List of Northamptonshire cricket captains

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Captains of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club (Northants), based on an existing organisation that dated from 1820, was officially founded on 31 July 1878 in Kettering.

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Northants joined the County Championship in 1905, when the team was elevated to first-class status, and is one of eighteen county teams in England that play first-class cricket.


The player appointed club captain leads the team in all fixtures except if unavailable.


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Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks – a reference to the Northamptonshire Regiment which was formed in 1881. The name was supposedly a tribute to the soldiers' apparent indifference to the harsh discipline imposed by their officers. Founded in 1878, Northamptonshire (Northants) held minor status at first but was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s. In 1905, the club joined the County Championship and was elevated to first-class status, since when the team have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.

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  1. ↑ CricketArchive profile.
  2. ↑ Note that Kingston played for Northants in the Minor Counties Championship only and his sole first-class appearance was for Warwickshire.

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