List of Gloucestershire cricket captains

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W. G. Grace was the first club captain of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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.

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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]

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Official captains

No.NameNationalityYearsFirstLastFCLAT20TotalRefs
1 W. G. Grace Flag of England.svg  England 1870–189928 July 187025 May 1899359––359 [6]
2 Walter Troup Flag of England.svg  England 189915 May 189929 June 191121––21 [7]
3 Gilbert Jessop Flag of England.svg  England 1900–191214 May 19004 August 1913252––252 [8]
4 Cyril Sewell Flag of England.svg  England 1913–191423 May 191231 August 191447––47 [9]
5 Foster Robinson Flag of England.svg  England 1919–192123 May 191930 August 192262––62 [10]
6 Philip Williams Flag of England.svg  England 1922–192330 June 192020 May 192549––49 [11]
7 Douglas Robinson Flag of England.svg  England 1924–192611 June 192121 August 192686––86 [12]
8 William Rowlands Flag of England.svg  England 1927–192828 May 192125 August 192860––60 [13]
9 Bev Lyon Flag of England.svg  England 1929–193429 May 192619 August 1939128––128 [14]
10 Dallas Page Flag of England.svg  England 1935–19362 May 193429 August 193683––83 [15]
11 Basil Allen Flag of England.svg  England 1937–1938
1947–1950		22 July 19332 September 1950190––190 [16]
12 Wally Hammond Flag of England.svg  England 1939–19466 June 193110 August 194663––63 [17]
13 Derrick Bailey Flag of England.svg  England 1951–195215 June 194930 August 195251––51 [18]
14 Jack Crapp Flag of England.svg  England 1953–195412 May 19511 June 195564––64 [19]
15 George Emmett Flag of England.svg  England 1955–19583 June 195315 August 1959140––140 [20]
16 Tom Graveney Flag of England.svg  England 1959–196013 June 195127 August 196049––49 [21]
17 Tom Pugh Flag of England.svg  England 1961–196229 April 19615 September 196245––45 [22]
18 Ken Graveney Flag of England.svg  England 1963–19641 May 19632 September 1964562–58 [23] [24]
19 John Mortimore Flag of England.svg  England 1965–196729 April 19646 September 1967944–98 [25] [26]
20 Arthur Milton Flag of England.svg  England 196817 July 195713 September 1969455–50 [27] [28]
21 Tony Brown Flag of England.svg  England 1969–197627 April 19698 September 1976165149–314 [29] [30]
22 Mike Procter Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1977–198126 May 19711 July 19819394–187 [31] [32]
23 David Graveney Flag of England.svg  England 1982–198813 May 198114 September 1988170144–314 [33] [34]
24 Bill Athey Flag of England.svg  England 198912 July 198730 August 19922924–53 [35] [36]
25 Tony Wright Flag of England.svg  England 1990–19932 May 19897 July 19937882–160 [37] [38]
26 Courtney Walsh WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1993–1994
1996		4 August 199019 September 19964136–77 [39] [40]
27 Jack Russell Flag of England.svg  England 19958 August 199319 July 20022437–61 [41] [42]
28 Mark Alleyne Flag of England.svg  England 1997–200525 June 199425 September 200511519418327 [43] [44] [45]
29 Jon Lewis Flag of England.svg  England 2006–200820 July 20054 June 200929211464 [46] [47] [48]
30 Alex Gidman Flag of England.svg  England 2009–201210 August 200511 September 2012867333192 [49] [50] [51]
31 Michael Klinger Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2013–201420132017----
32 Geraint Jones Flag of England.svg  England 201520142015----
33 Gareth Roderick Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2016-201720132020----
34 Chris Dent Flag of England.svg  England 2018-20212009-----

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  9. ↑ "COH Sewell as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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  11. ↑ "PFC Williams as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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  14. ↑ "BH Lyon as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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  16. ↑ "BO Allen as captain in first-class matches where team is Gloucestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
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