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In college, he'd not even bothered with politics—captaining the Brasenose tennis team instead.
But he'll be captaining an All-Star squad for the league on Jan. 31.
"Captaining my country was probably the greatest achievement in my playing career," he shares.
After his NBA career, he played in the BIG3 -- captaining the Ghost Ballers squad.
"It's like captaining a slightly listing boat, that is kind of toppling to one side," he said.
Uruguay sprang no surprises, with Diego Godin captaining the side and Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani up front.
The boat&aposs German captain is charged in Malta with captaining a ship that wasn&apost properly registered.
As with his captaining of the show, though, Mr. Noah was not overly eager to shake things up.
I saw Davis (Love III) at a range somewhere and I kind of told him that I was captaining.
As a DJ, Justin Carter is revered for captaining parties into ecstatic abandon with his adventurous, genre-agnostic sets.
Flotteron had grown up on Long Island, teaching wakeboarding and captaining charter boats in the Hamptons to pay for college.
After captaining Ajax to three consecutive European Cup victories, Cruyff fell out with his club and some of his teammates.
Here was a man who had so often frustrated his opponents at the crease, captaining his first series on English soil.
He reached heroic status in 1992, captaining Pakistan's cricket team to a World Cup final victory over England, the former colonial power.
Rapinoe, like Biles, is eyeing more Olympic gold after a triumphant World Cup appearance this summer co-captaining the American women's soccer team.
"I hate cooking, I don't even have an oven in my flat," said Beigui, whose day job is captaining a barge on Hamburg's waterways.
He's gotten a permit for his company and has been captaining his brother's boat, while he puts the finishing touches on his own vessel.
Theo Walcott captaining and leading the injury and terror-prone to fall apart yet again while the genuinely great players rage away in futility?
But it was as a yachtsman that he drew international attention, captaining teams that won five Maxi Yacht World Championships from 1981 to 1987.
Too little time is spent on strategy, Mr. McCaw's style of captaining or his apparent skill for tiptoeing up to the edge of the rules.
Captaining your country in an international soccer competition is tough enough, but the stakes have been raised for South Korea's Son Heung-min this year.
The president and Rhodes communicate "regularly, several times a day," according to Denis McDonough, Obama's chief of staff, who is known for captaining a tight ship.
Thing is, Sakho was a folk hero there too, captaining PSG at 17 (the division's youngest ever) and giving an emotional speech on the pitch before leaving.
Claus-Peter Reisch, who faces trial in Malta for allegedly captaining a ship that wasn&apost properly registered, said Monday in Munich that he&aposs done nothing wrong.
Lanthimos's vision is so garish that The Lobster's inspirations might be most briefly described as Doctor Moreau and B.F. Skinner captaining the Love Boat through the mind of Orwell.
He played in three world cups, captaining the national squad to the semi-finals in both 1982 and 1986, and leading France to victory in the 1984 European Championship.
During his time on leave, he would return to Cairo, where he continued to play football as well as cricket and hockey, captaining the regimental team in the latter.
Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title in 50 years on Sunday, captaining the team through an improbable comeback to lift the Lombardi Trophy.
"Massterly" isn't just a pun on mass; "Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship" is the term Wilhelmson and Kongsberg coined to describe the self-captaining boats that will ply the seas of tomorrow.
Shortly after captaining Canada's men's hockey team to a bronze medal and attending the closing ceremony at the Winter Olympics in South Korea, Chris Kelly boarded a 12-hour flight to Toronto.
Those leaders captaining the economy believe, legitimately, that they create the economy by selling customers needed products and services, generating the revenues that create the markets and GDPs that enable societies to endure.
After a lifetime of sailing and captaining boats — and avoiding shallow water at all costs — I watched in awe as the Sea Pearls plowed through knee-deep water at seven miles an hour.
Derek Jeter found himself in some hot water over the Fourth of July when he was issued a citation for captaining his boat in a restricted area near MacDill Air Force base in Tampa.
The Swedes failed to find the net in Stockholm against Denmark last Saturday, and once again they struggled in front of goal as Sebastian Larsson celebrated his 100th cap by captaining Janne Andersson's side.
LONDON (Reuters) - Lee Westwood endured the least productive Ryder Cup of his 10-match career two weeks ago but it has not diluted the veteran campaigner's dreams of captaining Europe in the biennial event in 2020.
As two DJs with some of the most cavernous crates around, Rush Hour pals Hunee and Antal channeled their knack for captaining otherworldly musical journeys with a six-hour set on Amsterdam's beloved Red Light Radio.
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - A firm hand on the tiller for France comes not only from captaining a World Cup-winning team 20 years ago, but also from some harsh lessons in Didier Deschamps' six years as coach.
LONDON (Reuters) - Catriona Matthew wants to bring the curtain down on a stellar career that has yielded earnings of more than $9 million by captaining Europe's Solheim Cup team in her native Scotland in 2019, she told Reuters.
While Tyrion does offer them land in the Reach and the chance to become a house of Westeros, we see Grey Worm captaining a ship of Unsullied later in the episode, alongside a fleet of similarly black-sailed ships.
Somewhere on the dancefloor, hidden in the murk, producers John Barclay and Michael Sherburn stood in HAZMAT suits, captaining their hardware—a combination of both analog and digital synths, samplers and processors—just inches away from the seething crowd.
Speaking with PEOPLE before Tuesday's season premiere of Below Deck Mediterranean, the new captain explains what it's like being in charge of a crew of 20-somethings, what her captaining style is and how she handles all the onboard drama.
He ended up captaining the resident football team of the 73rd, an honour which, according to the journalist John Keith, prevented him from being sent to the Far East, where he would almost certainly have become a prisoner of the Japanese.
As the McKinsey study notes, workers of the future will focus less on things that robots can do, such as data collection and processing, and more on things robots can't do, namely captaining teams, making strategic decisions, and communicating within and outside their organizations.
But mastering the art of captaining a sky locomotive and exploring the vast emptiness of space isn't all that much fun, and you could be forgiven for thinking that Sunless Skies is hiding a dearth of narrative behind a vast empty spaces and frequent setbacks.
He scored 251 test runs in 2015 but seemed to have got right the balance of making runs and captaining the team with a double century on Tuesday as his stoical performance rescued his side from the possibility of going 2-0 down in the series.
He was not the typical Harvard Law student: He had earned a bachelor of science degree at the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1963, then served for four years in the Coast Guard, 18 months of that in Vietnam, where his assignments included captaining patrol boats in the Mekong Delta.
The president said the elder Bush "always found a way to set the bar higher," pointing to his days captaining the Yale baseball team before going on to become the Navy's youngest aviator during World War II and then serving in Congress, as ambassador to China, CIA director, vice president and eventually president.
Smith has represented both Scotland U16 and Scotland U17, captaining the latter.
Adair played 23 times for Western Australia, captaining the state 11 times.
During the season, Cardiff also became the first club to provide the captains of both teams in an international friendly when Wales and Scotland met in February 1924, with Fred Keenor captaining Wales and Jimmy Blair captaining Scotland.
Published 7 October 1986. At grade cricket level, Ireland played for the Bayswater-Morley District Cricket Club, captaining the club to a championship. He later played for the Mount Lawley District Cricket Club, also captaining this club.Mount Lawley v Lancashire – CricketArchive.
Henderson has represented Scotland at various youth levels, including captaining the under-17 team.
Goddard was raised in Traralgon, Victoria, and later attended Caulfield Grammar School as a boarder. He was an accomplished sportsman, co-captaining the school's First XVIII football team and co-captaining the First XI cricket team as a batsman and pace bowler.
In 2013 and 2014, Milone played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team, captaining the side in 2014.
He is also the vice-captain of HIFK, commonly captaining the team in absence of Esa Terävä.
Baudin, op. cit., p.293 In 1803, Breton served in the Indian Ocean, captaining the frigate Manche.
He occasionally still plays for the Bayern All-Stars in charity games, captaining the team on several occasions.
When Finlason was selected for Transvaal, Smith—who was captaining the side—made him bat at number eleven.
Davis has made 68 international appearances for Jamaica, scoring two goals and captaining the team on several occasions.
During the 2012/2013 A PFG season he played for Etar Veliko Tarnovo, captaining the team on occasions.
Dummett started his career in the Newcastle United youth system, captaining the club's reserve team on several occasions.
He had the honour of captaining the side to victory over Nenagh Éire Óg in the 2017 decider.
Osborne played seven times for Australia, captaining the national team once in a friendly against India in 1938.
Langley achieved a rare double, equalled only by Victor Richardson, of captaining Sturt in both cricket and football.
His playing career highlight was captaining the Scottish University team against the English University team. Scotland won the match.
It is also stated that before he became a priest, Hackett had many varied careers, including captaining a ship.
Leguizamón played 87 tests for Argentina from 2005 to 2019, also captaining the team three times in his career.
He spent 15 weeks there. He played for Stirling County, captaining the side, when not involved in Warriors duty.
Goold has enjoyed success with his club by captaining them to Intermediate County success in 2010 by defeating Kildorrery.
Nicknamed Doffey, he served Winsford United for many seasons before captaining Nantwich to Cheshire Senior Cup success in 1933.
Edwards also played eleven times for the Barbarians, captaining them in 1994 on their three match tour of Zimbabwe.
Boulger also rode for Australia in numerous test matches at home and overseas, including captaining the team on several occasions.
Villalobos made six appearances for the Costa Rica national football team, captaining the side to the 1955 CCCF Championship title.
In addition to playing and captaining club team Blue Valley Stars, she played for regional Olympic Development Program (ODP) teams.
Mascarenhas had great success in Australian junior cricket, captaining Western Australia at Under-17 and Under-19 state level competition.
Born in Switzerland, Imeri is of Kosovan descent. Imeri is a youth international for Switzerland, often captaining their youth sides.
Maxwell "Max" Woosnam (6 September 1892 – 14 July 1965) was an English sportsman who is sometimes referred to as the 'Greatest British sportsman' in recognition of his achievements. Among his achievements were winning an Olympic gold and silver in tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics, winning the doubles at Wimbledon, compiling a 147 break in Snooker, making a century at Lord's Cricket Ground, captaining the British Davis Cup team, captaining Manchester City F.C. finishing ultimately runners-up for the Football League Championship in 1920–21, and captaining the England national football team.
Morris has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18, and under-19 levels, captaining the team at each level.
Hegg represented Lancashire for 19 years, captaining them for three between 2002 and 2004. He retired from competitive cricket in 2005.
Crotty has previously played for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition and Canterbury in the ITM Cup, Captaining both teams.
Darryl Cotton played Australian Rules Football as a youth for the Christies Beach Football Club, captaining the Senior Colts in 1965.
In January 2011, Arias left Colombia and signed a 1.5-year contract with PAOK, after captaining Once Caldas to the Colombian championship.
After returning home at the end of 1984, Titman continued to ride, captaining the Australian national team for a further three years.
In 1998, he played 23 games for the club, captaining the side in their 16–50 loss to the Sydney City Roosters.
James Skyrme (died 1722, last name occasionally Skyrm) was a Welsh pirate best known for Captaining two of Bartholomew Roberts’ prize ships.
The following year, he played in the 2006 World Club Challenge, captaining the Tigers to 10-30 loss to the Bradford Bulls.
He remained a cricket enthusiast, captaining a team of jazz musicians called The Ravers and attending Lancashire Players' Association functions at Old Trafford.
He started every game in the second row, captaining the team and scoring three tries in the final fixture against South West U18s.
Barich played AFL State of Origin football for New South Wales as well as representing Western Australia three times, captaining them in 1993.
Paločević made his full international debut for Serbia on 29 January 2017, captaining the side in a goalless draw against the United States.
He was a strong sportsman, captaining the University Football team at Bristol and was later President of the football club at Sheffield University.
While at college, Washington also appeared for Premier Development League side Worcester Hydra in 2012 and captaining the D.C. United U-23 in 2015.
He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 6 September 2019, captaining the team in a friendly match won 4–0 against Moldova.
Captaining his PCE team, Steve (ex Tamworth, played at Wembley) is expected to shine at the back in his newly designed hi-vis kit.
His father, Charles, played first- class cricket, as well as captaining England in association football. His uncle, Oswald, was also a first-class cricketer.
He commenced working for Hunt & Hunt Lawyers, whilst captaining the Adelaide University first grade side and remaining a member of the Redbacks State squad.
He was educated at Canberra's Daramalan College, and represented ACT u17s in 2015, captaining the side to victory in the 2015 Gold Cup final.
He was selected for the Australian under-21s national side for three years in a row from 1997 to 1999, captaining the team in 1999.
She signed with Victorina Himeji on July 1, 2018. She retired from volleyball in June of 2019 after captaining Victorina Himeji to a season championship.
Charuk Captaining Team Canada: Former Cougar serving as Captain for Canadian Indoor National Team. Houston Cougars Women's Volleyball, 13 Jul 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
In March 2014, he was once again instrumental in captaining Wigan to an upset over Manchester City, this time in the 2014 FA Cup Quarterfinals.
Sánchez has played for the Mexico U-17 national team, captaining the squad which took part in the 1999 U17 World Cup in New Zealand.
Bisset started his football career at Nar Nar Goon, captaining their 1921 premiership side. He also played with Nar Nar Goon in 1924 and 1925.
He was born at Beckenham in Kent in 1886. He was educated at Uppingham School where he played cricket for the school XI from 1903 to 1905, captaining the side in his final year. He also played hockey, rugby union and Eton Fives for the school, also captaining the school hockey and Fives teams in 1905. He went on to Exeter College, Oxford in 1905.
