", he played first-class cricket for a record-equalling 44 seasons, from 1865 to 1908, during which he captained England, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, the Gentlemen, MCC, the United South of England Eleven and several other teams.

Gentlemen, captained by W. G. Grace, versus Players, Lords 1899

One of the centuries came in the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's, in which Hobbs captained the Players team for the first time.

Long a regular in the side, for the first time he captained the Players against the Gentlemen at Lord's, as he would for the two following years.

Yardley captained the Gentlemen against the Players for the first time, at Lord's and Scarborough, and captained The Rest against Middlesex, the County Champions.

A week later, Woods improved on his performance against a ' Gentlemen of England ' side which was also captained by Thornton, and claimed seven wickets in the first innings and another five in the second innings, top-scoring with the bat for Cambridge in-between, to help the university to a six wicket victory.

At the end of the 1921 season Hirst retired as a Yorkshire player, and made what was expected to be his final first-class appearance in a Scarborough Festival match, in which he captained the Players against the Gentlemen.

Gentlemen, captained by WG Grace, vs Players, Lords 1899

He retired from first-class cricket after the 1959 season, but captained the Players against the Gentlemen that year ( his only appearance for the Players ).

Russell Crowe captained the ' Australian ' Team containing Steve Waugh against an English side in the ' Hollywood Ashes ' Cricket Match.

In 1967-68 he captained a Commonwealth team against Pakistan, playing in his last five first-class fixtures.

Grace captained England in the First Test of the 1899 series against Australia at Trent Bridge, when he was 51.

During the final against Italy he briefly captained his team for the remainder of the second period of extra time after Zidane was sent off.

The 1990 Premiership team, coached by Leigh Matthews and captained by Tony Shaw, had a one-sided grand final win against Essendon, the Magpies recording a 48 point victory and ending a 32 year premiership drought which included eight grand final losses and one draw.

He captained England for the first time for the final 10 minutes of the match in a 1 – 2 loss against France on 17 November 2010, when both Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard had been substituted.

He was appointed England Captain in 1959 for a Test match against the country of his birth-he captained England 27 times, appointed and re-appointed due to ill health in 1959-62, 1966, and 1967-69 ( Won 8, Drawn 15, Lost 4 ).

* A " Rest of the World " team captained by Garry Sobers playes five unofficial Test matches against England winning the series 4 – 1.

A few days later, the official Australian team was humbled in the first Test against England at Brisbane, a precursor to a 5 – 1 thrashing for a side now captained by the unprepared Graham Yallop.

He first played as a goalkeeper but played initially as a stop-gap but later as the mainstay centre-half for the Old Carthusians ( the club for ex-Charterhouse boys ) ( appearing against them in the 1896 London Charity Cup Final, Clifton Association ( the Association which took in Bristol and its environs and with whom he played in the inaugural Gloucestershire Cup ), as well as the Corinthians and captained England twice against Wales in 1894 and 1895 ( when the team consisted entirely of amateur players ).

He also captained the team once in a friendly against Estonia.

In the pre-quarterfinal match, where he captained Haryana for the first time against Uttar Pradesh, he took a five wicket haul in the second innings to advance to quarter finals where they lost to Karnataka.

At Survivor Series, DiBiase captained a team dubbed the " Million Dollar Team " consisting of himself, the Powers of Pain ( Warlord and Barbarian ), and Zeus against Hogan's " Hulkamaniacs " consisting of Hogan, Jake Roberts, and Demolition ( Ax and Smash ).

In the League Cup final against Birmingham City, the club's first cup final since 1996, he captained the side and scored in the 30th minute.

Dexter captained England in the First and Second Tests against Pakistan, winning two big victories, but Colin Cowdrey was put in charge for the Third Test.

Gooch made his debut in Test cricket in 1975 at 21 against the touring Australia side captained by Ian Chappell.

Gascoigne captained Newcastle's youth team in the 1984 – 85 season, winning the FA Youth Cup where he scored twice in the second leg of the final against Watford.

Mara also played 8 non first-class matches for Fiji from 1954 to 1956, with his final match for Fiji coming against the West Indies in Fiji's famous 28 run win over them, a match in which he captained Fiji to victory.

Their first game was played at Whitecrook on Monday 1 September 1969 against a Presidents XV captained by Richard Alan of Hutchesons and Scotland.

