However, Gretzky, was passed over for the captaincy, along with several other Canadian veterans including Steve Yzerman and Ray Bourque in favour of the younger Eric Lindros.

Then an older player in the sunset of his career, he had been passed over for the captaincy of the team.

Having been nominated and rejected in 2000, when the game suffered a tarnished reputation due to match fixing scadals, the captaincy was passed to Dravid, his former deputy.

In 1952 he was appointed vice-captain ; when captain Sean Fallon suffered a broken arm, the captaincy was passed to Stein.

He passed Bobby Moore's club record of appearances in 1982 – 83 and ' officially ' retired in May 1984, relinquishing the captaincy to Alvin Martin.

Having passed the England captaincy to Ian Botham in 1980 ( losing his Test place in the process ), Brearley returned as captain following Botham's resignation for the famous third Test against Australia at Headingley in 1981, famously going on to win the match and two of the remaining three matches of the series to win the Ashes 3-1.

In 1957 he was passed over for the captaincy and was named as the deputy of Ian Craig, who had played just six matches, as Australia sought to rebuild the team with a youth policy following a decline in the team.

Loss of form during the 2004 – 05 Premier League season did lead to Drury being dropped for a short time and he was relieved of the captaincy ( which passed to Craig Fleming ) until the start of the 2006 – 07 season when he was re-instated.

With Gorden Tallis ' retirement at the end of the 2004 season, the Broncos ' captaincy was passed onto Darren Lockyer in 2005.

As Test captain, he was on the selection panel for the 1930 Ashes tour of England, but was out-voted for a place on the team, and the captaincy passed to Bill Woodfull.

Because Trott's illness precluded his selection for the 1899 Australian team to England, the Australian captaincy passed to Joe Darling.

Wales lost the game, and the captaincy was passed to Llanelli's William H. Thomas, though at the time the captaincy was normally chosen by the players before the match rather than by the selectors.

Captain Fenech was dropped to the interchange bench and lost the captaincy which was passed on to Gillmeister.

In February 2012, Fabio Capello resigned from his role as England manager, following a disagreement with the FA over their request to remove John Terry from team captaincy after accusations of racial abuse concerning the player.

Benaud was awarded life membership by the New South Wales Cricket Association, but he returned it in protest in 1970 when his younger brother John was removed from the captaincy.

During the first two years of Carey's captaincy at North Melbourne the Kangaroos registered an impressive 25 wins from the 35 home and away games in which Carey played.

The School is a tri-Service organisation consisting of civilian and military instructors ( including Naval instructors and a Naval Squadron ) that take the student from basic flying through to more advanced flying such as instrument flying, navigation, formation and captaincy.

When they arrived in Sydney, Bligh, backed up by statements from two of Short's officers, had Short stripped of the captaincy of the Porpoise – which he gave to his son-in-law – cancelled the land grant Short had been promised as payment for the voyage and shipped him back to England for court martial, at which Short was acquitted.

In 1609 the territory of the Audiencia of Guatemala was created into a captaincy general to deal with threats to the area from foreign incursions into the Caribbean.

At this point, Bradman felt that the burden of captaincy would prevent him from touring England again, although he did not make his doubts public.

With Shearer retiring from international football after the tournament, Adams regained the captaincy.

As a reprisal against the Pernambucan Revolution, the King John VI of Portugal ordered a vast portion of the Pernambucan territory to be taken from it, most including its southern portion, one part given to the captaincy of Bahia, the other portion made independent and creating Alagoas as a new Brazilian captaincy.

Having secured the series 2 – 0, Gavaskar was removed from the captaincy for the drawn Sixth Test.

He captained the All Blacks a number of times-though never a regular captain, he holds the record of longest period of captaincy ( not consecutive games ), from the first date ( 1960 ) he was appointed captain to the last match he captained ( 1971 ).

During the fourth Test, Hobbs assumed the captaincy when Carr withdrew from the match owing to illness after the first day, becoming the first professional to captain England at home.

The classical era rabbis go on to state that King David was prevented from entering the city of Jebus for the same reason, and so he promised the reward of captaincy to anyone who destroyed the bronzes – Joab performing the task and so gaining the prize.

However, despite being criticised for his lack of international goals, he continued to be an integral part of the international squad and took over the captaincy from Michael Owen after he was substituted when England beat Serbia and Montenegro 2 – 1 in his hometown of Leicester in June 2003.

Zapp and Kif soon found employment with Planet Express, and shortly after mounted a mutiny aboard the Planet Express Ship, usurping the captaincy from Leela, much to her chagrin.

N-209, a Dalniy Bombardirovshik-Academy, i. e. Long-range Bomber ) aircraft with 6-men crew under captaincy of Levanevsky started its long distance flight from Moscow to the USA via the North Pole.

Boycott suffered a scratch on his cornea and missed the last two days of the final match, and by the start of the 1978 season, Brearley had taken the captaincy back from Boycott.

Some of his players felt that he struggled to cope with the pressure of captaincy during the tense England run chase on the final day, when Australia won a dramatic victory, due to by a marathon bowling spell from Dennis Lillee.

Thornton began the 2006 – 07 campaign being awarded permanent alternate captaincy, but struggled in the first half of the season while suffering from a toe injury that did not heal until January 2007.

To get a better idea of how the captaincy was Tourinho century and the arrival of the Jesuits, you can read some excerpts from letters written by Manuel da Nobrega or José de Anchieta, priests of the Society of Jesus on the region.

Hughes ' captaincy record with Australia was hindered by a succession of matches away from home ( just seven of his 28 Tests while captain were played in Australia ) and an inexperienced team rebuilding itself after the frequent absence and later retirement of several of senior players.

Placed under extreme pressure by the media and former team mates during a series of losses to then dominant cricket team in the world, West Indies, Hughes made an emotional and tearful speech, resigning from the captaincy.

Early in his captaincy tenure, Border was struggling with the burdens of the position so the ACB appointed Bob Simpson as team coach to assist.

The other players to have taken on the role are David Boon ( when Border took over the captaincy ), Ian Healy ( on Boon's retirement ), Ricky Ponting ( on Healy's retirement ), Justin Langer ( when Ponting took over the captaincy ).

As it grappled with two schisms, the first over World Series Cricket, the second over the provocative actions of the mercenaries in South Africa, it was debilitated and destabilised as never before and cried out for a figure of Bradmanesque dimensions to return it to its rightful and influential position on the world stage Border was able to expunge many of the prejudices and preconceptions amongst his team-mates about playing cricket in the Third World was another of the outstanding legacies of his captaincy.

Taylor requested an extended trial as opener for the ODI side to help consolidate his captaincy of both teams.

Taylor started his ODI captaincy with two tournaments in Sharjah and Sri Lanka.

The First Test at Karachi was a personal disaster for Taylor as he scored a pair, the first player in Test history to do so on his captaincy debut.

Having scored the first win of his Test captaincy, Taylor led his team to a 295-run win in the Second Test.

The improvement of the Australian team, begun during Border's tenure, continued under the captaincy of Taylor.

In spite of Waugh's greater experience, Taylor was granted the captaincy, while Healy was made vice-captain.

Former Australian captain Joe Darling sporting the baggy green in the early 1900sDuring his captaincy Taylor instituted a pre-match ceremony for the awarding of a cap.

In 2001, however, his performances fell away somewhat, especially with the bat, and had never really recovered, Alleyne relinquishing the captaincy to Christopher Taylor in 2004.

His positive, aggressive captaincy influenced NSW colleagues and future Australian captains Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh.