951	[5] [6]
8	T. D. Ireland	Scotland	1940-1945	[7]
9	D. C. Stevenson	Scotland	1946	[8]
10	G. D. Burrows	England	1947	[9]
11	T. G. Lamb	Scotland	1948	[10]
12	Jim Henderson	Scotland	1952-1955 1960-1961	[11] [12]
13	Ally Main	Scotland	1956-1959	[13]
14	Charles Allardyce	Scotland	1962-1963	[14]
15	Drummond Robertson	Scotland	1964-1965 1972-1975 1981-1982
16	Alastair Murray	Scotland	1966-1968
17	Alex Steele	Scotland	1969 1976
18	Keith Wood	Scotland	1970
19	Earl Reoch	Scotland	1971
20	Rae McLelland	Scotland	1977-1980 1987-1988
21	Dick Auchinleck	Scotland	1983-1985	[15]
22	Clark McConnachie	Scotland	1986
23	Gordon Walker	Scotland	1989-1990
24	David Johnston	Scotland	1991-1993
25	Graeme Garden	Scotland	1994-1995 1997
26	Jon Phillips	New Zealand	1996
27	Barry Stewart	Scotland	1998-2000
28	Ryan Watson	Scotland	2001-2003 2009-2011
29	Tony Weed	Scotland	2004-2005
30	Peter Drummond	Scotland	2006-2008
31	Craig Wallace	Scotland	2012-2016
32	Umair Mohammad	Scotland	2017-2019
33	Scott Cameron	Scotland	2020-2023 2025- present	[16]
34	Jack Hogarth	Scotland	2024

Match captains

During the period between 1908 and 1925, the club captain, W. R. Sharp, retired from playing. The vice-captain took match duties. These included J. A. Kyd (1909), Alec Lindsay (1920-1922) and Alan Fraser (1923-1924). After Sharp's death in 1925, Fraser became club captain.

References

1. "Sudden Death of Mr W. R. Sharp" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 11 September 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
2. "New Forfarshire Captain" . Dundee Courier. 11 March 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Forfarshire C.C.'s New Captain" . Dundee Courier. 14 March 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
4. "J. K. McNab, the New Skipper at Forthill" . Dundee Courier. 11 March 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Forfarshire C.C. Appointments" . Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser. 25 March 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Forfarshire .C.'s New Skipper" . Dundee Courier. 12 March 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Forfarshire C.C. Plans for Season" . Dundee Courier. 22 March 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Cricket - Forfarshire C.C." . Kirriemuir Free Press and Angus Advertiser. 28 March 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Appeal for Members at Forthill" . Dundee Courier. 28 March 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Forfarshire C.C.'s New Officials" . Dundee Courier. 19 March 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
11. "New Skipper at Forthill" . Dundee Courier. 13 March 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
12. "Local News" . Forfar Dispatch. 25 February 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
13. "A Strange Incident at Forthill" . Sunday Post. 20 May 1956. p. 30. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
14. "Forfarshire C.C. Annual Meeting" . Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser. 10 February 1962. p. 6. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
15. "Skipper is Forfar's anchor" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 27 July 1985. p. 10. Retrieved 13 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
16. "Senior Team Captains Announced". Forfarshire Cricket Club. Broughty Ferry. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.

External links

Forfarshire Cricket Club website