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Worcestershire County Cricket Club are an English cricket club based in Worcester, Worcestershire. The club was founded in 1865 and played their first first-class cricket match in 1899 after being accepted into the County Championship.[1] The club have played both List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket since their introductions into the English game in 1963 and 2003 respectively.

Key[edit]

  • Years denotes the years in which the player was named as official club captain for Worcestershire.
  • First denotes the date of the first match in which the player captained Worcestershire.
  • Last denotes the date of the last match in which the player captained Worcestershire.
  • FC denotes the number of first-class matches in which the player captained Worcestershire.
  • LA denotes the number of List A matches in which the player captained Worcestershire.
  • T20 denotes the number of Twenty20 matches in which the player captained Worcestershire.
  • Total denotes the total number of first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches in which the player captained Worcestershire.

Official captains[edit]

Harry Foster was the first official captain of Worcestershire
Vikram Solanki captained Worcestershire to the 2007 Pro40 title
No. Name Nationality Years First Last FC LA T20 Total Refs
1 Harry Foster  England 1899–1900
1902–1910
1913 		4 May 1899 25 August 1920 214 – – 214 [2]
2 Reginald Foster  England 1901 13 August 1900 17 June 1907 24 – – 24 [3]
3 George Simpson-Hayward  England 1911–1912 22 June 1908 22 June 1914 47 – – 47 [4]
4 William Taylor  England 1914–1919
1922 		9 May 1914 19 August 1922 45 – – 45 [5]
5 Maurice Jewell  England 1920–1921
1926
1928–1929 		23 June 1919 31 May 1933 81 – – 81 [6]
6 Maurice Foster  England 1923–1925 9 August 1909 20 June 1934 86 – – 86 [7]
7 Cecil Ponsonby  England 1927 4 May 1927 29 August 1928 27 – – 27 [8]
8 John Coventry  England 1929–1930 8 June 1927 23 August 1930 23 – – 23 [9]
9 Cyril Walters  England 1931–1935 3 May 1930 3 August 1935 127 – – 127 [10]
10 Charles Lyttelton  England 1936–1939 25 July 1934 30 August 1939 82 – – 82 [11]
11 Sandy Singleton  England 1946 23 August 1939 24 August 1946 24 – – 24 [12]
12 Allan White  England 1947–1949 21 June 1939 10 August 1949 65 – – 65 [13]
13 Bob Wyatt  England 1949–1951 7 June 1947 29 August 1951 41 – – 41 [14]
14 Ronald Bird  England 1952–1954 21 May 1949 14 August 1954 107 – – 107 [15]
15 Reg Perks  England 1955 27 May 1950 31 August 1955 50 – – 50 [16]
16 Peter Richardson  England 1956–1958 20 June 1953 3 September 1958 61 – – 61 [17]
17 Don Kenyon  England 1959–1967 18 June 1958 30 August 1967 260 10 – 270 [18][19]
18 Tom Graveney  England 1968–1970 15 May 1965 6 September 1970 69 33 – 102 [20][21]
19 Norman Gifford  England 1971–1980 4 June 1969 15 May 1982 204 206 – 410 [22][23]
20 Glenn Turner  New Zealand 1981 22 May 1971 13 September 1981 40 28 – 68 [24][25]
21 Phil Neale  England 1982–1991 25 July 1981 26 July 1991 229 221 – 450 [26][27]
22 Tim Curtis  England 1992–1995 28 May 1988 13 June 1995 84 87 – 171 [28][29]
23 Tom Moody  Australia 1995–1999 15 June 1995 12 September 1999 64 83 – 147 [30][31]
24 Graeme Hick  England 2000–2002 16 July 1997 19 June 2005 57 70 1 128 [32][33][34]
25 Ben Smith  England 2003–2004 22 September 2002 12 June 2005 32 40 10 82 [35][36][37]
26 Steve Rhodes  England 2004 6 June 1993 9 September 2004 28 23 – 51 [38][39]
27 Vikram Solanki  England 2005–2010 20 June 2001 9 August 2010 85 85 39 173 [40][41][42]
28 Daryl Mitchell  England 2010–2016 11 June 2010 20 September 2016 101 60 79 240 [43][44][45]
29 Joe Leach  England 2017-2021 10 June 2016 25 September 2017 14 10 14 38 [46][47][48]
30 Brett D'Oliveira  England 2022 to date 7 April 2022 26 September 2022 13 - - -