His son Douglas went on to play cricket for Oxford, Surrey and England, captaining the latter two and being associated with the use of Bodyline bowling.
Këïta was a part of the Guinean squad at the 2004 Olympic Games qualification tournament. He later represented Liberia at international level, also captaining the side.
After captaining England at under-16 and under-18 levels, Barrow joined the under-20s squad, winning the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship held in France.
Alhassan began his career at West African Football Academy, captaining the club, before signing for Hearts of Oak in December 2018 on a four-year contract.
Urbonas made 14 appearances for Lithuania, including captaining and scoring for Lithuania on his debut in a 4–1 win against Estonia on 15 November 1991.
The 2018 season was the 11th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. Dinesh Karthik was captaining the team for the eleventh season.
Manou was a successful junior cricketer, who won the Player of the Tournament award when captaining South Australia at the 1997–98 national under-19 carnival.
John Michael Quinn Sr. (died 5 August 1954) was an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, captaining the club from 1904 to 1905.
Pieda played for Ruch Chorzów and Legia Warsaw in a twelve-year career in the Polish Ekstraklasa, captaining Legia to a cup and league double in 1955.
Stevan Stojanović (; born 29 October 1964) is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper best known for captaining Red Star Belgrade side which won the 1991 European Cup Final.
A boxer and rugby player, in London he played rugby centre for London Irish, captaining the club in 1951-52; he also had a trial for Ireland.
Rae was a keen shinty player for Kyles Athletic, captaining the side alongside six of his brothers. He is believed to be the only shinty summer Olympian.
Aish represented South Australia 15 times at interstate football, captaining the side in 1986 and 1989 as well as earning All-Australian selection in 1983 and 1986.
He also represented Ireland, playing in three matches at the 2004 European Nations Cup. Weisner later played for the Blacktown Workers, captaining their Ron Massey Cup side.
Murray Barnes (16 January 1954 – 31 December 2011) was an Australian soccer player. Barnes played for the Australian team for six years, captaining the team nine times.
In the same match he also became only the second wicket keeper opening batsman after Adam Gilchrist while captaining the side to score a century in ODIs.
Bosnar has represented Australia at all youth team levels including captaining the Joeys. He also represented Australia at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, making three appearances.
Garreth Roberts (born 15 November 1960) is an English retired professional footballer who spent his whole career with hometown club Hull City, including captaining them to two promotions.
Bimal Krishna Bose (16 June 1918 – 20 May 1996) played first-class cricket for Bihar from 1940 to 1963, captaining the team from 1953-54 to 1957-58.
In June 2018 he was named in Saudi Arabia's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia., captaining his side in all three matches at the finals.
McLean played 15 games for the Cowboys in 2020, starting all 15 at , and captaining the side four times. He missed five games due to a calf injury.
Rossum was an accomplished track star as well, captaining his high school team all four years and setting the 1993 HS record in the 100m with a 10.02.
Friberg captained the Sweden national team which won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics. In total he made 41 appearances between 1915 and 1928, captaining 30.
Forbes played five seasons in first grade with North Sydney between 1934-1939. He retired from playing after captaining Norths reserve grade team to the premiership in 1940.
Best played his last game professional rugby match with the Barbarians, on 16 November 2019, captaining the team with the Flying Fijians claiming the Killic Cup 33-31.
Kronwall played the last eight seasons of his 19-year career with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, captaining the club for five seasons before announcing his retirement following the 2019–20 season.
Stoica has represented Romania at under-16 and under-17 level, captaining the latter. On 15 August 2019, Stoica scored on his debut for Romania U18 against Albania U18.
He switched his international allegiance to Burundi in August 2018 and scored on his international debut in September, later captaining the side at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Miroslav Tankosić (; born 28 September 1978) is a Serbian football goalkeeper, captaining ČSK Čelarevo. Tankosić also holds the trainer license, and works as a goalkeeper coach in the club.
In 2016 she helped three different teams win league titles. In addition to captaining Fury, she also helped Lightning win the VNL Championship and Newbridge win the LVFNL premiership.
Arthur William Carr (21 May 1893 – 7 February 1963) was an English cricketer. He played for the Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and the English cricket team, captaining both sides.
The club have been represented at county level at all grades, with Lara Gilbert captaining the Kildare U16 team in 2016 and Sabrina Kennedy named as Minor Vice-Captain.
Goals from brothers Richie and John Power inspired Kilkenny to a 2–17 to 2–14 victory. It was Ryan's third All-Ireland medal, while he also had the honour of lifting the Liam MacCarthy Cup. As the Kilkenny captain is selected by the club champions, captaining Kilkenny twice is a rare feat. Ryan had the unique honour of captaining Kilkenny again in 2016 due to an injury sustained by club mate Shane Prendergast.
Two weeks later, captaining Pakistan International Airlines B, he took 4 for 42 and 6 for 63 in an innings victory over Quetta. He later served as a match referee.
Leah Kaslar (born 11 September 1985) is an Australian rules footballer playing for and co-captaining the Gold Coast in the AFL Women's. She formerly played for and captained Brisbane.
Matthew Ford (born October 9, 1984) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for and captaining the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Floors made a single appearance for the national team, the Springboks, in 2006 and played for the national rugby sevens team between 2003 and 2006, also captaining them in 2006.
Sloan also represented Ulster at interprovincial level. He played at Under-18 before going on to play for the senior Ulster team for eleven years, captaining Ulster to seven interprovincial titles.
Keen on pursuing non-academic interests from an early age, Bushell excelled in rugby and cricket and skied for Cambridge in races between 1930 and 1932, captaining the team in 1931.
With Anthony Minichiello captaining and playing at fullback, Tedesco played at right centre for the three games. In his international debut, he scored a try as Italy defeated Wales 32-16.
She later played for the Queensland Academy of Sport, for Suncoast Lynx of the Queensland State League and represented Queenlands at under-17 and under-21 levels, captaining the latter team.
Clarke played 97 games for Margate, captaining the team a number of times and scoring 11 goals, before joining Welling United. He was forced to retire with a serious pelvic injury.
Stewart played for Preston in the Victorian Football Association between 1941 and 1951, captaining the team in 1950 and 1951. He was the last pre-war player to play for Preston.
Richter made his provincial debut for Transvaal in 1988. He moved to Northern Transvaal (later renamed the Blue Bulls) and played 137 matches for the union, captaining the team 80 times.
Boniperti played for Italy in the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cup finals (captaining the team in the latter edition of the tournament), as well as in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Walter "Skip" Stanowski is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. He helped Cornell win their first National Title in 1967, receiving the Tournament MOP and captaining the team the following season.
He remained with the Highlanders until 2013, captaining the team for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. He joined the for the 2014 Super Rugby season, with whom he played until 2015.
McCarthy first represented Ireland at under-18 level in 2013, before going on to win selection for the under-20s in 2014, winning 18 caps and captaining the side in 2015.
Wileman attended Southern Methodist University, where he majored in Markets & Culture, and featured in over 60 games for the Mustangs during his college career, captaining the side in his senior year.
Woodfull was criticised by Robinson for his relatively defensive captaincy, tending to bat opponents out of the match instead of going directly for victory from the off. Woodfull relied on O'Reilly and Grimmett, using only three specialist bowlers as he sought to reinforce the batting line-up. However, he was effective in curtailing leading English batsmen Wally Hammond. When Woodfull was captaining Australia, Hammond only averaged half as much as he did when another player was captaining Australia.
Page represented Wales, gaining 41 caps, captaining the side once. He said that captaining Wales to a 2–0 victory over Hungary in February 2005 was the proudest moment of his career. He retired from international football in September 2006, at the age of 32, citing a wish to see more of his young family. He made the decision to retire days after being re-called to the Wales squad by manager John Toshack for the Euro 2008 qualifiers.
Pierre Joubert (born 2 May 1978 in Pretoria) was a South African cricketer for Northerns and the Titans, captaining the Titans between 2008 and 2010. A right arm medium-fast bowler, Joubert represented South Africa Schools in 1994/95. He made his first class debut in 1995/96 for Northerns as well as captaining the Titans successfully. A handy lower-order right-handed batsman, he has passed 50 on 10 occasions and converted one of them into a century.
Edward William Dawson (13 February 1904 – 4 June 1979) was an English cricketer who played in five Tests from 1928 to 1930. A batsman whose studious technique made full use of his talent, Dawson excelled for Eton, scoring 159 in the traditional fixture against Harrow. He then went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge, and earned his blue as a freshman, captaining the University in 1927. He played his county cricket for Leicestershire, captaining the county for four seasons.
Spyros Mourtos renews with Aris. He eventually became the team captain of Aris. After spending two seasons with Ifaistos Limnou (and captaining the team), Mourtos signed with Larisa on August 25, 2020.
James Arthur BondBOND, James Arthur - 1961 - 63, 1968 nzleague.co.nz is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand fourteen times, including captaining the side in the 1968 World Cup.
Reilly also lettered in other sports, including baseball and rowing. He ran track as well, captaining the squad and called its fastest man. He once held the record for the 220 yards.
On 22 May 2015, after captaining the winning side, Al-Oruba SC in the 2014-15 Sultan Qaboos Cup, Hassan announced his retirement from international football with a record of 111 appearances.
Jeremy Vernon Coney (born 21 June 1952) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 52 Test matches and 88 ODIs for New Zealand, captaining them in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs.
Matthew James Mullan (born 23 February 1987) is an English rugby union player playing for and co-captaining Premiership side Wasps. He is a loosehead prop but can also play at hooker.
In 2000, he represented Ireland at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. In 2002, after leaving Leeds, Mathiou returned to Australia, captaining the Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup for two seasons.
Marco Krainz (born 17 May 1997) is an Austrian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Floridsdorfer AC. Krainz has represented Austria at various youth levels, captaining the Austria U19 team.
Despite being eligible to represent Norway, Bjelland represented Denmark at U16, U18, U19 and U21 level, captaining the latter team and making three appearances at the 2011 European U21 Championship, hosted in Denmark.
After captaining Kolbotn through the 2007 and 2008 seasons Rønning declined a contract extension and joined the newly formed team Stabæk FK in early 2009. After the 2017 season Rønning decided to retired.
O'Sullivan played college hurling for De La Salle College in Waterford. While there, he won a Harty Cups and an All-Ireland Colleges medals in 2007 co-captaining the team alongside Craig Molony.
He played in the West Australian Football League for South Fremantle and Perth, captaining South Fremantle in 1909, 1912 and 1914. His brother Tom Banks played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.
It was also the first team coached by Cornell's future head coach, Carl Snavely, who later employed James. James was also a Bucknell Bison baseball player, captaining the Diamondmen in his senior year.
From 2011 to 2013, Satini played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team, captaining the side in 2013. In October 2013, he signed a contract with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles starting in 2014.
He attended Merchiston Castle School,Bath, p41 where he captained the school team for three successive seasons. He also played for Edinburgh University RFC, and Edinburgh Wanderers, captaining the latter at one point.
He played some Varsity Cup rugby, representing in the 2011 Varsity Cup competition and making three appearances. He then moved to Johannesburg, where he played amateur rugby for Pirates, also captaining the side.
He played for Glasgow District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship, captaining the side. He played in the 1964–65 Scottish Inter- District Championship when Glasgow shared the title with South of Scotland.
He toured with the 1956-57 Kangaroos. While he failed to play a Test match against Great Britain, he played in 14 tour matches in England and France, captaining the Australian team many times.
After retiring from football, Reynolds later worked at the Penallta Colliery, near Hengoed. Reynolds was also a keen cricketer and played for Blackwood Town for many years, captaining the team's 2nd XI in 1980.
Shero played his college hockey for the St. Lawrence University Skating Saints, captaining the team from 1983–85. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1982, but never played in the NHL.
Thomas played rugby union for Neath RFC, captaining the team during the 1920/21 season. He also played for Barbarian F.C. between 1912 and 1920. Thomas died in 1932 at the age of 41.
Sagaradaththa Sudirikku "Sargo" Jayawickreme MBE, also spelled Jayawickrema (10 January 1911 – 15 February 1983) was a cricketer who represented Ceylon in first-class cricket from 1932 to 1950, captaining the team in the 1940s.
Despite only being in the eighth grade, he was named captain ahead of his seniors and he ended up captaining his school team for the entire five years that he was at Ndeke Secondary.
His last appearance in the final was as , when again captaining the side, Widnes beat Wigan 19–6 in the 1984–85, on Saturday 5 May 1984, in front of a crowd of 80,116.
McDonald moved from St Bernard's to Bradford City in April 1907, representing them in the 1911 FA Cup Final, and captaining the team before World War I. In 1920, he signed for Raith Rovers.
Brighton: Reveille Press. Hough was educated at Winchester College where he was in the school cricket XI between 1911 and 1913, captaining the team in his final year.Gerald Hough, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
Young played for Bohemians from 1962 to 1969, captaining the club for the 1965–66 season. He was a tough defender who won an international amateur cap for Ireland against Great Britain in August 1967.
Cristiano's younger brother, Alessandro, is also a former footballer, who played as a defender in the Serie A league (also sharing a few seasons together with Cristiano while at Livorno), and most notably captaining Parma.
Ganga has previously had a chance to hone his leadership from captaining the Trinidad and Tobago and the West Indies Under-23 teams. He can also bowl off spin but he is mainly a batsman.
He also played first-class cricket for British Guiana, and by 1956 he was captaining the side. In retirement, he returned to Barbados in 1970. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1958.
William David Charles Carling, (born 12 December 1965) is an English former rugby union player. He played for Rosslyn Park, Harlequins and England, winning 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, and captaining England 59 times.
After being released by Fürth, he joined Jahn Regensburg on 2 August 2012. Following Regensburg's relegation from the 2. Bundesliga he rejoined his childhood club St. Pauli, playing for and also captaining their reserve squad.
Laura Sugar (born 7 February 1991) is a British Paralympic athlete who competes in sprint events under the T44 classification. Before taking up athletics Sugar represented Wales at field hockey captaining the under-20s team.
At the age of 34, his career in senior cricket was over, although he continued to turn out for Somerset's Second XI into his early fifties, captaining that side on a considerable number of occasions.
Born and raised in the southern New Zealand town of Dunedin, Renton attended the prestigious Otago Boys' High School in his hometown where he played first XV rugby, captaining the side in his senior year.
He was born in Chipping Norton, New South Wales and was a student at Westfields Sports High School, playing for Chipping Norton FC, Bankstown, Sydney Olympic, Parramatta Power and captaining NSW at all youth levels.
He played cricket at school, captaining the Christ's Hospital side in 1944, and was described as an "excellent allrounder" as a schoolboy.Cartwright GHM (1944) The Public Schools, 1943, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1944. pp.224–225.
Jack William O'Connell (born 29 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club Sheffield United. O'Connell began his career at Blackburn Rovers and came to prominence after captaining Rochdale to promotion from League Two in the 2013–14 season. He joined Championship club Brentford in February 2015, and remained there until July 2016 when signing for Sheffield United of League One. O'Connell was capped by England at under-18 and under-19 level, captaining the latter team.
He also represented NZ Secondary schools and 19s in 1993 – captaining both teams. In 1994, he represented NZ Under 19s (again the captain) and NZ Under 21s, and represented the Under 21s for the next two years – captaining the team in his last year. Anton then went Dunedin in 1994 to study at the University of Otago and ended up spending his next 14 years there. He made his debut for the Otago first team in 1994 and played for Otago for 13 years.
Irvine was given the honour of captaining Stoke in a League Cup tie against Burnley, who were captained in that game by his brother Willie. The idea of them both captaining their sides came from Clarets' manager Harry Potts. The brothers met in the centre circle to shake hands and toss the coin and then played against each other for the first time since schooldays. Irvine's career at the Victoria Ground was brought to an end after an FA Cup third-round game against Walsall.
Halifax Cup Matches played by Reggie Conyers (3) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2012. Conyers remained heavily involved in Bermudian cricket after the tour's end, often captaining the Bermudan national team against touring sides from North America.
Evans' sons John and Ralph both played first-class cricket, John captaining Kent in 1927 and playing one Test match for England in 1921. His nephews, Dudley, William and Alfred also all played first-class cricket.
After missing the opening game of the 2020/21 season to Liverpool through injury, Cooper made his first Premier League appearance for Leeds on 19 September, captaining the side to a 4–3 victory over Fulham.
Rick Davies was a regular interstate representative, with 20 appearances for South Australia from 1973 until 1983, captaining the State in 1979 and 1980. In 1980 Davies was named as captain of the All Australian team.
Thomas Pleydell 'Tommy' Bedford (born 8 February 1942 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is a South African former rugby union player who has represented the national team, the Springboks, 25 times, captaining the Springboks on 3 occasions.
He left the club to join arch-rivals Preston North End, with whom he made over 200 appearances, captaining the side in the 1937 FA Cup Final. After retirement, Tremelling returned to Blackpool as a coach.
Frank Villenueve Nicholson (15 October 1878 – c. 1970) was an Australian Boer War veteran and rugby union player, a state and national representative who made two test appearances in 1903–1904, captaining the side on one occasion.
Robert Crompton (26 September 1879 – 16 March 1941) was an English professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club, Blackburn Rovers. He also represented England on 41 occasions, captaining them 22 times.
Carroll played his club hurling with his local Coolderry club. He enjoyed much success and won two senior county titles in 1977 and 1980, captaining the side in 1980 and winning the man of the match award.
He moved to number 8 for Munster's second-round game against Gloucester on 19 October 2013, which Munster won 26–10. He started against Perpignan on 8 December 2013, captaining the side to a 36–8 win.
Blanchflower would go on to sign for Tottenham Hotspur and be voted FWA Player of the Year twice as well as captaining the North London club to the first league and cup double of the 20th century.
Captaining the team and keeping wicket, he led Barbados to victory in both matches, which included the final of the Inter-Colonial Tournament for 1893-94. His brothers Clifford, Percy and Evans also played in both matches.
BBC Sport. 20 April 2010. He scored his first senior goal in September 2010 against Colchester United,"Colchester 1–1 Plymouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2010. while captaining the team in the absence of Carl Fletcher.
His highest first-class score was 148, captaining Wellington against the Australians in 1966–67, out of a total of 365 for 7 on the first day.Wellington v Australians, 1966–67. Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved on 27 May 2018.
Conor Cleary (born 27 January 1994) is an Irish hurler who plays as a half- back for the Clare senior hurling team. He has also played for NUI Galway, captaining them in the Fitzgibbon Cup in 2017.
Rabia has represented Egypt at under-20 level, captaining the side to victory in the 2013 African U-20 Championship. He made his debut for the senior squad in December 2012 during a friendly match against Qatar.
At the World Cup in Spain, Serbian national team took the silver medal. Shortly after the final game of the tournament, he retired from the national team, after ten years of playing and six years of captaining.
Norman learned his rugby at Medway Street School and was a school-boy international in 1911 captaining England to their first win over Wales. Norman served in the First World War with the Royal Artillery in Mesopotamia.
Colonial Rugby. Retrieved 25 July 2010. Wills, however, did manage to implement many of the Rugby School rules, such as place kicks and marks. The disagreements culminated in 1860, when Melbourne, whom Thompson was captaining, played Richmond, whom Wills was captaining, and Wills used his position as captain to declare that he and his team would not play unless they used the oval shaped, Rugby School-styled ball, as opposed to a round ball, such as is used in association football, which had been used in all matches up to this point.
Campbell played in the Fettes school rugby XV for four years, captaining them in his final year. At university, he was a rugby blue, representing Cambridge three times in The Varsity Match against Oxford and captaining them to a 22–0 win in the 1899 fixture. Every member of the Cambridge forward pack that year went on to play international rugby, and were described by Howard Marshall in his history of the matches between the two universities as, "perhaps the greatest ... Cambridge had ever had". His ancestry qualified Campbell to represent Scotland.
Shantha Rangaswamy, (born 1 January 1954) is an Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket for India in 16 matches from 1976 to 1991, captaining the side in 8 matches in 1976-77 and four in 1983–84. India recorded its first- ever test win in November 1976 against West Indies under Shantha's captaincy at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Patna. She also played in 19 Women's One-day Internationals from 1981-82 to 1986, captaining the side in 16 matches from 1981-82 to 1983–84.
Eugene has also claimed more wickets in Twenty20 matches than any other Sint Maartener with 3, with his 2/45 the team's best individual bowling figures. Two players have captained Sint Maarten in Twenty20 cricket, with Royston Trocard captaining them against the United States Virgin Islands, and Parasram Singh captaining them against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. while Trocard was the team's wicket-keeper in both matches it played. This list includes all players who have played at least one Twenty20 match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance.
The team was forced to play out of position, with Penarth's Mel Rosser moved to full back and Swansea's Joe Jones to three-quarters. In 1927, Male was back in the Welsh squad after Tommy Rees of London Welsh broke his leg at the end of the previous year.Smith (1980), pg 247. Male played the entire 1927 Five Nations Championship, captaining Wales against Scotland, and in 1928, although missing the England game, he was back for the final three games of the tournament captaining Wales in two of the games.
Flaherty played inter-county hurling for Galway from 1936 to 1953, captaining the side to a National Hurling League title in 1951 in New York. He also won a Railway Cup(Inter-provincial) medal with Connacht in 1947.
During the war Turner played nearly 200 games for Birmingham, captaining them to the championship of the wartime Football League South and to the semifinal of the first post-war FA Cup.Matthews, Complete Record, pp. 20–23, 130.
He won 8 caps for Scotland, which included captaining the national team. However, his playing career came to an end following a serious knee injury sustained in a Home International Championship match against Wales on 7 March 1911.
In June 1983 Dirk Wellham was appointed captain of NSW. McCosker played on, occasionally captaining NSW. He retired from first class cricket at the end of the season. In June 1984 he was award the Order of Australia.
He was involved with the Calcutta Cricket Club whilst living in India, captaining the team for a timeMitra A (2011) A death in London - The distinct flavour of Calcutta's fading colonial phase, The Telegraph (Calcutta), 20 June 2011.
After 7 years playing for and captaining the national side Laidlaw retired from international rugby in December 2019. Laidlaw's 714 points in 76 test matches places him second on the Scotland all- time points list behind Chris Paterson.
Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig. At the end of the 2016–17 season and after two years of captaining the team, he was released by Braunschweig. In this time there, he made 19 Bundesliga and 94 2. Bundesliga appearances.
Luan has been capped by Brazil at under-20 level, captaining the side in a friendly against Chile. On 13 December 2018, he was included in the under-20 squad for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.
He opened the batting with George Cox – captaining the side in his only first-class appearance – in Jamaica's second innings in the third and final match, which was his last at first-class level.George Cox playing statistics – CricketArchive.
Bolt wore the same number whilst captaining the World XI during Soccer Aid 2018 at Old Trafford. On 21 August 2018, on his 32nd birthday, Bolt started training with Australian club Central Coast Mariners of the A-League.
Until his retirement in June 2010 at nearly 33, he played exclusively in the lower leagues, captaining Lorca Deportiva CF in his final year. Subsequently, he joined the technical staff of Segunda División B's AD Cerro de Reyes.
Sir George Cunningham (23 March 1888 – 8 December 1963)George Cunningham Scrum.com was an administrator in British India who in his early years was a notable sportsperson, representing and later captaining the Scottish national team at rugby union.
John Idwal Rees (25 July 1910 – 31 August 1991) was a Welsh international rugby union centre who played club rugby for Swansea and Cambridge University. He was capped 14 times for Wales captaining the team on two occasions.
He made his debut for Swansea in a game against Llanelli in 1958. He remained with Swansea throughout his playing career, making 221 appearances, scoring 87 tries and captaining the team in the 1963–4 and 1964–5 seasons.
The book bears many similarities to the highly publicized 1961 Bluebelle murders, in which a former sailor murdered his wife and four family members of the boat he was captaining before intentionally scuttling it and escaping in a dinghy.
At school Mann was described as "a good player and a good captain"Foord op. cit., p.xciii. and at University he played for the Cambridge University side from 1902 to 1905, captaining it in his final season.Eric Mann, CricketArchive.
His father Joe also played Minor counties cricket for Berkshire, including playing alongside his son in the 1961 season. He also played a single List-A match for Berkshire, as well as captaining the county from 1954 to 1955.
On 13 July, he made his debut for Queensland in Game 3 of the series, scoring a try Cooper played 26 games for the Cowboys in 2016, captaining the side against the St George Illawarra Dragons in Round 12.
Peter David Sullivan (born 1948)Peter Sullivan player profile ESPN Scrum.com is an Australian former national representative rugby union player. He represented for New South Wales and Australia, captaining the national side on eleven occasions from 1972 to 1973.
William McGilvray (13 March 1895 – 8 May 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Originally recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia, McGilvray returned there in 1922, captaining the side.
James McLaren (born in Lugar) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hibernian, Celtic, Greenock Morton, Clyde and Scotland. He won three caps for Scotland, scoring one goal and captaining the side once.James McLaren - A Squad, Scottish Football Association.
Evening Times (Glasgow, U.K.) 12 May 2002 He later graduated in law from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He is a Cambridge University football Blue, having played three times against Oxford at Wembley, captaining the team on the third occasion.
Ludford Charles Docker (26 November 1860 – 1 August 1940) was a businessman and an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1886, captaining the side in 1884, and for Warwickshire in 1894 and 1895.
Howieson played for Scotland at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, he retired from Rugby on 24 April 2013, just 7 months after captaining Sheffield Eagles to their 20-16 Co-Operative Championship Grand Final win over Featherstone Rovers.
Peek progressed through the local St George junior system, playing Jersey Flegg for the Dragons and captaining them to their 1996 Grand Final victory. Throughout the season Peek featured as a reserve for the first grade side, seeing no game time.
Gnad was one of the leaders of the senior German national basketball team for 10 years, including captaining it at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also helped lead the German squad to win the gold medal at the 1993 EuroBasket.
He served as captain of Al Sadd from 1977 till 1988, captaining them to a total of 6 Emir Cups, a record. He retired from international football in 1984 after the 1984 Summer Olympics and from club football in 1988.
Pewhairangi was signed by the Newcastle Knights in 2009. He played for the Knights' NYC team from 2010 to 2012, captaining the side in 2012. However Pewhairangi did not break into the first-grade side during his time with the Knights.
John Richard Buckton (born 22 December 1961) is a former English rugby player who played as a centre for Saracens between 1984 and 1996, captaining them in the 1991/92 season. He gained 3 England caps between 1988 and 1990.
At scrum-half; captaining England in its win over Scotland in 1890. He turned down his third cap because of the firm's stocktaking! Then he had a knee injury. He became President of the English R.F.U. and visited New Zealand.
Peter Laurence van der Merwe (14 March 1937 – 23 January 2013) was a South African cricketer. He played in fifteen Tests from 1963 to 1967, captaining South Africa to series victories against England in 1965 and Australia in 1966-67.
Aide Iskandar bin Sahak (born 28 May 1975) is a former professional footballer. He was a member of the Singapore national team which won the ASEAN Football Championship in 1998, 2004 and 2007, captaining the team in the latter two editions.
Stockport County had just won promotion to Division One, a level the club would remain at until 2002 when they were relegated and Woodthorpe left on a free transfer, despite captaining the side in his final season at Edgeley Park.
Published 20 May 1939. Retrieved 27 August 2012. He also represented Western Australia in eight interstate matches, captaining the side against South Australia at Leederville Oval in 1934 and playing in the 1937 Australian National Football Carnival, which Perth hosted.
Educated at King Edward VII School, McKenzie was a promising junior cricketer, captaining the South African Schools and Under-19 sides. McKenzie is married to South African model Kerry McGregor. His sister, Megan, is also a leading model in South Africa.
Charles Richardson Yates (September 9, 1913 – October 17, 2005) was an American amateur golfer. He is noted for winning the 1938 Amateur Championship, captaining the United States Walker Cup team and being the long- time Secretary of Augusta National Golf Club.
Robert Herman "Bob" McCowan (28 February 1875 – 29 April 1941) was a pioneer Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative fullback who played in his country's first Test series of 1899, captaining the national side on one occasion.
Lawler's son, Tom Lawler, was a freshman at Merrimack when J. Thom died. He completed his four years at the college, finishing second in career points (he sits 4th as of 2018) and captaining the team in his senior season.
He later returned to captain the All Blacks as they successfully defended the Rugby Championship. During this campaign, McCaw equalled (with Brian O'Driscoll of Ireland and John Smit of South Africa) the record as captaining the most test matches (83).
Ross Jones (born 11 January 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player. A full-back, he was educated at Castleknock College, Dublin where he played for the Junior and Senior Cup Teams, captaining the SCT in his final year in 2010.
Mwila spent most of his career playing for local side Nkana F.C. He also played professional football in Egypt with Zamalek. Mwila made several appearances for the Zambia national football team, captaining the side during 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying.
Ironically, it was Liam's younger brother Kieran who would take a similar role barring injury, debuting in 2009, captaining the side twice & playing a crucial role in their 2014 Four Nations Title & run to the 2013 Rugby League World Cup Final.
In 1922, he moved to Tasmania and joined the New Town Football Club, playing there for three years. Mayman represented three different states at carnival football, representing Western Australia in 1911, captaining South Australia in 1914, and represented Tasmania in 1924.
Russo began her career at Charlton Athletic's centre of excellence, before joining and captaining Chelsea's development squad. Her first and only senior appearance with Chelsea came during the first round of the FA WSL Continental Cup on 2 July 2016.
He represented Australia thirteen times (nine times in full internationals), captaining the team on seven occasions, but missed their win at the 1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup due to work commitments. After retiring from playing, he coached at Sutherland Shire.
After the termination of the Deccan Chargers, he was retained by the new franchise, Sunrisers Hyderabad, captaining the team when Kumar Sangakkara was not selected in the playing XI. White made 209 runs, averaging 17.41 with a strike rate of 109.42.
Kenworthy served his apprenticeship with Sheffield United and made his league debut for the Blades at Norwich City in April 1976. During his early days, he won England youth/U21 honours,captaining England. He played for Sheffield United for 13 years again captaining the club and made 357 appearances in all competitions with 39 goals, which is the most by a defender in Sheffield United's history. In 1986, he signed for Mansfield Town, where he made 100 league appearances and scored the winning penalty to defeat Bristol City in the Football League Trophy final at Wembley in 1987.
Outridge was born in Ballarat East, Victoria, to Henry Joseph and Hannah Elizabeth (née Rutherford) Outridge.Thomas Outridge – Mundia. Retrieved 24 January 2012. His father had played for both Ballarat Imperials and South Ballarat in the Ballarat Football League, captaining the latter side.
Chidzambwa played as a defender for Dynamos. He served as captain of the national team, captaining them to the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in 1985. He combined his football career with working for the police. He retired in 1987 due to injury.
José de Jesús Corona Rodríguez (born 26 January 1981) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Cruz Azul and the Mexico national team. He is an Olympic gold medalist, captaining Mexico at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Jean François Renaudin (13 July 1750, in Le GuaLevot, p.430 – 29 April 1809, Le GuaLevot, p.433) was a French Navy officer and Rear-Admiral. He is mostly known for captaining the Vengeur du Peuple at the Third Battle of Ushant.
Though he initially appeared awkward, at Christchurch Boys' High School, he also played hockey and rugby, and developed into a punishing batsman, particularly strong on the drive. He finished his school career by captaining the first eleven. He trained as a chartered accountant.
In January 2005, Yonov signed for Czech club 1. SC Znojmo. In December 2009, Yonov was named Znojmo Sports Person of the Year. He became an integral part of the Znojmo side, captaining the team in their promotions to the Czech 2.
He was Australia's regular vice-captain in both forms of the game, captaining the team when regular captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting were unavailable. He retired from international cricket in March 2008, though he continued to play domestic tournaments until 2013.
Lussey was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire. He played for Ormskirk Cross Hall before joining Liverpool, the club he grew up supporting, in 2002. He progressed through the club's academy, before captaining the under-18 team and establishing himself in the under-21s.
Bradley attended Ottawa Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, captaining the football team. He attended law school at Toronto University and Osgoode Hall Law School and worked for a well-known law firm in Ottawa. He died of a short illness in July 1922.
After his release from Brentford, Fleming dropped into non-league football and joined Conference club Farnborough Town. In 1992, he joined divisional rivals Woking and later played for Isthmian League Premier Division clubs Aylesbury United and Staines Town, captaining the latter club.
Salcedo was also a member of the US men's national soccer team, earning three caps with the full national team and captaining the U-17 team at the 1989 World Youth Championships and the U-20 team at the 1990 CONCACAF Tournament.
In June 2018, Shoshi completed a transfer to Kosovar side Trepça'89 by inking a one- year contract. He made his competitive debut on 18 August, captaining his side in the opening match of the season, a 1–1 draw against Feronikeli.
Stammler attended Gahanna Middle School East and Gahanna Lincoln High School, and played four years of college soccer at the University of Maryland, captaining the team in his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. He appeared in 87 matches for Maryland scoring 8 goals.
Grimsdell had a trial for the England team in 1913 but only started his international career after the war when he played for England 6 times between 1920 and 1923 as a left-half, captaining the team on three of these occasions.
Ndiaye plays for the Senegal women's national football team, including at the 2010 African Women's Championship qualification and 2012 African Women's Championship. The 2012 AWC was the first time that the Senegal women's team qualified, with Ndiaye captaining the team at the tournament.
This culminated in him captaining the team to the gold medal at the British Universities and Colleges Sport Championship defeating Durham University Hockey Club in the final. After leaving University and for 2019-20 season he signed for Old Georgians Hockey Club.
Evan Sloane Richards (23 January 1862 – 19 April 1931) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea, captaining the club through three seasons during the 1880s. Richards' father was Member of Parliament for Ceredigion, Evan Matthew Richards.
On 7 December 2017, Lúcio returned to his home district in Brazil and signed for Gama, captaining the club during the 2018 Campeonato Brasiliense. On 16 April 2018, Lúcio joined rivals Brasiliense. Lúcio announced his retirement as a professional footballer on 29 January 2020.
Born and raised in Auckland, Vella attended Auckland Grammar School in the city and played first XV rugby with them for 3 years, captaining the side in 2008. During this time, he made his way through the age group levels with his local provincial side, .
His next port of call was Queensland club Coorparoo and he played in their 1984 and 1986 premiership sides. The red haired O'Keeffe later served briefly as coach of Coorparoo and while in Queensland represented the state on 16 occasions, captaining them in 1986.
Allan was part of the London Wasps Academy in 2011 before captaining the RGS High Wycombe rugby side. He won the Under-19 Provincial Championship while playing for Western Province in South Africa and at the end of his contract there, he joined Perpignan.
In 2015, he made the move to Independiente for an undisclosed transfer fee and made his professional debut for the club during a 3−2 away win at Newell's Old Boys. Tagliafico would end up captaining the team that won the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.
Quick made 439 runs in his career, at a batting average of 13.71 runs per innings. His best score of 57 was one of two half-centuries. He also played over forty Second XI matches for Essex, captaining the team from 1956 to 1959.
On 8 November Harding made his debut for Swansea against Cambridge University. In 1926, while a student studying Law at Cambridge, he would play for Cambridge in four varsity matches, scoring tries in the 1926 and 1927 match, and captaining the university in 1927.
Koh has a multi-sport background which includes five years of experience playing for the varsity badminton team at the University of Ottawa. She also played roller derby for five years under the derby name "PLAYER 1" before captaining the Terminal City All-Stars.
Robertson is the grandson of Texas oil magnate Hugh Roy Cullen, the founder of Quintana Petroleum. Robertson's father also worked for Quintana. Robertson was an All-American linebacker at the University of Texas, captaining the team to a victory at the 1969 Cotton Bowl Classic.
After the war Shirreff continued to serve in the RAF, rising to the rank of Squadron Leader. He played cricket for RAF and Combined Services sides until 1963, captaining the RAF side.Trueman F (2004) As it was: the memoirs, p.144. Pan Macmillan: London. .
Frank Wall was an Irish hurler, most notable for captaining the winning Dublin team that won the 1924 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. A native of Freshford, County Kilkenny, he uniquely did not actually play in the final, having lost his place on the team.
A central defender, Pettigrew began his career in the Chelsea academy and turned professional in March 2005. Despite captaining the reserve team during the 2005–06 season, Pettigrew failed to win a call into a first team squad before his release in May 2007.
Rajib Dutta (born 17 November 1980) is an Indian former cricketer. He played 49 first-class matches for Tripura between 1999 and 2011. Dutta played in Tripura's first five first-class victories, captaining the side in four of them. He now coaches the team.
Graham McMillan retired in 1970 after a 1st Division career spanning 23 years. Graham McMillan represented the State of Queensland from 1956 to 1968, captaining the team in the latter years. Graham McMillan represented Australia on several occasions in the mid to late 1950s.
Aron plays for Iceland at international level, having made his senior debut in 2008, and has earned over 80 caps for them. He has been Iceland's captain since mid-2012, captaining the team to the quarter- finals at their first major tournament, UEFA Euro 2016.
Carl Fletcher was appointed as team captain after signing for the club. Plymouth Argyle began their campaign at Selhurst Park on 8 August against Crystal Palace, with Carl Fletcher captaining his new side against his former club."Progress". Plymouth Argyle. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
Nardiello made a return to competitive football on 25 January 2018, captaining Klipp Wealth Management Ltd in the annual St. James's Place Charitable Foundation Football Tournament at Wembley Stadium. Nardiello scored in every round, with KWM lifting the trophy at the end of the day.
Jeremies was reinstated for the 2002 World Cup, even captaining the team once in a friendly after the competition, but retired from international football after Germany's group stage exit in Euro 2004 in Portugal, claiming he wanted to focus on his club duties with Bayern.
The match ended in a draw, with Miller not taking a wicket after aggravating an injury.Pollard (1988), p. 370. Captaining the team, Miller took 3/19 and 1/8 in a match against South Zone in Madras, the Australians' only win on Indian soil.
Roy Mark Levy (20 April 1906 – 12 December 1965) is a former Australian cricketer and baseballer who represented the Australian baseball team in 1936. He also played for the Queensland Sheffield Shield team for seven years, captaining them 11 times in his 25 appearances.
Dear has represented England at under-15 level, captaining the side at the age on 14. She made the move up to under-19 level, where she made her debut against Sweden on 15 July 2014, and has since represented the under-20 team.
Wisden 1989, p. 1157. In 1949-50 he toured Pakistan with the Ceylon team, captaining the team in one match. In 1950 and 1951 he led Ceylon in two matches against the Commonwealth XI. In 1950 he led Tamil Union to the club championship.
Newfield set new school records for most career goals and most goals in a season. Newfield played for the Georgia State Olympic Development Program (ODP) team from 2007–2008. Along with captaining the Region III ODP team and receiving u20 National Team camp invitations.
He served as the team's captain for the 2014 World Cup. Madjid Bougherra was captain of Les Fennecs, Algeria's National team concurrently with his captaining of Lekhwiya (QSL) from 2011 to 2014, and captained the Fennecs for the 2014 World Cup and the 2015 AFCON.
The following season he played a single first-class match for the Kent County Cricket Club. From 1868 to 1871 he was at Cambridge University and he played in the University Match against Oxford University in all four seasons, captaining the team in 1870.
Retchless qualified to play for the USA Tomahawks through his grandfather, Stuart Beck, who was raised in Iowa, and his mother, who was born in Washington, D.C. Beck arrived in Australia from the United States, captaining his adopted homeland in the sport of baseball.
In 1994, Schifilliti joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the interim and achieved success early, captaining the side in their pre-season Tooheys Challenge Cup final win over the Brisbane Broncos. Schifilliti played just six games for the Rabbitohs after suffering a knee injury.
