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 in Tasmania very shortly after the arrival of British settlers on the island on 12 September, 1803, however it wasn't until nearly fifty years later that First-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 on February 11 and February 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, the Sheffield Shield (now known as the Pura Cup) was established in 1892, however Tasmania was not invited to participate in that elite competition until 1977, 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

*List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
*Tasmanian Tigers

References

* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/AUS/SEASONS/ Cricinfo Australian Domestic Seasons]