List of Somerset cricket captains

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Lewis Gregory is the current captain of Somerset County Cricket Club Lewis gregory.jpg
Lewis Gregory is the current captain of Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club are an English cricket club based in Taunton, Somerset. The club was founded in 1875 after a match between "Gentlemen of Somerset" and "Gentlemen of Devon" in Sidmouth, Devon. [1] Somerset played their first undisputed first-class cricket match in 1882 against Lancashire. After missing the first season of the official County Championship, Somerset were admitted for the second in 1891, and have participated in the competition ever since. [2] 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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Considered in terms of trophies won, Brian Rose was Somerset's most successful captain, with the county winning five one-day trophies in as many seasons under his captaincy. [3] The county's longest serving captain was Sammy Woods, who was club captain for thirteen seasons from 1894 to 1906. Woods also captained the side on the most occasions, leading his team in 230 first-class fixtures. John Daniell, Brian Close, Marcus Trescothick and Rose are the only other captains to have led Somerset over 200 times, and Rose's total of 112 List A matches as captain is the most by a Somerset player. Lewis Gregory has captained Somerset in Twenty20 cricket on the most occasions, doing so 52 times.

Captaincy history

Since attaining first-class status, Somerset have named 37 official captains. Stephen Newton was the club's first official captain, holding the position during the county's first three seasons of first-class cricket, from 1882 to 1884. Due to his commitments as a schoolmaster in London, he did not play in the opening three matches of 1882, so other players were required to deputise for him in these fixtures. [4] Edward Sainsbury, who took over from Newton for the 1885 season, captained the side in the joint fewest matches along with Mandy Mitchell-Innes: both players captained Somerset in six first-class matches. During the 1885 season, Somerset failed to arrange sufficient fixtures with the other first-class teams to be retain its first-class status, and matches played between 1886 and 1890 were considered 'second-class'. During this time, the captaincy was transferred to Herbie Hewett who, after captaining his side unbeaten against county opposition in 1890, retained the captaincy upon Somerset's return to first-class cricket the following summer. [5] Hewett continued as captain for three further seasons, but retired from the captaincy and the club at the end of the 1893 season following an incident in which he felt his authority had been undermined by the club. [6] His successor as captain was Sammy Woods, who remained in the position for twelve years, the longest by any Somerset captain. Woods, born on the outskirts of Sydney in Australia had played three Test matches for Australia in the late 1880s, and was Somerset's first captain of overseas origin, although he lived the rest of his life in Somerset and also played three Tests for England. [7] He led Somerset in 230 first-class matches, and holds the record for both the most first-class and the most overall matches captained by any Somerset player.

Between 1894 and 1946, the club captaincy remained reasonably stable, six official captains spanned the 52-year period. In addition to Woods, John Daniell, Jack White and Reggie Ingle all captained the side on more than 150 occasions, and Lionel Palairet led the team for one season and Massey Poyntz for two. Bunty Longrigg was captain of the side either side of the Second World War, totalling 73 matches. In contrast, the following nine years saw the club utilise eight different official captains, and a number more unofficial ones. Jack Meyer, who went on to found Millfield, stood down at the end of 1947, his first season as captain. In 1948, the club committee claimed that it was unable to find anyone of suitable pedigree to lead the side for the whole summer, and was forced to name three captains for the season. Mandy Mitchell-Innes led the side throughout the pre-season and for the first five matches of the County Championship during leave from the Sudan Political Service. [8] The captaincy then passed onto Jake Seamer, also on leave from the Sudan Political Service, for seven matches, before the committee settled on George Woodhouse, who remained in the position for the following 1949 season. [9] The next three captains – Stuart Rogers, Ben Brocklehurst and Gerry Tordoff – all captained the side for three seasons or less, and in the words of cricket writer and Somerset County Cricket Club historian David Foot, "captaincy had, ever since the war... been a matter of recurrent concern." [10] This concern, and the fact that there was a lack of amateurs with the necessary time and money to dedicate to the role, meant that in 1956 the club appointed Maurice Tremlett to the role, the county's first professional captain. [10]

The Australian, Colin McCool had been favoured by many, but claimed that he "wouldn't have taken it had there been a life pension to go with it." He observed that the rapid turnover of captains in the previous few years meant that the club had "no feeling of being a cricket team.. players just didn't know what was going on." The decision to pick a professional captain had not been the committee's first choice, and they had chosen Tremlett only after considering a number of amateur options. [11] Even once he had the position, his four years as captain did not run smoothly; club officials felt he was too lax, and there were numerous attempts to remove him from the captaincy. [12] During his tenure, Somerset rose rapidly in the County Championship standings. In 1955, the season before he took over, they had finished in 17th place, bottom of the table. In 1958, his penultimate year as captain, they finished in third, their joint highest position since formation. [13] Despite this success, the Somerset committee was critical of Tremlett's captaincy. Tremlett, in face of constant criticism, lost interest in the captaincy and after a poor 1959 season, was removed from the position. [14]