George Huth Cotterill (4 April 1868 – 11 October 1950) was an English amateur footballer who made four appearances for England as a forward in the 1890s, captaining the side on his last two appearances. He usually played as an inside right or centre forward.
Richie Murray (born 1982 in Ballinasloe) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club St Thomas' and with the Galway senior inter-county team. He has won 2 All-Ireland minor hurling medals with Galway, captaining the winning team in 2000.
Maunder made his international debut for Australia on 17 June 1922 in Australia's first recognised international match, scoring on 45 minutes. Maunder played nine matches for Australia between 1922 and 1930, scoring six goals and captaining for one match on 28 June 1924 against Canada.
Retrieved 15 February 2012. Nkausu played youth football for Chiparamba Great Eagles before joining Pretoria University FC in 2003, and has also represented Zambia internationally at various youth levels, including captaining the country's under-20 team, before graduating to the senior side in 2008.
Retrieved 13 August 2012. On 4 August 2012 the defender helped SuperSport reach the last four of the 2012 MTN 8, playing the full 90 minutes of the club's 2–1 quarter-final win over Free State Stars and captaining SuperSport for the first time.
Imad Wasim is known as a T20 specialist, particularly for his bowling in the powerplay overs. He has played for sides in the Caribbean Premier League, Bangladesh Premier League and Twenty20 Cup as well as captaining Karachi Kings in three Pakistan Super League seasons.
He played college football at the University of Iowa from 1913 to 1915, captaining the 1915 Iowa Hawkeyes football team. Barron also earned letters at Iowa in track and field and wrestling. He died on August 18, 1979, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa.
Garrick lead Sydney and New South Wales as captain in 1977-78. Ironically leading Sydney to victory against Wales in 1978, beating them 18 - 16, only to be beaten whilst captaining the larger side of New South Wales 0-18 a few days later.
Power continued inter-county hurling until 1949, captaining Limerick to a National Hurling League title in 1947. It was his fourth NHL medal in all, with previous victories in 1936, 1937 and 1938. He won a Munster Junior Championship medal with Limerick in 1939.
He began his own career as a fast bowler and batsman who played in any position. He showed early leadership skills, captaining Marrickville West Primary School and later Tempe Intermediate High School. He captained 14-year-olds at the age of 12.Robinson, p. 265.
Their opponent was Central District. The match was won by Central District. The longest serving coach for the club is Michael Nunan – 12 seasons from 1981 to 1992. The Captain's record is held by Ian McKay, captaining the team for 8 years from 1948–1955.
Douglas Robert Jardine ( 1900 – 1958) was a cricketer who played 22 Test matches for England, captaining the side in 15 of those matches between 1931 and 1934. A right-handed batsman, he is best known for captaining the English team during the 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia. During that series, England employed "Bodyline" tactics against the Australian batsmen, wherein bowlers pitched the ball short on the line of leg stump to rise towards the bodies of the batsmen in a manner that most contemporary players and critics viewed as intimidatory and physically dangerous. Jardine was the person responsible for the implementation of Bodyline.
Waugh's career as a rugby player began at the Shore school, playing in the First XV in his final 3 years and captaining the team in 1997. He was selected to represent the Australian Schoolboy's team in 1996 and 1997, captaining the team in 1997. Waugh's campaign continued in 1998, as he was named in the Australian under 19s Rugby team, and subsequently the under 21s from 1998 to 2000. His professional career began in 1999, playing for the Waratahs, and later that year gained selection for the Wallabies Spring tour of the UK and Europe, making his test debut as a replacement in the match against England.
Mitchell began her broadcasting career with the BBC as a part-time broadcast assistant at BBC Radio Northampton while studying for A-levels at Wellingborough School, where she is a committee member of the Old Wellingburians. She played many sports at school, captaining the school tennis, netball and athletics squads. She played hockey competitively, representing Northamptonshire, being selected for Midland Developments squads, playing for the University of Nottingham 1st XI and captaining the club. She took a degree in geography at the University of Nottingham (dissertation entitled "The Impact of Television on the Cultural Geography of English Cricket" 1995–2000) and then trained in broadcast journalism at Falmouth College of Arts.
Pierson was a skilful all-rounder who was later to coach the Derbyshire Scorpions into the 2003 final of the Twenty20 Cup, where they lost by one run to Leicestershire. He now coaches and plays for Houghton and Thurnby Cricket Club, whilst captaining the first team.
Before leaving to play professional rugby for Melrose RFC, Racing club de Narbonne Méditerranée in France, and Sale Sharks in England. Redpath won 60 caps for Scotland, captaining the team on a number of occasions. He appeared at three Rugby World Cups in 1999 and 2003.
George Henry Barnes (22 May 1899 – 1 June 1961) was an English amateur football forward who played in the Football League for Watford. He is probably best remembered for his time in non-league football with Chesham United, captaining the club and later presiding as chairman.
Ioannis "John" Limniatis (Greek: Ιωάννης "Τζον" Λημνιάτης; born 24 June 1967 in Athens, Greece) is a Canadian retired professional soccer player. He played 44 times and scored one goal for the Canadian national team, also captaining and later becoming the head coach of the Montreal Impact.
In 2016, Uwezu moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing with Swedish fourth-tier club FC Linköping City. He played 65 league games for the club, scoring 27 goals and occasionally captaining the side, before leaving at the end of the 2018 season.
Despite being a regular in the team, Gregan was unable to prevent the club's relegation from the Premier League. In 2003–04, he was instrumental in captaining the team to promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt, before joining Leeds United in September 2004.
After interest from AFC Eskilstuna in January 2017, Sesay joined IK Frej the following month.DONE DEAL: Ex-Leicester defender Alie Sesay signs for IK Frej Taby He departed the club midway through the 2018 season after playing a leading role and Captaining the team on several occasions.
Maher was appointed captain of Munster in his fourth successive season with the team in 2016. On 15 December 2016, he won a second Railway Cup medal after captaining the team from midfield in a 2-20 to 2-16 defeat of Leinster in the final.
Luis Ernesto Michel Vergara (born 21 July 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Tijuana. Michel has captained both Guadalajara and the Mexico national team in official matches, captaining the latter in the 2011 Copa América.
Captaining the team, he scored his second goal of the campaign in a 2–0 away defeat of Leyton Orient on 23 October, drilling home a Gavin Massey pass. His third came as the opening goal in a 2–0 victory against Bury on 17 November 2012.
Rose played for Leicester Tigers at the age of 17, Cambridge University (winning 3 Blues and captaining the side in the 1980 Centenary Varsity Match), Coventry and Harlequins. He represented the Barbarians and is the only Englishmen to have been selected to play for The French Barbarians.
Mark Smith (born 18 August 1978) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. He was signed by Swinton after captaining Widnes in National League One. Primarily a , he previously played in the Super League for the Wigan, with whom he won the 2002 Challenge Cup.
Chalk won his cricket Blue in 1931 as a freshman at Oxford, making his first-class cricket debut for the University against Kent in May.Gerry Chalk, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-16. He played in 46 first-class matches for the University, captaining the side in 1934.
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Fenerbahçe. This means players who have played a significant number of matches or have made significant contributions to the club (e.g. championships, captaining). For all players who have played for Fenerbahçe, see :Category:Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers.
Syed was an avid sportsman, captaining Forman Christian College's football team and playing racquet sports. Throughout life he was a passionate fan of cricket. In the latter stages of his youth, Syed delved into acting, playing a lead role in the Pakistan Television drama, Lagan Apni Apni.
Wisden 1962, p. 690. In 1962, captaining the side temporarily, he made 114 against Free Foresters. Oxford needed 367 to win, Worsley and Murtuza Baig added 201 for the third wicket in 140 minutes, and the match finished with Oxford nine wickets down and the scores level.
He received a two-match ban, with Suranga Lakmal captaining the side in his place. On 16 July 2018, independent Judicial Commissioner handed down a further eight suspension points with maximum possible punishment for their spirit of cricket offence and suspended for four ODIs as well.
On 7 November 2013, New Zealand coach Stephen Kearney rested regular captain Simon Mannering and selected Foran to captain New Zealand for the Group B World Cup game clash against Papua New Guinea. The game saw Foran captaining New Zealand for the second time in his career.
Thomas F. Kilroy (born 23 September 1934) is an Irish playwright and novelist. He was born in Green Street, Callan, County Kilkenny. He attended St Kieran's College and played hurling for the school team, captaining the senior team in 1952. He studied at University College Dublin.
Born 9 October 1983 in Harlow, Skirving was educated at The Bishop's Stortford High School and showed early promise as a rugby player, captaining England U16s against Wales in 2000. He played for local side Bishop's Stortford Rugby Club before joining the Saracens academy system in 1999.
Enqvist was capped for Sweden on all levels from u-16 to u-21, representing his country (Sweden). Captaining the u-18 side and taking part in Sweden's U-21 European qualifiers against England and was also capped against strong opposition France and Spain among others.
Blaney began his career with Finn Harps, captaining their under-17 team and also playing for their under-19 team. He made his senior debut in the 2017 season, making 3 League of Ireland appearances. He signed a new contract for the 2018 season in December 2017.
He played for the United States men's national under-23 soccer team at the 2015 Toulon Tournament. Turner has previously starred for his native country at several other levels, playing for the U-17s, captaining the U-18s and also featuring for the U-20 national team.
He was selected in the TAC Cup team of the year in 2010. Miles played representative state football for NSW/ACT at under-16 and under-18 levels, captaining both teams. He was selected as an under-18 All-Australian following a stellar national carnival in 2010.
St. Thomas' qualified for a second successive final on 10 November 2019, with Cooney once again captaining the team from full-forward. He was held scoreless throughout but ended the game with a fourth winners' medal after the 1-13 to 0-14 defeat of Liam Mellows.
Stewart played for the Wellington and New Zealand Māori sides, captaining the Māori at the 1986 Pacific Cup.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood. 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908–2008, Huia Publishers, 2008. Stewart played for the New Zealand national rugby league team from 1985 until 1989.
Raymond Reginald 'Ray' Bailey (born 16 May 1944) is an English former cricketer and footballer. He was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, where he was educated and proved himself a sporting all rounder by captaining his school rugby team and playing in goal for the Bedfordshire Schools football team.
He ended his time in Turin by captaining the side to a Supercoppa Italiana victory and a Champions League final win over defending champions Ajax Amsterdam in 1996, playing alongside Del Piero and Fabrizio Ravanelli. During his four seasons with the club he totaled 102 appearances, scoring 38 goals.
A former defender, Hellemons played in the youth at SC Kruisland before he arrived at RBC Roosendaal. Between 1988 and 2005 he played 358 matches in the first team, also captaining the club, and owns the club record as the player with the highest number of played games.
Hampton demonstrated leadership in state junior teams where she was named captain of the State's Under 16 (1991), Under 18 (1993) and Co-Captain Under 21(1996) before co-captaining the Souther Suns (2003) in the National Hockey League during her time at National League level from 1995 - 2009.
The following year Huddart married Elizabeth Johnson. He took the role of captaining a brig which was used to trade along the Irish coast selling smoked fish for resale to the West Indies. Six years later he built an improved ship and studied the arts of surveying and navigation.
Peck later took a turn at captaining his own ship, the Fountain City. In 1855, Peck formed a partnership with Irvine U. Masters, beginning the firm of Peck & Masters. The new firm focused on building new vessels. Masters died in 1866, but Peck kept the name of the firm.
John King Davis (19 February 1884 – 8 May 1967) was an English-born Australian explorer and navigator notable for his work captaining exploration ships in Antarctic waters as well as for establishing meteorological stations on Macquarie Island in the subantarctic and on Willis Island in the Coral Sea.
Edward Joseph "Ted" Thorn (born c. 1896) was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative flanker who made 36 appearances for the Waratahs. He played in fifteen Test matches and was captaining the national side on thirteen occasions (six Test matches) between 1924 and 1926.
Robert Hock (born January 12, 1973) is a Czech-born German former professional ice hockey player who last played with the Hannover Indians of the Oberliga. He previously played for Heilbronner Falken in the DEL2 after seven seasons and captaining the Iserlohn Roosters in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
At the conclusion of the 1941 season, Williams enlisted in the Australian Army. He served in New Guinea and New Britain during the war, and played in several army football teams, which included captaining a team which included Bernie Naylor and other senior footballers.FOOTBALLERS ON MONDAY – The Western Mail.
He continued playing for Barbados until he was 42, captaining the side in several matches. Walcott was born at Saint Michael Parish, Barbados. He was educated at Combermere School and Harrison College. In 1923 he became games master at Harrison College, and in 1932 moved to The Lodge School.
Known for his agility and deft racket work, he was a member of four consecutive Malayan/Malaysian Thomas Cup teams (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967), captaining the last which captured the world team title.Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1983) 123, 124.
Captaining his Test team for the first time in place of the injured Steve Waugh in the Third Test in Adelaide. Gilchrist scored only 9 and 10 not out, but a ten-wicket haul from Colin Miller resulted in a hard-fought five-wicket victory for Australia.Harte, p. 746.
Henry had a successful junior career winning a number of Scottish boys titles and playing in the Jacques Léglise Trophy in 2004 and 2005, captaining the Great Britain & Ireland team on the latter occasion. He won the Scottish Stroke Play Championship in 2006. He turned professional in 2007.
Wreford-Brown was a right-handed batsman who, after captaining Charterhouse School's cricket team, later played for Gloucestershire. He made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1900 season, against Middlesex. From the tailend, he scored five runs in the only innings in which he batted.
