- Tasmanian cricket captains
The Australian state of
Tasmania has one of the longest traditions of cricket-playing in the southern hemisphere.Cricket is recorded as having first been played inTasmania very shortly after the arrival of British settlers on the island on12 September ,1803 , however it wasn't until nearly fifty years later thatFirst-class cricket was to be played there.Despite the long wait since the foundation of the colony, Tasmania played in the first-ever, First-class cricket match in
Australia which was played onFebruary 11 andFebruary 12 ,1851 , against Victoria, with Tasmania emerging victorious by 3 wickets. For that first match, Tasmania was captained by John Marshall.Following that first ever First-class match Tasmania endured a long period of isolation, in which the island's cricketers had to content themselves with occasional First-class matches against other colonies, primarily Victoria, and touring or representative sides.
Australia's elite
First-class cricket competition, theSheffield Shield (now known as thePura Cup ) was established in1892 , however Tasmania was not invited to participate in that elite competition until1977 , and even then, their first four seasons were on a limited fixture list.This is a list of the men who have been the official Tasmanian captains in First-class, List A and
Twenty20 domestic matches.First-class captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Tasmanian cricket team for at least one First-class match. It is complete up to the beginning of
2008 .Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or were appointed by the home authority for a minor proportion in a series. The dagger classification follows that adopted by "
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ".Notes:
*Source: [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/AUS/SEASONS/ Cricinfo Australian Domestic Seasons]
All statistics correct as of
January 27 ,2008 .ee also
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List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
*Tasmanian Tigers References
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/AUS/SEASONS/ Cricinfo Australian Domestic Seasons]
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