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Official captains

Sammy Woods was Somerset's first official captain born outside England Sammy woods.JPG
Sammy Woods was Somerset's first official captain born outside England
South Africa's Graeme Smith captained Somerset to victory in the 2005 Twenty20 Cup. Graeme Smith portrait.jpg
South Africa's Graeme Smith captained Somerset to victory in the 2005 Twenty20 Cup.
Justin Langer captained Somerset between 2007 and 2009, gaining promotion from Division Two of the County Championship in 2007. Justin Langer Portrait.jpg
Justin Langer captained Somerset between 2007 and 2009, gaining promotion from Division Two of the County Championship in 2007.
Tom Abell captained Somerset between 2017 and 2023, including winning the 2019 One-Day Cup. Tom Abell.JPG
Tom Abell captained Somerset between 2017 and 2023, including winning the 2019 One-Day Cup.
No.NameNationalityYearsFirstLastFCLAT20TotalRefs
1 Stephen Newton Flag of England.svg  England 1882–18844 August 188228 August 18841616 [15]
2 Edward Sainsbury Flag of England.svg  England 188516 July 188527 August 188566 [16]
3 Herbie Hewett Flag of England.svg  England 1891–189318 May 189128 August 18934444 [17]
4 Sammy Woods Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia/
Flag of England.svg  England
1894–19066 July 189310 August 1908230230 [18]
5 Lionel Palairet Flag of England.svg  England 190718 August 189829 August 19072020 [19]
6 John Daniell Flag of England.svg  England 1908–1912
1919–1926
11 May 190828 August 1926212212 [20]
7 Massey Poyntz Flag of England.svg  England 1913–191423 May 191031 August 19144444 [21]
8 Jack White Flag of England.svg  England 1927–193116 May 191913 July 1935158158 [22]
9 Reggie Ingle Flag of England.svg  England 1932–193717 July 192919 August 1939154154 [23]
10 Bunty Longrigg Flag of England.svg  England 1938–194623 June 193731 May 19477373 [24]
11 Jack Meyer Flag of England.svg  England 194730 August 193930 August 19472626 [25]
12 Mandy Mitchell-Innes Flag of England.svg  England 19481 August 193622 May 194866 [26]
13 Jake Seamer Flag of England.svg  England 194829 May 194810 July 194877 [27]
14 George Woodhouse Flag of England.svg  England 1948–194919 July 194727 August 19493434 [28]
15 Stuart Rogers Flag of England.svg  England 1950–19523 May 195027 May 19538989 [29]
16 Ben Brocklehurst Flag of England.svg  England 1953–19542 May 195328 August 19545656 [30]
17 Gerry Tordoff Flag of England.svg  England 19557 May 195531 August 19552828 [31]
18 Maurice Tremlett Flag of England.svg  England 1956–195911 May 19492 September 1959118118 [32]
19 Harold Stephenson Flag of England.svg  England 1960–196417 July 195723 May 19641341135 [33] [34]
20 Colin Atkinson Flag of England.svg  England 1965–196721 June 19616 September 19678812100 [35] [36]
21 Roy Kerslake Flag of England.svg  England 196811 May 196831 August 19682424 [37]
22 Brian Langford Flag of England.svg  England 1969–197119 June 196526 August 19728048128 [38] [39]
23 Brian Close Flag of England.svg  England 1972–197718 August 19717 September 1977118110228 [40] [41]
24 Brian Rose Flag of England.svg  England 1978–198319 April 197810 July 1983111112223 [42] [43]
25 Ian Botham Flag of England.svg  England 1984–198517 May 198024 August 1985324981 [44] [45]
26 Peter Roebuck Flag of England.svg  England 1986–19888 June 198321 August 19886053113 [46] [47]
27 Vic Marks Flag of England.svg  England 19899 July 19808 September 19897351124 [48] [49]
28 Chris Tavaré Flag of England.svg  England 1990–199317 May 198931 August 19938487171 [50] [51]
29 Andy Hayhurst Flag of England.svg  England 1994–19965 September 199330 July 1996425092 [52] [53]
30 Peter Bowler Flag of England.svg  England 1997–199825 May 199527 July 20044954103 [54] [55]
31 Jamie Cox Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1999–200215 April 199912 May 20046278140 [56] [57]
32 Mike Burns Flag of England.svg  England 2003–200417 June 200116 September 20043945993 [58] [59] [60]
33 Graeme Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 20055 June 200530 July 2005251118 [61] [62] [63]
34 Ian Blackwell Flag of England.svg  England 2005–200626 July 200524 May 2006810220 [64] [65] [66]
35 Justin Langer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2007–200918 April 200718 October 2009464332121 [67] [68] [69]
36 Marcus Trescothick Flag of England.svg  England 2010–201523 May 199922 September 2015977049216 [70] [71] [72]
37 Chris Rogers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 201610 April 201620 September 20161616 [73]
38 Tom Abell Flag of England.svg  England 2017–202314 April 201726 September 2023851331129 [74] [75] [76]
39 Lewis Gregory Flag of England.svg  England 2024–present3 July 201715 July 2023345259 [77] [78] [79]

Unofficial captains

This is a list of players who have captained Somerset without having been appointed official club captain.