He was the president of the QCA from 1989 to 1992. He was made a Life Member of Queensland Cricket in 2006. His cousins, Mick and Greg Veivers, both represented for Australia at rugby league, Greg captaining the national team. Mick went on to become a Queensland state politician.
Molly Fletcher was born on September 20, 1971, in East Lansing, Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University in 1993 with a B.A. in communications. She competed on the varsity tennis team from 1989-1993, captaining the team as a senior. Fletcher moved to Atlanta shortly after graduation.
He was member of the Serbia national under-19 football team and began captaining the Serbia national under-21 football team in 2013. He made his debut for the senior squad on 13 November 2015 in a friendly against Czech Republic as a 82nd-minute substitute for Nenad Tomović.
Doran played all his international rugby while representing Lansdowne, captaining the club for two seasons between 1898 and 1900.Captains of Lansdowne F.C. lansdownerugby.com His nickname within the club was Blucher, a reference to Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, as he always arrived late.Gerald Dolan player profile lansdownerugby.
Richard Huxtable (13 October 1890 – 29 August 1970)Dick Huxtable rugby union player profile Scrum.com was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Swansea captaining the team during the 1921-22 season. He won two caps for Wales both during the 1920 Five Nations Championship.
George Carter (16 February 1866 – 23 January 1945) was an English footballer and all-round sportsman who played a prominent part in the early history of Southampton Football Club, leading them to success in local cup tournaments and captaining the side in their first FA Cup match in 1891.
Bundesliga with FC St. Pauli (1984 and 1986) and VfB Lübeck (1995). In recent years, he has devoted himself more to other pursuits. He has worked as a sports teacher at diploma level and also explored his love of sailing by captaining voyages off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein.
Ryan Hamilton (born April 15, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers. He spent his last three professional seasons Captaining the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Croft has represented England at Under-16, Under-17, Under-18, Under-19 and Under-20 youth international levels, including captaining the Under-18 team. He played in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, making two appearances for England Under-20 as they finished bottom of Group D.
Andersen was a member of Lyn, and was capped 46 times for Norway,Norway - Record International Players - RSSSF the national record at the time. He participated in two Summer Olympics; Stockholm 1912 and Antwerpen 1920. Captaining the Norwegian football team in 1920, they sensationally beat Great Britain and Ireland.
After his leaving certificate he went to Maynooth College to study for the priesthood, captaining the St. Patrick's College, Maynooth side winning the Fitzgibbon Cup in 1974.Fr Pat Barry: The day Frank Murphy ordained I should play Munster final by Michael Moynihan, Irish Examiner, Sunday October 11, 2015.
Stanton was selected three times by the Scotland under-23 team early in his career. He won 16 caps for Scotland between 1966 and 1974, captaining the side three times. He also played for the Scotland under-21 team as an over-age player and represented the Scottish League.
Gaughran was selected for the Combined Universities team on many occasions. In 1967, he had the honour of captaining the team which played against "The Galahs" who were visiting Ireland for the first time as part of their first world tour. "The Galahs" were captained by Ron Barassi.
On 6 November 2010, McAuley played his 100th game for Ipswich Town, in which he scored the winner in a 2–1 win against Sheffield United. He made 127 appearance during his time at Portman Road, scoring 8 goals, while also captaining the club during the 2008–09 season.
Tony Brown is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative five-eighth, and later lock forward, he played club football in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership, captaining Newtown and later Penrith in their inaugural season.
He attended the University of Maine where he earned all-conference honors in both football (defensive back, kicker) and baseball (infielder), captaining the Black Bears in 1976 when they advanced to the College World Series. In football, he holds the Maine record for longest field goal, a 52-yarder.
Coghlan was a member of the first Ireland teams to defeat , and . She was the Ireland captain on the latter two occasions. In addition to captaining Ireland, Coghlan also captained her club team, UL Bohemians, her provincial team, Leinster and was captain of the first ever Barbarians women's team.
Sharp played first-class cricket for Leicestershire and Cambridge University in five matches between 1937 and 1946. His father, Aubrey Sharp, was a cricketer of greater renown, appearing in first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1908 and 1935 and captaining the team in 1921 and part of 1922.
Wessels was the subject of much criticism during his cricket career, especially from his country of birth, South Africa. It ranged from doubts over his ability to play one-day cricket, his "ugly" stance to his style of captaining as well as his rather serious approach to the game.
Like his older brothers, Lindsay was educated at Harrow School. He played for the school cricket team for three years, captaining it in 1928, his final year, when he averaged 55 runs per innings.Lindsey, Sir William O'Brien KBE, Obituaries in 1975, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1976. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
Sean Gerard Davies (born 15 October 1973 in Harare) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He played four ODIs for Zimbabwe in early 1996. He has since retired from international cricket and now plays club cricket in England, captaining Wimbledon CC in Surrey and coaching at King's College School, Wimbledon.
In 1908 he played in an annual game between a Francis's XI and Beaudesert C.C. playing for Francis's XI. In 1909 he returned to Waterford with another team and scored 40 runs batting at 10, and the same year he played 'holiday cricket' captaining an A.U.S.N. Company side against a side of the crew of the ship Wyreema. In 1911 he played in a Veterans match between teams of veteran cricketers from Brisbane and Ipswich, captaining the Brisbane team. In 1924 Fisher was one of several Queensland team-mates of Percy McDonnell who attended a tribute ceremony. In 1934 Fisher visited Sydney to attend a Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and New South Wales and a tennis tournament.
Educated at University College School in Hampstead, he was a prominent British junior tennis player and won the National Schoolboy title in 1948. He also played three years of junior country rugby for Middlesex, captaining an unbeaten team in his last year. He was twice the Royal Air Force tennis champion during his period of National Service which he completed before going up to St. John's College, Cambridge (1951–1954), where he gained an honours degree in History. He represented Cambridge in three winning years against Oxford, captaining the team in his last year, and twice represented Oxford and Cambridge in the biennial match against Harvard and Yale for the Prentice Cup, winning in 1952 and losing in 1954.
Frank "Genny" Gordon was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Club. Although never capped for his country he is notable for captaining Swansea over two seasons, including the 1904/05 "invincible" season. Gordon also led Swansea against the first touring New Zealand team in 1906.
Tetley played for the Richmond Rovers in the Auckland Rugby League competition.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. . Tetley represented Auckland City and Auckland Province, captaining Auckland City in 1936. He played for New Zealand in four Test matches between 1935 and 1938.
Ann Downey (born 1957 in Castlecomer, Ireland) is a retired camogie player, winner of 12 All Ireland inter-county medals, captaining the team in 1989 and 1994, and seven All-Ireland club medals with St Paul’s and Lisdowney – one more than her famous sister Angela who was suspended for one final.
France won the match, 2–1. In the final, France defeated Italy, giving Deschamps his second major honour as captain. Deschamps was succeeded by Marcel Desailly, who ranks second in captaining France the most. Desailly captained France to victory at both the 2001 and 2003 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup.
Ashfaq Abbasi was a Pakistani cricketer who played for Sukkur. Ashfaq made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1975-76 season, against Karachi Blues. Captaining the team, Ashfaq scored 4 runs in the only innings in which he batted, recorded as absent hurt in the second innings.
Tamang represented Nepal at the 2014 AFC U-16 Championship, captaining his country in the first game against Uzbekistan in the absence of regular captain Bimal Gharti Magar. Tamang also scored a headed goal in a 1-4 defeat to North Korea, a game which eliminated Nepal from the tournament.
By 1763 he underwent a career change in which he moved on from captaining ships, to settle as a merchant. He started first in vessels but The Sugar Act of 1764 affected his trade along the North American coast, and West Indies and ultimately forced him to stop trade with Madeira.
With Vladislav, Terzetta won the first ever Tsar's Cup in 1925, captaining the team to its first Championship title.На “Тича” отбелязват 90 г. от спечелването на Царската купа101 г. ПФК “Черно море” He also scored the second goal in a 2-0 victory in the final match against Levski Sofia.
This season (2013) saw the move from Old Leamingtonians Rugby Union Club to the Royals' new home at Acre Close in Whitnash, in a partnership with Whitnash Sports & Social Club (www.whitnashssc.co.uk). Rhys Horton has been given the honour of captaining the side in only his second season playing rugby league.
Railways v Vidarbha Ranji Trophy 1975/76 (Central Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013. The 1976–77 season was Imran's last at first-class level. For his final two seasons, he replaced Murthy Rajan as captain of Vidarbha, captaining the side in eight matches for five draws and three losses.
He made his debut for Iceland as a substitute for Helgi Sigurðsson in a friendly match against Slovakia in April 1997 and has been capped 19 more times since, scoring once against Liechtenstein in a World Cup qualifier in 1997, as well as captaining his side in a 2008 fixture.
Raskopoulos made his debut in a B-International for Australia at the 1980 OFC Nations Cup. He captained Australia in his full international debut for Australia in August 1981 against Indonesia in Jakarta. He played his last match for the Socceroos in 1987 having played 14 matches, captaining the team twice.
He returned to The Football League several months later in December 2000 with Torquay United, where he spent two seasons before rejoining Tiverton in 2002. One year later, he returned to Plainmoor, captaining Tiverton Town as they won Devon Bowl for a record eighth time against his former club Torquay United.
Jacobus Abraham du Rand (better known as Salty du Rand) (16 January 1926 – 27 February 1979) was a former South African rugby union footballer. He played numerous times for South Africa, including on their 1951–52 Grand Slam tour of Europe, as well as captaining them once against the All Blacks.
After the French Open, where Murray was injured again, he revealed that his bones hadn't fully grown, causing him to suffer from cramps and back problems. In November, the Aberdeen Cup was held for the second time, with Murray leading team Scotland and Greg Rusedski captaining England. Scotland won 6½–1.
He also played for France A, including captaining them. Tomas was a member of France squad at the 2008 Six Nations Championship, earning his first cap in the match with Italy, which France won by 25-13, on 9 March 2008. He currently has 5 caps for his national team.
Born and raised in Auckland, he was educated at St Peter's College where he played first XV rugby, captaining them in his senior year in 2010.St Peter's College Magazine 2010, p. 96. After graduation, he went on to play club rugby for Northcote in North Harbour's club rugby competition.
Chahed was born in Berlin and began playing football at Hertha Zehlendorf when he was six years old. He later moved on to Berliner SC, before joining 1. FC Magdeburg in 2013. Regularly captaining the team's under 19 side, Chahed made his senior league debut against Carl Zeiss Jena in May.
He played first- class cricket for Oxford University from 1900 to 1902, winning his Blue in 1900 and captaining the side in 1902, his final year at university. He played in Varsity Matches for the University, scoring 100 not out in 1901, saving the game for Oxford in the process.
Liebenberg was twice selected to represent Boland at the annual Under-18 Craven Week tournaments; in 2012, he played for them at the tournament held in Port Elizabeth and he once again played in 2013, captaining the side and scoring two tries in their match against the hosts in Polokwane.
He got two Norwegian Premier League games in 2006. In early 2007 he was loaned out to Skeid in the Norwegian First Division. Ahead of the 2008 season he joined Asker permanently. After many years there, captaining the team since 2009, he joined Mjøndalen IF ahead of the 2014 season.
Dr. John Ryan (23 March 1890 – 1 April 1943) was an Irish hurler and physician, most notable for captaining the winning Dublin team that won the 1917 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. A native of County Wexford, none of his Collegians teammates on the Dublin team were from Dublin either.
Victor Stăncescu (born March 10, 1985) is a Romanian born Swiss professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with and Captaining the Kloten Flyers in Switzerland's National League A (NLA). He participated at the 2011 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team.
Darragh Fanning (born 16 July 1986) is a rugby union player from Ireland. His preferred position is on the wing. Fanning currently plays for Irish provincial team Leinster Rugby in the Pro14. Fanning's father, Declan, is also a former Leinster senior player as well as captaining St. Mary's and Ireland 'B'.
In 2013 and 2014, Gosiewski played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs' NYC team, captaining the side in 2014. In 2015, he graduated to their New South Wales Cup team, North Sydney Bears. At the conclusion of the 2015 season, he played 18 games for North Sydney and scored 4 tries.
Cook captained the New South Wales Aboriginal cricket side at the 2006 Imparja Cup and played for the New South Wales Country team from 2007 to 2009, including captaining the side in 2008/09. Cook currently works as New South Wales Cricket Association's northern New South Wales Regional Cricket Manager.
Whilst in that country, he was able to find the time to resume his sporting career, captaining the Royal Navy football side in organised matches for a single season. Hardaker remained in Australia until the end of the war, eventually deciding to retire from playing at the age of 34.
In county cricket, Smith played for Hampshire, captaining them from 1998 to 2002, before retiring from first-class cricket in 2003. Until Kevin Pietersen (another English cricketer born in South Africa) was signed by Hampshire from Nottinghamshire in 2005, Smith was Hampshire's most successful England batsman since C. B. Fry.
Haley was born in Ireland in 1822. On June 19, 1864 he was serving as Captain of the Forecastle on the sloop of war when she sank the commerce raider off Cherbourg, France. He was awarded his Medal of Honor for gallantry under fire exhibited while captaining a ship's gun.
McAnallen won consecutive Tyrone Minor Championships with Eglish in 1996 and 1997. He won a Tyrone Intermediate Championship medal with the club in 1997. McAnallen played for UCD while studying at the university and won the Dublin Senior Football Championship medal in 2001 and 2002 captaining the team both years.
