List of Tasmania 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 11 February and 12 February 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 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.

These are lists of the men who have been the official Tasmanian captains in First-class, List A and Twenty20 domestic matches.
Where a player has a dagger (†) after his period of captaincy, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain. The dagger classification follows that adopted by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

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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.

Tasmanian First-class captains
Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Lost Tied No result Winning rate
1 John Marshall 1851/52-53/54 3 2 1 0 0 66.66%
2 Robert Still 1857/58 1 0 1 0 0 0%
3 William Brown 1858/59 1 0 1 0 0 0%
4 John Arthur 1859/60 1 0 1 0 0 0%
5 John Davies 1871/72 1 0 1 0 0 0%
6 William Walker 1873/74-77/78 2 0 2 0 0 0%
7 George Herbert Bailey 1879/80 1 0 1 0 0 0%
8 William Sidebottom 1888/89 1 0 1 0 0 0%
9 Charles McAllen 1889/90 1 0 1 0 0 0%
10 Norman Rock 1890/91-93/94 2 0 2 0 0 0%
11 Kenneth Burn 1893/94-1909/10 14 6 8 0 0 42.85%
12 Edgar Hawson 1904/05† 2 1 1 0 0 50%
13 Thomas Tabart 1909/10† 1 0 1 0 0 0%
14 Ernest Harrison 1909/10† 1 0 1 0 0 0%
15 Reginal Hawson 1910/11-1914/15 7 3 4 0 0 42.85%
16 Llewellyn Thomas 1913/14† 2 0 2 0 0 0%
17 Sidney Lord 1914/15 1 0 1 0 0 0%
18 Thomas Carroll 1922/23 1 0 0 0 1 0%
19 Horace Smith 1923/24 1 1 0 0 0 0%
20 Alfred Rushforth 1924/25-35/36 9 3 5 0 1 33.33%
21 George Allan 1926/27-27/28† 2 0 2 0 0 0%
22 Rex Bennett 1926/27† 1 0 1 0 0 0%
23 Alfred Watson 1927/28† 2 0 2 0 0 0%
24 Jim Atkinson 1929/30-33/34 13 2 5 0 6 15.38%
25 Douglas Green 1931/32-33/34† 5 0 1 0 4 0%
26 Alan Newton 1932/33† 1 0 0 0 1 0%
27 Raymond Ferrall 1934/35† 1 0 0 0 1 0%
28 Sydney Putman 1937/38† 1 0 0 0 1 0%
29 Ronald Morrisby 1937/38-1951/52 11 0 6 0 5 0%
30 Jack Laver 1950/51† 1 0 1 0 0 0%
31 Emerson Rodwell 1950/51-55/56 5 1 2 0 2 20%
32 Thomas Davidson 1952/53† 2 0 2 0 0 0%
33 Bertie Brownlow 1956/57 2 0 2 0 0 0%
34 Terence Cowley 1960/61-61/62 5 0 4 0 1 0%
35 Rohan Kanhai 1970/71 1 0 0 0 1 0%
36 Jack Simmons 1975/76-78/79 12 1 5 0 6 8.33%
37 Brian Davison 1979/80-87/88 27 2 18 0 7 7.40%
38 Roger Woolley 1981/82-85/86† 28 3 5 0 20 10.71%
39 David Boon 1985/86-98/99 58 13 23 0 22 22.41%
40 Mark Ray 1985/86† 5 0 4 0 1 0%
41 Keith Bradshaw 1986/87† 1 0 1 0 0 20%
42 Dirk Wellham 1987/88-90/91 30 5 6 0 19 16.66%
43 Dave Gilbert 1990/91† 3 0 1 0 2 0%
44 Rod Tucker 1991/92-94/95 29 7 3 0 19 24.13%
45 Jamie Cox 1999/2000-02/03 38 10 16 0 12 26.31%
46 Ricky Ponting 2001/02-07/08 4 1 1 0 2 25%
47 Daniel Marsh 2002/03-2008/09 40 16 14 0 10 40%
48 Damien Wright 2003/04† 1 0 0 0 1 0%
49 Michael Di Venuto 2004/05† 5 1 3 0 1 20%
50 Michael Bevan 2004/05† 1 0 0 0 1 0%
51 George Bailey 2009/10 – present 0 0 0 0 0 0%

Notes:

List A captains

Despite not participating in the Sheffield Shield at that time, Tasmania was included in the inaugural List A cricket competition in Australia that began in 1969/70, and has participated in every subsequent season. This is a complete list of every man who has captained the Tasmanian Tigers in List A cricket.

Tasmanian List A captains
Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Lost Tied No result Winning rate
1 Alan Knott 1969/70 1 0 1 0 0 0%
2 Khalid Ibadulla 1970/71-71/72 2 0 2 0 0 0%
3 Jack Simmons 1972/73-78/79 11 6 5 0 0 54.54%
4 Brian Davison 1979/80-87/88 11 3 8 0 0 27.27%
5 Roger Woolley 1982/83-85/86 8 1 7 0 0 12.5%
6 David Boon 1985/86-98/99 30 9 20 0 1 31.03%
7 Keith Bradshaw 1986/87† 2 1 1 0 0 50%
8 Dirk Wellham 1988/89-90/91 6 0 6 0 0 0%
9 Rod Tucker 1992/93-95/96 9 2 7 0 0 22.22%
10 Jamie Cox 1996/97-2002/03 29 10 17 1 1 35.71%
11 Dene Hills 1999/2000† 1 1 0 0 0 100%
12 Ricky Ponting 2001/02-07/08 9 2 6 0 1 22.22%
13 Daniel Marsh 2003/04-2008/09 36 15 19 0 2 44.11%
14 Michael Di Venuto 2005/06† 8 3 4 1 0 37.5%
15 George Bailey 2006/7† & 2009/10 – present 1 0 1 0 0 0%

Notes:

Twenty20 captains

Tasmania played their first Twenty20 cricket match against the Queensland Bulls on 6 January 2006, however the match ended with no result. Below is the record of all the men who have captained Tasmania in Twenty20 cricket matches.

Tasmanian Twenty20 captains
Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Lost Tied No result Winning rate
1 Michael Di Venuto 2005/06 2 0 1 0 1 0%
2 Daniel Marsh 2006/07-2008/09 9 4 4 0 1 44.44%
3 George Bailey 2007/08† & 2009/10 – present 1 1 0 0 0 100%

Notes:

All statistics correct as of 27 January 2008.

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