Surrey County Cricket Club is one of eighteen county teams in England that play first-class cricket. The club is based in Kennington (formerly part of the county of Surrey). It was founded in 1845 after securing a lease on The Oval for its use as a cricket field. Surrey played their first first-class cricket match in 1846 against Marylebone Cricket Club and have gone on to win the County Championship on 21 occasions (plus one shared), a figure bettered only by Yorkshire. The club have played both List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket since their introductions into the English game in 1963 and 2003 respectively. The player appointed club captain leads the side in all their fixtures, except when unavailable through injury or some other reason. Players who captained the side as substitute for the official club captain are not included in the list below.
History Since attaining first-class status, Surrey have named 41 official captains, including two who have been appointed twice: George Strachan in the late nineteenth century and Errol Holmes, who had spells either side of the Second World War.
List of club captains Years denotes the years for which the player was named as official club captain for Surrey. First denotes the date of the first match in which the player is recorded as captaining Surrey. Last denotes the date of the last match in which the player is recorded as captaining Surrey. FC denotes the number of first-class matches in which the player is recorded as captaining Surrey. LA denotes the number of List A matches in which the player captained Surrey. T20 denotes the number of Twenty20 matches in which the player captained Surrey. Total denotes the total number of first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches in which the player is recorded as captaining Surrey.
Note: In the club's earliest years, match scorecards do not always identify which player captained the side.
No. Name Nationality Years First Last FC LA T20 Total Charles Hoare 1846–1850 5 5 Frederick Miller 1851–1857 54 54 Frederick Burbidge 1858–1865 Edward Dowson 1866 William Collyer 1867 Charles Calvert 1868 Swainson Akroyd 1869–1870 John Gregory 1871 George Strachan 1872–18751877–1878 10 Allen Chandler 1876 11 A. P. Lucas 1879 12 John Shuter 1880–1893 274 274 13 Kingsmill Key 1894–1899 288 288 14 Digby Jephson 1900–1902 165 165 15 Livingstone Walker 1903 In 1904, no club captain appointment was made. 16 Lord Dalmeny 1905–1907 17 H. D. G. Leveson-Gower 1908–1910 122 122 18 Morice Bird 1911–1913 127 127 19 Cyril Wilkinson 1914–1920 20 Percy Fender 1921–1931 343 343 21 Douglas Jardine 1932–1933 141 141 22 Errol Holmes 1934–19381947–1948 198 198 23 Monty Garland-Wells 1939 130 130 From 1940 to 1945, no club captain appointments were made due to the Second World War. 24 Nigel Harvie Bennett 1946 25 Michael Barton 1949–1951 110 110 26 Stuart Surridge 1952–1956 254 254 27 Peter May 1957–1962 208 208 28 Micky Stewart 1963–1972 498 573 29 John Edrich 1973–1977 410 149 559 30 Roger Knight 1978–1983 174 161 335 31 Geoff Howarth 1984–1985 188 170 358 32 Pat Pocock 1986 485 318 803 33 Ian Greig 1987–1991 157 118 275 34 Alec Stewart 1992–1996 266 321 587 35 Adam Hollioake 1997–2003 243 241 498 36 Jonathan Batty 2004 278 170 448 37 Mark Butcher 2005–2009 182 188 383 38 Rory Hamilton-Brown 2010–2012 39 Graeme Smith 2013–14 40 Gareth Batty 2015–2017 41 Rory Burns 2018–
References Bibliography Surrey County Cricket Club Yearbook, 2005. (No ISBN given.)
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