Whilst in non-League football with Luton, Jarvis was eligible to be called into the England C squad for friendlies against both Hungary under-23's and Poland under-23's in September and November 2009. He played in both, including captaining the side to a 2–1 victory in Poland.
In 2017 he stepped down from captaining the national limited-overs teams and in May 2018 announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. However, in January 2020 De Villiers expressed his intention to make an international comeback and play for South Africa in the 2020 T20 World Cup.
Damien Joyce (born 1980) is an Irish sportsperson. He played with the Galway senior inter-county hurling team, captaining them in 2011. He plays for his local club Cappataggle. In 1997 Damien won a turf footing competition in the donkey derby and won the award as the soundest legend going.
Davis went on to study at Bowdoin College, where she studied English Literature and Visual Arts, and participated in a variety of extracurricular activities, from writing for The Bowdoin Orient to captaining the tennis team. Davis went on to receive an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship at Babson’s Olin Business School.
In 2008 O'Byrne began playing for Cork Harlequins. She was encouraged to play for the club by Cliodhna Sargent, an Ireland women's field hockey international and former Mount Mercy student. At the time Sargent was playing for Harlequins and coaching Mount Mercy. O'Byrne began captaining the team aged just 19.
Andrew Robertson Irvine (born 16 September 1951) is a former President of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), and a former Scottish international rugby player.Bath, p141 He earned fifty one Scotland caps, captaining the team on fifteen occasions, and scored 250 points for .Massie, p142 He went on three British and Irish Lions tours.
He is also a coach of the Wessex Cricket School, although that has dropped in standard since his youngest son left after captaining their side for his last year. Fitzgerald is now an established member of the Dorset over 50 side and contributed a magnificent 110no against Surrey on Thursday 20 September 2012.
On June 13, 2011, Craig re-signed with the Penguins for one year. After captaining the Penguins' AHL affiliate, the Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins, for two seasons, Craig left the Penguins' organization. Unable to earn an NHL deal, he signed a one-year AHL contract with the Springfield Falcons on July 19, 2012.
He went to school in Ballyouskill, near Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, where his teacher was the father of Pádraig Puirséil, and then came to Dublin to study in St Mary's College, Rathmines, captaining their Senior Cup side. He joined the Craobh Céitinn branch of the Gaelic League in 1902 and became branch secretary.
Robert Jones made his debut as a schoolboy for Swansea in 1983 and played 286 games for Swansea from 1983 to 2002, scoring 50 tries and captaining the team in 1989/90 and 1990/91. He played for the British Lions in 1989 and in 1993. He captained Wales on five occasions.
He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He played first-class cricket for Leicestershire from 1907 to 1910, captaining the county during that period. He made 65 appearances for the county. He later served as High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1909 and as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire from 1925 to 1949.
Fawcus was born at Bromley in 1898, the son of a coal merchant and shipbroker. He was educated at Bradfield College from 1909 until 1917, captaining the football team in his final year and the Fives side for two years.Lewis P (2014) For Kent and Country, pp.171–173. Brighton: Reveille Press.
The Australian team was captained by Allan Border. It included the uncapped Matthew Hayden who made his Test debut in the first Test of the series. At the end of the series, Border, having achieved his ambition of captaining Australia in South Africa, retired from international cricket aged 38.The record-breakers retire.
Born in Yaoundé, Tawamba was a regular member of Cameroon's Elite One side Aigle Royal Menoua in the 2007–08 season. He later moved to Union Douala, spending there the 2009–10 campaign. In 2011, Tawamba returned to his former club Aigle Royal Menoua, captaining the team in the nation's Elite Two.
A sports scholar, Jonty was educated at Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire, Captaining both the 1XI football and 1XV rugby teams. After graduating from the University West of the England, Bristol, Jonty went on to study for a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism at the London College of Communication (LCC) between 2007 and 2008.
David Emms was also a notable Rugby Union player, representing Oxford University RFC in 1949 and 1950 in The Varsity Match. He went on to play for Northampton from 1951 to 1956, and the Eastern Counties from 1951 to 1957, captaining them in 1957. He played once for the Barbarians in 1952.
Unlike many of the touring party he remained in New Zealand after the tour, captaining Auckland in the first ever provincial match against Wellington on 24 August 1908. He, along with his brother, later helped form the North Shore Albions Rugby League Club - which broke away from the North Shore Rugby Club.
Retrieved 2 November 2013. Harvey is the grandson of former Australian test cricketer Merv Harvey and grandnephew of Neil Harvey who was Australia's leading run-scorer and century-maker behind Don Bradman. His younger brother, Anthony Harvey, played four games for St Kilda in 1994 before captaining Norwood to the 1997 SANFL premiership.
Dr. Lennard Stokes was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1881. He also captained his country on five occasions, notably in the first ever match against Wales. Like his brother Frederick Stokes, after captaining his country he went on to become the president of the Rugby Football Union.
Evans' brother John Evans, played seven times for Hampshire before going on to play 36 times for Kent, captaining the side in 1927, as well as playing for England in a single Test match in 1921. His father, Alfred Evans, and cousins Alfred, Dudley and William all represented Hampshire in first-class cricket.
McKeown was also a talented cricketer. He played with Bellfield Cricket Club in the HDCA, captaining and coaching the club to A Grade success. His career spanned from 1980 to 2001, amassing 6242 runs at 40.27 with 13 centuries. He was also more than handy with the ball, taking 149 wickets at 22.60.
Born in the town of Masterton, New Zealand, Shields attended Taita College in the suburb of Lower Hutt where he played first XV rugby and served as deputy head boy. After finishing high school, he began playing for Petone in Wellington's local club rugby competition while also captaining at under-20 level.
At grade cricket level, Henderson played 15 seasons for the Scarborough and South Perth Cricket Clubs, captaining and winning club champion awards at both clubs. Bowling right-arm medium pace, he led Scarborough's wicket-taking for the 1987–88 season, taking 60 wickets.In Peter’s memory – In My Community. Published 8 March 2011.
Fifteen years later, Aftab Baloch became the sixth player to score a quadruple century. Captaining Sind at the National Stadium, Karachi, Baloch scored 428 runs as his side totalled 951 for 7 declared in reply to their opponent's first innings 93. In 1988, Graeme Hick made the second quadruple century in England.
Glass made his second appearance in the ECAC's third-place game, winning 3–2 against Colgate. Captaining the team as a senior in 2006–07, Glass matched his career-high 28 points and helped Dartmouth to the third-place game once more. He finished his college career losing to the St. Lawrence Saints.
William Norton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-04-18. Norton was born at Aylesford in Kent in 1820 and was a nephew of Alfred Mynn, a signficiant figure in Kent cricket during the 1840s. Two cousins, Bradbury Norton and William South Norton, also played for Kent, the later captaining the side between 1856 and 1870.
315 who bowled "quite well enough" to be considered al allrounder.Altham HS (1925) Public School Cricket in 1922, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1925, p.299. Retrieved 2018-12-21. He played for Lord's schools against The Rest in both 1924 and 1925, captaining Tonbridge in 1925, his final year at school,Altham (1925) p.
Before and after the 2015 SummerSlam event, John Cena used the brand as a nickname for Seth Rollins (the WWE World Heavyweight Champion) on WWE's Monday Night Raw show. In 2016, Diageo created special limited edition bottles to commemorate Wes Morgan captaining Leicester City F.C. to the 2015-16 Premier League title.
In June 2016, Chemin joined Orléans, newly promoted to Ligue 2, after captaining Luçon in the third-tier Championnat National. He signed a one-year contract with an optional second. After six months with no club, he signed with Les Herbiers in December 2018. Chemin signed for Drapeau Fougères in June 2020.
He then studied at St Luke's College, Exeter. He also played cricket for Devon Colts and England Schools, including one match against his brother captaining MCC Young Professionals at Lord's. He became a teacher in Bideford and Ilfracombe, also playing Minor Counties cricket for Devon from 1959 to 1964, mainly as a batsman.
Beaumont le Maître was a French Navy officer. He fought in the Indian Ocean under Suffren during the War of American Independence, notably captaining the 64-gun Ajax at the Battle of Trincomalee from 25 August to 3 September 1782 and Saint Michel at the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783.
Charles-Alexandre de Maurville de Langle was a French Navy officer. He fought in the Indian Ocean under Suffren during the War of American Independence, captaining the 64-gun Sévère at the Battle of Trincomalee from 25 August to 3 September 1782, and at the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783.
Miranda made his full international debut for Brazil in 2009 and was a member of the squad which won the Confederations Cup that year. He also played at three Copa América tournaments and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, captaining Brazil at the Copa América Centenario in 2016 and winning the 2019 Copa América.
Médine took part in the Battle of Cape Henry on 16 March 1781, captaining the 74-gun Neptune. He was wounded in the engagement. In January or February of 1782, he was given command of the 50-gun Experiment. He captained her at the Battle of Saint Kitts on 25 January 1782.
From 2016 to 2017, Egan played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team, co-captaining the side in 2017. In August 2017, he re-signed with the Panthers on a 2-year contract until the end of 2019. In September 2017, he was named at hooker in the NYC Team of the Year.
Having played for a series of clubs, he joined Newport RFC in the 1965-1966 season. He played for the club for nearly ten years making 210 appearances, scoring 55 tries and Captaining the team between 1970 and 1972. He also played 10 times for the Barbarians, including an appearance against South Africa.
She played in six successive All Ireland finals for Tipperary winning five All Ireland medals, captaining the team in 2001,2001 Tipperary 4-13 Kilkenny 1-6 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times 2002,2002 Cork 4-9 Tipperary 1-9 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, and Irish Times 20032003 Tipperary 2-11 Cork 1-11 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner , Irish Independent, and Irish Times and captaining the team in 2004.2004 Tipperary 2-11 Cork 0-9 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner , Irish Independent, and 481 Rebelgaa.com She also won two Munster senior titles, two Munster minor titles, a County Club title, and the Tipperary Sports Person of the Year in 2004.
Retrieved 16 October 2011. He was Western Australia's first choice wicket-keeper throughout most of the 1930s, and served as vice-captain to Dick Bryant in most matches, captaining the side for one game against the MCC in 1936 when Bryant was unavailable.Western Australia v Marylebone Cricket Club, 16, 17, 19 October 1936, at the WACA Ground – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011. He played one match for a Western Australia Combined XI in 1936, featuring Jack Badcock, Stan McCabe and Clarrie GrimmettWestern Australia Combined XI v Marylebone Cricket Club, 22–24 October 1936, at the WACA Ground – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2011. In total, Lovelock played over 100 matches for West Perth and North Perth in the WACA District competition, making several centuries and captaining both clubs.
Howarth played some Test cricket with his elder brother Hedley, but most of his 47-Test career did not overlap with Hedley's. He played most of his career as a specialist batsman, captaining the team for 30 of those 47 Tests, and although his batting average of only 32 was not stunning, he did make six Test centuries. Four of those came while he was not captaining the side. In his debut series as captain, he led the side to their first Test series victory over the West Indies in 1980, when New Zealand won the first Test chasing 104 after being 73 for 8, then drew the second Test thanks to 147 from Howarth, and also survived an evenly fought third Test.
Edwards was also captaining her county Kent. Perth Scorchers, 2015 She played her 100th One-Day International on tour in Australia and led her team to victory in the one-off test match at Bowral to retain The Ashes, scoring 94 in England's first innings, and hitting the winning runs in the second. She was awarded the ICC Woman's player of the year 2008 at the ICC awards in Dubai. Edwards led the England team in the 2009 World Cup in Australia, scoring a half century and taking a career best 4 for 37 in the Super Six round victory over New Zealand, before captaining the side to a 4-wicket victory over the same opposition in the World Cup Final in Sydney.
Dick made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 6 of the 1911 season. He left the club at the end of the 1918 season. His nephews Ian and Alexander Dick played first-class cricket for Western Australia, with Ian also captaining Australia at field hockey in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
Clohessy was appointed captain of the Kilkenny team for the 1959 season. He won a fourth Leinster medal on 12 July 1959 after captaining the team to a 2-09 to 1-11 defeat of Dublin in the final. On 6 September 1959, Clohessy captained Kilkenny to an All-Ireland final meeting with Waterford.
In 1978 she was made the captain of the team. She remains the third highest wicket taker in Tests. In 1986 Edulji was refused entry to the Lord's Pavilion while captaining India on their tour of England. She quipped that the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) should change its name to MCP ("male chauvinist pigs").
Captaining the side, he won the toss and batted, and scored 59 out of Canterbury's total of 190. He hit one ball out of the ground; the stroke was later measured at 130 yards. He and Billy Frith's brother Charlie then bowled Otago out for 105 and 99, and Canterbury won by nine wickets.
Collins played 37 games in his first season at Darlington, captaining the side on several occasions, including a successful FA cup run ending at the hands of then premier league side Aston Villa. Unfortunately chronic calf cramps restricted him from staying fit and in his second season he went on loan to Oxford FC.
In the 1980s the club produced many Wallabies, including the Ella brothers. Its history has seen many of Australia's best players represent the club, including the likes of George Gregan and David Campese. In all, 93 Randwick players have pulled on a Wallaby jersey, and nine have had the honour of captaining their country.
Following that, new Director of Rugby Gary Gold also made O'Callaghan the club's Premiership captain. He signed a one-year contract extension in April 2017. O'Callaghan retired from rugby after captaining Worcester to a 44–13 win Harlequins on 28 April 2018, a result that ensured Worcester remained in the Premiership for the following season.