Unofficial captains[edit]

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

Name Nationality First Last FC LA T20 Total Refs
Granville Bromley-Martin  England 30 July 1903 30 July 1903 1 – – 1 [49]
Geoffrey Foster  England 13 July 1905 7 July 1910 5 – – 5 [50]
Reginald Brinton  England 10 May 1906 18 June 1906 2 – – 2 [51]
William Hutchings  England 26 July 1906 26 July 1906 1 – – 1 [52]
William Burns  England 5 August 1909 4 August 1913 17 – – 17 [53]
Charles Frederick Lyttelton  England 1 September 1910 1 September 1910 1 – – 1 [54]
George Crowe  England 31 July 1911 31 July 1911 1 – – 1 [55]
J. W. Cecil Turner  England 4 August 1919 27 July 1921 2 – – 2 [56]
Humphrey Gilbert  England 7 June 1922 18 July 1928 3 – – 3 [57]
Leonard Crawley  England 12 August 1922 12 August 1922 1 – – 1 [58]
Harry Higgins  England 23 May 1923 23 May 1923 1 – – 1 [59]
John Higgins  England 27 July 1927 25 August 1928 9 – – 9 [60]
Denys Hill  England 28 April 1928 11 August 1928 10 – – 10 [61]
Albert Lane  England 2 May 1928 29 June 1929 5 – – 5 [62]
Bernard Quaife  England 1 August 1928 28 August 1937 65 – – 65 [63]
Denis Evers  England 12 June 1937 29 June 1938 4 – – 4 [64]
Roger Human  England 25 August 1937 10 August 1938 5 – – 5 [65]
Bob Crisp  South Africa 11 June 1938 11 June 1938 1 – – 1 [66]
Harold Gibbons  England 22 June 1938 27 May 1939 2 – – 2 [67]
Cecil Pullan  England 16 July 1938 13 August 1938 2 – – 2 [68]
George Abell  England 7 June 1939 5 July 1939 3 – – 3 [69]
Charles Palmer  England 13 August 1949 17 August 1949 2 – – 2 [70]
Joseph Lister  England 11 June 1955 27 June 1959 2 – – 2 [71]
George Chesterton  England 17 August 1955 17 August 1955 1 – – 1 [72]
Roly Jenkins  England 26 May 1956 7 June 1958 24 – – 24 [73]
George Dews  England 11 June 1960 19 August 1961 7 – – 7 [74]
Martin Horton  England 17 June 1961 12 June 1965 9 – – 9 [75]
Bob Broadbent  England 2 June 1962 2 June 1962 1 – – 1 [76]
Roy Booth  England 16 August 1961 4 September 1968 20 – – 20 [77]
Alan Ormrod  England 14 May 1966 24 June 1978 2 – – 2 [78]
Dick Richardson  England 26 July 1967 26 July 1967 1 – – 1 [79]
Doug Slade  England 12 July 1969 12 July 1969 1 – – 1 [80]
Ron Headley  West Indies 20 June 1971 16 June 1974 14 9 – 23 [81][82]
Basil D'Oliveira  England 14 August 1971 7 August 1976 2 1 – 3 [83][84]
Ted Hemsley  England 29 May 1974 29 June 1980 5 2 – 7 [85][86]
Greg Watson  Australia 30 August 1978 30 August 1978 1 – – 1 [87]
David Humphries  England 24 August 1980 12 June 1985 1 1 – 2 [88][89]
Dipak Patel  New Zealand 15 June 1983 25 August 1985 5 1 – 6 [90][91]
Ian Botham  England 28 April 1988 13 May 1989 3 5 – 8 [92][93]
Neal Radford  England 11 June 1989 11 June 1989 – 1 – 1 [94]
Richard Illingworth  England 17 June 1994 17 June 1994 1 – – 1 [95]
Phil Weston  England 10 August 1999 10 August 1999 1 – – 1 [96]
Stephen Peters  England 8 May 2005 8 May 2005 1 – – 1 [97]
Gareth Batty  England 22 June 2005 30 June 2009 6 4 9 19 [98][99][100]
Moeen Ali  England 11 May 2011 29 May 2011 3 2 – 5 [101][102]
Saeed Ajmal  Pakistan 5 August 2015 5 August 2015 – 1 – 1 [103]
Alex Gidman  England 7 August 2015 18 August 2015 1 1 – 2 [104][105]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

General

"WCCC Roll of Honour". Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

Specific
  1. ^ "The County Championship: Timeline 1890-present". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  2. ^ "HK Foster as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. ^ "RE Foster as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  4. ^ "GHT Simpson-Hayward as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  5. ^ "WH Taylor as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. ^ "MFS Jewell as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. ^ "MK Foster as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  8. ^ "CB Ponsonby as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. ^ "JB Coventry as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  10. ^ "CF Walters as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  11. ^ "CJ Lyttelton as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  12. ^ "AP Singleton as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  13. ^ "AFT White as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  14. ^ "RES Wyatt as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  15. ^ "RE Bird as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  16. ^ "RTD Perks as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  17. ^ "PE Richardson as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  18. ^ "D Kenyon as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  19. ^ "D Kenyon as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  20. ^ "TW Graveney as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  21. ^ "TW Graveney as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  22. ^ "N Gifford as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  23. ^ "N Gifford as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  24. ^ "GM Turner as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  25. ^ "GM Turner as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  26. ^ "PA Neale as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  27. ^ "PA Neale as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  28. ^ "TS Curtis as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  29. ^ "TS Curtis as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  30. ^ "TM Moody as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  31. ^ "TM Moody as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  32. ^ "GE Hick as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  33. ^ "GE Hick as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  34. ^ "GE Hick as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  35. ^ "BF Smith as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  36. ^ "BF Smith as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  37. ^ "BF Smith as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  38. ^ "SJ Rhodes as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  39. ^ "SJ Rhodes as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  40. ^ "VS Solanki as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  41. ^ "VS Solanki as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  42. ^ "VS Solanki as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  43. ^ "DKH Mitchell as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  44. ^ "DKH Mitchell as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  45. ^ "DKH Mitchell as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  46. ^ "J Leach as captain in FirstClass matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  47. ^ "J Leach as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  48. ^ "J Leach as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  49. ^ "GE Bromley-Martin as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  50. ^ "GN Foster as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  51. ^ "RS Brinton as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  52. ^ "WG Hutchings as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  53. ^ "WB Burns as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  54. ^ "CF Lyttelton as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  55. ^ "GL Crowe as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  56. ^ "JWC Turner as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  57. ^ "HA Gilbert as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  58. ^ "LG Crawley as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  59. ^ "HL Higgins as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  60. ^ "JB Higgins as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  61. ^ "DV Hill as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  62. ^ "AF Lane as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  63. ^ "BW Quaife as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  64. ^ "RDM Evers as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  65. ^ "RHC Human as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  66. ^ "RJ Crisp as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  67. ^ "HHIH Gibbons as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  68. ^ "CDA Pullan as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  69. ^ "GEB Abell as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  70. ^ "CH Palmer as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  71. ^ "J Lister as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  72. ^ "GH Chesterton as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  73. ^ "RO Jenkins as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  74. ^ "G Dews as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  75. ^ "MJ Horton as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  76. ^ "RG Broadbent as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  77. ^ "R Booth as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  78. ^ "JA Ormrod as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  79. ^ "DW Richardson as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  80. ^ "DNF Slade as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  81. ^ "RGA Headley as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  82. ^ "RGA Headley as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  83. ^ "BL D'Oliveira as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  84. ^ "BL D'Oliveira as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  85. ^ "EJO Hemsley as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  86. ^ "EJO Hemsley as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  87. ^ "GG Watson as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  88. ^ "DJ Humphries as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  89. ^ "DJ Humphries as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  90. ^ "DN Patel as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  91. ^ "DN Patel as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  92. ^ "IT Botham as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  93. ^ "IT Botham as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  94. ^ "NV Radford as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  95. ^ "RK Illingworth as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  96. ^ "WPC Weston as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  97. ^ "SD Peters as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  98. ^ "GJ Batty as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  99. ^ "GJ Batty as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  100. ^ "GJ Batty as captain in Twenty20 matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  101. ^ "MM Ali as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  102. ^ "MM Ali as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  103. ^ "Saeed Ajmal as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  104. ^ "APR Gidman as captain in first-class matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  105. ^ "APR Gidman as captain in listA matches where team is Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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