List of Northamptonshire cricket captains
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Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
is one of eighteen county
teams in England
that play first-class cricket
. The player appointed club captain
leads the side in all their fixtures, except when unavailable through injury or some other reason.
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
is one of eighteen county
County
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teams in England
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that play first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
. The player appointed club captain
Captain (cricket)
The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
leads the side in all their fixtures, except when unavailable through injury or some other reason.
Captains of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
- J.P. Kingston (1878-1887)
- C.R. Thursby (1888)
- T.H.G. Welch (1889)
- J.P. Kingston (1890-1891)
- F. Tyler (1892)
- E. Scriven (1893)
- A.G. HenfreyArthur HenfreyArthur George Henfrey was an English footballer who made five appearances for England between 1891 and 1896 playing initially as a forward and later as a half back...
(1894-1895) - T. Horton (1896-1906)
- E.M. Crosse (1907)
- T.E. Manning (1908-1910)
- G.A.T. Vials (1911-1912)
- G.A.T. Vials & S.G. SmithSydney Smith (cricketer)Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
(1913) - S.G. SmithSydney Smith (cricketer)Sydney Gordon Smith, born at San Fernando, Trinidad on 15 January 1881, and died at Auckland, New Zealand, on 25 October 1963, was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand...
(1914) - J.N. Beasley (1919)
- R.O. Raven (1920-1921)
- C.H. Tyler (1922)
- A.H. Bull (1923-1924)
- J.M. Fitzroy (1925-1926)
- J.M. Fitzroy & V.W.C. JuppVallance JuppVallance William Crisp Jupp was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire...
(1927) - V.W.C. JuppVallance JuppVallance William Crisp Jupp was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire...
(1928-1931) - W.C. Brown (1932-1935)
- G.B. Cuthbertson (1936-1937)
- R.P. Nelson (1938-1939)
- P.E Murray-WillisPeter Murray-WillisPeter Earnshaw Murray-Willis was an English cricketer. He played 29 times at first-class level either side of the Second World War, at first for Worcestershire and then for Northamptonshire....
& J. Webster (1946) - A.W. Childs-ClarkeArthur Childs-ClarkeArthur William Childs-Clarke was an English first class cricketer who played for Middlesex and Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.-Career:...
(1947-1948) - F.R. Brown (1949-1953)
- D. BrookesDennis BrookesDennis Brookes was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire between 1934 and 1959 . He also played in one Test match for England against West Indies in 1948. Brookes was President of Northamptonshire from 1982 to 1984...
(1954-1957) - R. Subba RowRaman Subba RowRaman Subba Row is an English former cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire.-Life and career:...
(1958-1961) - K.V. AndrewKeith AndrewKeith Vincent Andrew was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954-55 and in 1963.-Life and career:...
(1962-1966) - R.M. PrideauxRoger PrideauxRoger Malcolm Prideaux is an English former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England from 1968 to 1969.-Life and career:...
(1967-1970) - P.J. WattsJim WattsPatrick James 'Jim' Watts was a professional cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire.-Personal life:...
(1971-1974) - R.T. VirginRoy VirginRoy Thomas Virgin, born at Taunton, Somerset, on 26 August 1939, was a cricketer who played for Somerset and Northamptonshire.A right-handed opening batsman, Virgin had a mostly solid but unspectacular career in first-class cricket, except for two individual seasons, one for each of his two...
(1975) - Mushtaq MohammadMushtaq MohammadMushtaq Mohammad is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 57 Tests and 10 ODIs from 1959 to 1979. A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he is one of the most successful Pakistani all-rounders and went on to captain his country in nineteen Test matches...
(1976-1977) - P.J. WattsJim WattsPatrick James 'Jim' Watts was a professional cricketer who spent his entire career at Northamptonshire.-Personal life:...
(1978-1980) - G. CookGeoff CookGeoff Cook is a former English cricketer, who played in seven Tests and six ODIs from 1981 to 1983...
(1981-1988) - A.J. LambAllan LambAllan Joseph Lamb is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire, the latter as an Overseas player...
(1989-1995) - R.J. Bailey (1996-1997)
- K.M. Curran (1998)
- M.L. HaydenMatthew HaydenMatthew Lawrence Hayden AM is a former Australian cricketer, and was signed to the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL until the 2010 season. Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.Hayden holds the record...
(1999-2000) - D. RipleyDavid RipleyDavid Ripley is a former England cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings...
(2001) - M.E.K. Hussey (2002-2003)
- D.J.G. SalesDavid SalesDavid John Grimwood Sales is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington.-Domestic career:...
(2004-2007) - N. Boje (2008-2010)
- A.J. HallAndrew HallAndrew James Hall is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team . He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played...
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