List of Somerset cricket captains
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This is a list of cricketers who have been official captains of Somerset County Cricket Club in the seasons in which the side has been considered a first-class county. Somerset are one of the 18 counties that make up the County Championship, which they first entered in 1891.
The list does not include matches played in 1879 and 1881 that are the subject of debate about their status – for more information on this, see the article on Variations in first-class cricket statistics.
[edit] Official captains
- Stephen Newton (1882-84)
- Edward Sainsbury (1885)
- Herbie Hewett (1891-93)
- Sammy Woods (1894-1906)
- Lionel Palairet (1907)
- John Daniell (1908-12)
- Massey Poyntz (1913-14)
- John Daniell (1919-26)
- Jack White (1927-31)
- Reggie Ingle (1932-37)
- Bunty Longrigg (1938-46)
- Jack Meyer (1947)
- Mandy Mitchell-Innes, George Woodhouse, Jake Seamer (1948)
- George Woodhouse (1949)
- Stuart Rogers (1950-52)
- Ben Brocklehurst (1953-54)
- Gerry Tordoff (1955)
- Maurice Tremlett (1956-59)
- Harold Stephenson (1960-64)
- Colin Atkinson (1965-67)
- Roy Kerslake (1968)
- Brian Langford (1969-71)
- Brian Close (1972-77)
- Brian Rose (1978-84)
- Ian Botham (1984-85)
- Peter Roebuck (1986-88)
- Vic Marks (1989)
- Chris Tavaré (1990-93)
- Andy Hayhurst (1994-96)
- Peter Bowler (1997-98)
- Jamie Cox (1999-2002)
- Michael Burns (2003-04)
- Graeme Smith, Ian Blackwell (2005)
- Ian Blackwell (2006)
- Justin Langer (2007)