In 2010, he captained the Indigenous All-stars XI against the ACA Masters XI as part of the Imparja Cup held in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

Ponting was overlooked the ODI vice-captaincy, with Gilchrist given the role ; however, Ponting captained a Northern Territory XI against the West Indies in the lead-up to the upcoming series.

He resigned in June 1776 to become agent for the Continental forces against the British and superintended the construction of several warships including the Raleigh, the America, and the Ranger, which was captained by John Paul Jones.

At Euro 88, Matthäus captained the team and scored a penalty against the Netherlands ( the eventual winners ) in the semi-final to give his team a 1 – 0 lead, but Ronald Koeman leveled the score with a penalty, and then Marco van Basten slid in the winning goal in the final minutes.

Borde captained the Indian team in the First Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in December 1967.

Widely regarded as one of the best footballers currently in the AFL, Judd has twice won the league's highest individual honour, the Brownlow Medal, and is a dual Leigh Matthews Trophy winner as the AFL Players Association most valuable player, and he is a premiership captain, having captained the West Coast Eagles to the 2006 AFL Premiership.

# Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

Players such as Denis Hickie, who captained his St. Mary's College team to win the cup in 1994, and Gordon D ' Arcy have impressive senior cup records.

Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

Lara captained the West Indies from 1998 to 1999, when West Indies suffered their first whitewash at the hands of South Africa.

The club is based at The Gabba and is captained by Jonathan Brown and coached by Michael Voss, a former captain of the club.

However, Zoff's greatest feat came in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where he captained Italy to victory in the tournament at the age of 40, making him the oldest ever winner of the World Cup.

From the ages of 11 to 16 he captained the Leicestershire Schools cricket team and had felt that he had a higher chance of succeeding at it rather than football.

The captains acknowledged that a third Dutch ship, the Cleyn Swaentgen ( Little Swan ) captained by Jan Jansz Kerckhoff and financed by Noordsche Compagnie shareholders from Delft, had already been at the island when they arrived.

He generally captained the teams he played for at all levels because of his skill and tactical acumen.

" Shearer captained his school team and helped a Newcastle City Schools team win a seven-a-side tournament at St James ' Park, before joining the amateur Wallsend Boys Club as a teenager.

He captained a young side, known in Spain as Ye-yé, because of the popularity of The Beatles at that time.

To start the new season, the Test side played a " Rest of Australia " team, captained by Bradman, at Sydney in early October 1936.

H. C. A. Harrison, the so-called " father of the game ", captained Richmond briefly at this time before moving to Geelong.

A number of well-known people were educated at Dumfries Academy, among them Henry Duncan, founder of the world's first commercial savings bank, Sir James Anderson, who captained the SS Great Eastern on the Transatlantic telegraph cable laying voyages in 1865 and 1866, James Matthew Barrie, author of Peter Pan, missionary Jane Haining, international diplomat Alexander Knox Helm, John Laurie, actor ( Private Fraser in Dad's Army ), artist Robin Philipson, singer John Hanson, Alex Graham, cartoonist best known for the Fred Basset series and Jock Wishart, who in 1998 set a new world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powered vessel.

In 1879, Barton umpired a cricket game at Sydney Cricket Ground between New South Wales and an English touring side captained by Lord Harris.

The St Ives Rowing Club was once captained by John Goldie and has had a number of members who have competed at Olympic and Commonwealth championships.

He captained England during their campaigns at the 1950, 1954 and 1958 World Cup finals.

He became known for his ability at sport, particularly in athletics, rowing, and rugby where he captained the Canterbury team.

Vieira first played for AS Cannes, where he made his debut at the age of 17 and captained the team aged just 19.

In 2003 – 04 at Arsenal, he captained the side on an historic unbeaten season in the Premier League.

He was a local football hero in St. Louis since he had played college football at Washington University in St. Louis, alongside Jimmy Conzelman and had captained the 1921 team.

In his final year at Solebury, he played guard on the football team ; captained the basketball team ; was president of his class, the student government, and the Drama Club ; rewrote the school's constitution ; edited the school paper, The Scribe ; and played Scrooge in a local presentation of A Christmas Carol.

Lyashenko captained Russia's team at the 1999 World Junior Championships, which were held in Winnipeg.

* Jaipal Singh, captained the Indian Hockey Team that won Gold medal in 1928 Olympics at Amsterdam.

Amongst the names associated with the club are Arthur ' Monkey ' Gould, the first Rugby Union superstar, and David Watkins, the only man to have captained Great Britain at rugby union and rugby league.