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:
- Where there are periods of time in which it appears there is no captain, it is because prior to Tasmania's entry into the Sheffield Shield they often went for periods in which the state played no first class cricket.
- Jack Simmons captained Tasmania to their first ever win in a Sheffield Shield match in against Western Australia, who they beat by 4 wickets on 30 January 1979.
- Whilst Ricky Ponting was in effect the Tasmanian cricket captain from 2001/02 until he announced he was standing down on 21 November 2007, this was primarily a ceremonial appointment in order to have the Australian captain as Tasmanian captain as well. In effect Daniel Marsh, his Vice-Captain, has performed the captaincy duties on most occasions, and was appointed outright following Ponting standing aside.
- Daniel Marsh captained Tasmania to their first ever Pura Cup title in 2006/07, when they beat the New South Wales Blues by 421 runs in the final on 23 March 2007.
- Source: Cricinfo Australian Domestic Seasons
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