NameNationalityFirstLastFCLAT20TotalRefs
Fred Welman Flag of England.svg  England 8 June 188230 July 188333 [80]
Arthur Newton Flag of England.svg  England 5 August 189716 May 191033 [81]
P. R. Johnson Flag of England.svg  England 19 July 19094 July 19251313 [82]
Talbot Lewis Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 19101 August 191011 [83]
Dar Lyon Flag of England.svg  England 1 September 192317 August 193866 [84]
Jack MacBryan Flag of England.svg  England 1 September 192610 August 192922 [85]
Guy Earle Flag of England.svg  England 19 May 192815 June 192944 [86]
Bill Greswell Flag of England.svg  England 18 July 192818 July 192811 [87]
Box Case Flag of England.svg  England 27 May 19334 July 193466 [88]
John Barnwell Flag of England.svg  England 8 July 193615 June 194644 [89]
Michael Bennett Flag of England.svg  England 22 May 193729 July 193977 [90]
Fred Castle Flag of England.svg  England 21 August 194626 June 194822 [91]
Hugh Watts Flag of England.svg  England 19 June 194819 June 194811 [92]
Johnny Lawrence Flag of England.svg  England 3 May 195213 July 195522 [93]
Micky Walford Flag of England.svg  England 29 August 195329 August 195311 [94]
Geoff Lomax Flag of England.svg  England 8 July 19592 August 196122 [95]
Colin McCool Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15 June 196015 June 196011 [96]
Bill Alley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29 July 19612 September 196427229 [97] [98]
Peter Wight WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 19 June 196319 June 196311 [99]
Roy Virgin Flag of England.svg  England 25 May 196821 June 1972426 [100] [101]
Peter Robinson Flag of England.svg  England 31 August 196931 August 196911 [102]
Graham Burgess Flag of England.svg  England 28 May 197528 May 197511 [103]
Derek Taylor Flag of England.svg  England 15 May 197614 August 1977111829 [104] [105]
Peter Denning Flag of England.svg  England 4 June 19785 September 1979213 [106] [107]
Mervyn Kitchen Flag of England.svg  England 23 June 197923 June 197911 [108]
Viv Richards WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 4 July 198120 July 19869615 [109] [110]
Jimmy Cook Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 10 August 199110 August 199111 [111]
Richard Harden Flag of England.svg  England 13 May 19921 June 19959716 [112] [113]
Neil Mallender Flag of England.svg  England 17 July 199417 July 199411 [114]
Graham Rose Flag of England.svg  England 31 July 199431 July 199411 [115]
Simon Ecclestone Flag of England.svg  England 1 August 199714 June 1998448 [116] [117]
Mushtaq Ahmed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 21 June 199824 June 199822 [118]
Keith Parsons Flag of England.svg  England 24 July 200224 July 200211 [119]
Keith Dutch Flag of England.svg  England 24 June 200324 June 200311 [120]
Robert Turner Flag of England.svg  England 9 April 20051 June 2005459 [121] [122]
Matthew Wood Flag of England.svg  England 18 April 200614 May 2006437 [123] [124]
Cameron White Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29 May 200613 August 200679824 [125] [126] [127]
Andrew Caddick Flag of England.svg  England 15 August 200619 August 20088412 [128] [129]
Peter Trego Flag of England.svg  England 2 September 201025 May 2018235 [130] [131]
Alfonso Thomas Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 12 January 201117 July 2015744051 [132] [133] [134]
James Hildreth Flag of England.svg  England 31 March 201211 July 202164313 [135] [136] [137]
Jim Allenby Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23 July 201518 August 2017262652 [138] [139]
Max Waller Flag of England.svg  England 29 July 20169 July 202122 [140]
Craig Overton Flag of England.svg  England 2 July 202118 July 2021134 [141] [142]
Ben Green Flag of England.svg  England 25 July 202114 August 202210111 [143] [144]
Josh Davey Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 5 August 202110 August 202133 [145]
Peter Siddle Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11 July 202211 July 202211 [146]
Matt Renshaw Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17 August 202219 August 202222 [147]
Jack Brooks Flag of England.svg  England 23 August 202223 August 202211 [148]
Sean Dickson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4 August 202322 August 202388 [149]

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