Ian Forsyth was born on 4 July 1946 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Daniel Stewart's College and played for the school XV from 1962–64, captaining the 1st XV in his last year. Forsyth made 376 appearances for Stewart's College FP and Stewart's Melville FP 1st XV, scoring 537 points including 123 tries.
In 2000 Dench was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. His daughter, Michelle is a distinguished Australian sportswoman. She played high level basketball before taking up Australian football playing over 100 games for her club Melbourne University. She also represented Victoria and Australia as well as captaining her club to a premiership.
Mosese Nasau Rauluni (born 27 June 1975 in Suva, Fiji) is a retired Fijian rugby union footballer. He usually plays at scrum half, and played for Saracens in the Guinness Premiership in England. He has played for Fiji, including captaining them. He is the younger brother of Jacob Rauluni and first cousin of Waisale Serevi.
Thomas Jefferson Page (January 4, 1808–October 23, 1899) was a United States Navy and Confederate States Navy officer. In 1855 his ship USS Water Witch was fired on by a Paraguayan fort, leading to the American Paraguay expedition. Page served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War, captaining the ironclad CSS Stonewall.
From 2007 to 2011, David played for the Minnesota Thunder in the United States Soccer Development Academy, captaining the team all five years. David played four years of college soccer at Saint Louis University between 2012 and 2015, and was named to the Atlantic 10's All-Conference First Team in his senior season.
He was co-captain of the U.S. at the 1993 World University games along with Claudio Reyna, scoring key goals in wins against Ireland and Australia, and notching two goals and an assist in a victory over Nigeria. Battelle also played in the 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival, captaining the North team to the Gold Medal.
Sir George Lockwood Morris, 8th Baronet (29 January 1859 - 23 November 1947) was a Welsh industrialist and iron founder. He was also an international rugby union forward who won five caps for Wales. He played club rugby for Swansea, captaining the club through two seasons, and was the first Swansea player to represent Wales.
Molinski was also involved in Golden Gloves boxing. He was the state heavyweight champion in Ohio, while also captaining the university boxing squad. He was a National Golden Glove Semi-Finalist during his amateur career. After college, Molinski served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, reaching the rank of second lieutenant.
His debut was at Tannadice Park, in a defeat against former club Dundee United. He was named the SFWA Footballer of the Year in 1988–89. Gough remained at Ibrox until 1997, captaining the side that achieved nine consecutive League titles. He won 9 league titles, 3 Scottish Cups and 6 League Cups at Rangers.
Archibald Roy Webb (May 2, 1881 – August 27, 1961) was an American football coach. He served as the sixth head football coach at Baylor University, coaching in 1905 and compiling a record of 1–6. Before coaching at Baylor, Webb attended Brown University, captaining the football team during his time there before graduating in 1905.
Bolton (1962), pp136–139. Their strong batting line-up reached 210, which Bolton claims "could not be called a formidable score." In Oxford's innings, Woods bowled at what is claimed to be the quickest of his career, collecting seven wickets. Oxford were all out for 108, and MacGregor, captaining Cambridge, enforced the follow on.
In August 2019 he was signed by Serie D club Palermo. As a regular, and also captaining the team in Mario Santana's absence, he won promotion to Serie C on his debut season with the Rosanero. On 7 September 2020, Palermo announced Martinelli was forced to retire from active football due to cardiac issues.
Courtney Oswald Browne (born 7 December 1970 in Lambeth, England) is a Barbadian cricketer. He is a right-handed wicketkeeping batsman. He is the only West Indian Test cricketer to have been born in England. Browne was captaining Barbados when he got his first call up to the West Indies side in April 1995.
He made his debut in 2013, receiving a nomination for the AFL Rising Star and was awarded the Harold Ball Memorial Trophy. He was named as Melbourne's best and fairest player in 2016, winning the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy. In 2017, he became Melbourne co-captain alongside Nathan Jones, captaining the club for three seasons.
Matar played for the Lebanon national under-23 team at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification, captaining them on one occasion. In December 2018 he was called up for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup squad for the senior team. His debut came on 8 August 2019, against Yemen at the 2019 WAFF Championship.
Two seasons later, in October 1961, Gresham also participated in the inaugural first-class fixture for the Combined Islands, captaining the team against British Guiana. He was a regular for both teams over the remainder of the decade, although he took more than two wickets in an innings on only two occasions after his debut.
He made well over 200 Southern League appearances for Millwall, captained the team, and was selected for the league's representative team to face the Scottish League XI in 1910. In 1920, he moved on, to a season captaining Central League club Rochdale before joining Fleetwood of the Lancashire Combination as player-coach in 1921.
Louis-Esprit d'Aymar was a French Navy officer. He fought in the Indian Ocean under Suffren during the War of American Independence, captaining the 64-gun Saint Michel at the Battle of Trincomalee from 25 August to 3 September 1782, and the 74-gun Annibal at the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783.
Cherchar was a member of the Algeria national under-17 football team that finished as runners-up at the 2009 African U-17 Championship and subsequently played at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. Cherchar started all three of Algeria's games in the competition, captaining the squad in the opener against Italy.
Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Roy grew up in Ardrossan. He signed for Celtic as a youngster at 16 and came through their youth ranks. Aitken was nicknamed The Bear by their supporters due to his large frame and commanding presence. Aitken broke into the Celtic first team as a teenager, first captaining the team in October 1977.
This left Australia with an unfeasible target of 266 in around and hour. The Australians reached 2/49 and the match ended in a draw.Pollard (1988), p. 370. Captaining the team, Miller took 3/19 and 1/8 in a match against South Zone in Madras, the Australians' only win on Indian soil, by six wickets.
Alfred Renfrew Richards (14 December 1867 – 9 January 1904), was a South African sportsman who represented his country at Test cricket and rugby union. Born in Grahamstown, Cape Colony and educated at The Leys School in Cambridge, Richards was capped three times for South Africa in rugby, including captaining them once and made one Test cricket appearance.
He later captained Wales in the 1979 ICC Trophy, captaining the team in three matches against the Netherlands, Israel and the United States. Wales failed to progress from their group in the tournament, although they were not eligible for qualification for the 1979 World Cup even if they had won the event. He also coached cricket at Marlborough College.
Andrew Ernest Stoddart (11 March 1863 – 4 April 1915) was an English sportsman who played international cricket for England, and rugby union for England and the British Isles. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1893. He has the unique distinction in captaining England in three distinct sports; cricket, rugby union and Australian rules football.
Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2007 He eventually left the Parkhead club in October 1923 when he joined Motherwell. A year later he moved to Third Lanark, where he retired following the 1924–25 season. Cringan was first selected for the Scottish national side on 26 February 1920, captaining the side in a 1–1 draw against Wales.
McDonagh enjoyed a lengthy club hurling career with Ballinderreen, while he also played Gaelic football with Cortoon Shamrocks and Barna. McDonagh had the honour of captaining his club Ballinderreen to the 1978 Galway Senior Hurling Championship Final. They faced neighbouring club Ardrahan. Played in Ballinasloe, the match ended in a draw, Ballinderreen 0-16 Ardrahan 2-10.
He later played with West Torrens, captaining the South Australian Football League club in 1908 and 1909.General, The (Adelaide) Evening Journal, (Thursday, 30 April 1908), p.3."Nip" Geddes Dies in Victoria, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Thursday, 8 May 1952), p.8. Appointed coach in 1914,Football: West Torrens Club, The (Adelaide) Journal, (Friday, 22 May 1914), p.1.
Fernández made several appearances for the Costa Rica national football team, captaining the side during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds. He made his international debut in the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup. Fernández also participated in the 2007 and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals. His final international was an August 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras.
The "Bucks" finished third in the North West Counties League in 2011–12 and 2012–13, and then eighth in 2013–14 and seventh in 2014–15. In 2013, he helped Bootle to win the Liverpool Senior Cup by Captaining the side and converting his penalty and in the penalty shoot-out victory over A.F.C. Liverpool. Byrne retired 2016.
Kawasumi signed with INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2008. In 2011, she was named the league's most valuable player after captaining INAC to its first league championship title. The team finished the 2011 season with a 12–3–0 record and 39 points. During the 2013 season, Kawasumi was named the league's most valuable player for a second time.
Jonathan Kieser "Poss" Miller (1899 – August 22, 1971) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania as a quarterback, captaining the 1922 Penn Quakers football team. Miller served as the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College from 1928 to 1930, compiling a record of 15–11–1.
Sakaki took quickly to Australian Football and began playing for the university's Australian Rules club, proving good enough to be selected in the national side. Michito represented the Samurai, the Japanese national Australian Rules team, captaining the side in the Australian Football International Cups in both 2002 and 2005.Anyone know Japanese for holding the ball? - Sport - theage.com.
Bokhari scored his last first-class century in the first match of the 1961–62 season, when he made 106 against Multan. He played one match for Sargodha, captaining them in the Ayub Trophy in 1964–65, when he top-scored in both innings in a low-scoring match with 17 and 45 against Combined Services.
His last first-class victim was Howland, captaining Cambridge that year. He played one Gillette Cup match for a minor county, Norfolk against Hampshire in 1965 under the captaincy of Bill Edrich, who was 49 years old at the time. Playing as an opening batsman, Blofeld top scored for his side with 60.Wisden 1966, p. 644.
He then went to Sandringham, where he played until 1980, captaining the club in his final two seasons. His son, Michael Clark, played one game for Melbourne, in '02. Wayne Bevan also played 20 games with Hawthorn '73 -'75 and then left and played for Central Districts in the SANFL, before returning to play for Dandenong in the VFA.
Captain Lucky Ryland (Peter Finch) is about to retire. There is a flashback of several years to a voyage on a ship he was captaining from South America. He is forced to give a lift to a British governess, Ruth Elton (Diane Cilento), who is returning home. Both Ryland and his second mate, Vosper (Anthony Steel), fall for Ruth.
Charles was educated at Harrow School. He was a school monitor in his final year and played in the Harrow cricket team between 1826 and 1828, playing into two Eton v Harrow matches and captaining the side in his final year at school.Dauglish MG, Stephenson PK (1911) The Harrow School Register 1800–1911, third edition, p.108.
All matches were covered live in the United States. ESPN handled Friday coverage. Mike Tirico and Andy North hosted from the 18th tower, with Curtis Strange calling holes, and on-course reporters Bill Kratzert and Judy Rankin. With Azinger, ESPN's lead analyst, captaining the U.S. team, North was moved to the booth to fill Azinger's seat.
Starting out as a in the lower grades at the Mascot Juniors RLFC, Treweek was moved into the second-row upon reaching first grade and won five premierships with South Sydney, captaining the side in the 1931 and 1932 premiership victories. All up Treweek played 120 games for Souths between 1926 and 1934. Kangaroos 1st Test 1929.
He returned from the tour and played a final season for Leicester, featuring in 24 games he top-scored with 104 points despite missing the first 13 whilst on the Lions tour. On 18 April 1931 he was given the honour of captaining the side in his final appearance, a 25–5 win against Blackheath at Welford Road.
Alistair Douglas Ross Campbell (born 23 September 1972) is a retired Zimbabwean cricketer and a former captain of the Zimbabwe national cricket team. In total he played 60 matches in his Test career, captaining Zimbabwe on 21 occasions. He also played 188 One Day Internationals, being captain in 86 of them. He retired from cricket in 2003.
Born in Wythenshawe, Palmer was a boyhood fan who joined Manchester City at under-8s level and progressed through the Academy age groups before captaining the under-18s during the 2019–20 season. On 30 September 2020, Palmer made his first team debut in the League Cup fourth round game between Manchester City and Burnley at Turf Moor.
He also played some sevens rugby, playing for the sevens team in 2009 and 2010 and captaining a South African Emerging Sevens team in the Safaricom Sevens tournament in 2011. In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup and won the tournament after winning all three matches.
She scored two goals in 21 games in the 2015–16 season. Lambert was named club captain for the 2016–17 season, first captaining the side against Nottingham Forest on the opening day of the season in August 2016. She scored twice in eight games before November 2016, when she departed to join FA Women's Super League club Sunderland.
Cook attended the Stanford University from 2015 to 2018 where she got a degree in symbolic systems and was a four year starter for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team, captaining the team in her final two seasons. She was notably named as Pac-12 Conference Defender of the Year and a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist in 2018.
Peter Gordon Fulton (born 1 February 1979) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played for Canterbury at domestic level. He comes from a well recognised cricketing family with his uncle Roddy Fulton playing and captaining both Canterbury, Northern Districts, and New Zealand A from 1972–1985. He retired from first-class cricket in April 2017.
Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. Souths and Canberra Brennan switched to the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1981 and played 41 first grade matches over two seasons. He returned to Queensland in 1983 and played with the Redcliffe Dolphins and captaining them until 1985. In 1986 Brennan returned to the NSWRL with the Canberra Raiders.
Wilson was born in Bourne, Lincolnshire, the son of the Revd. Plumpton Stravenson Wilson,Profile of brother Charles and the younger brother of Charles Plumpton Wilson. Their sister Mary was the mother of Archbishop Michael Ramsey. He was educated at Rossall School and played for the school XI between 1894 and 1896, captaining the side in 1896.
Stig Fredriksson (born 6 March 1956 in Sorsele, Sweden) is a former Swedish football defender. He played for IFK Göteborg during a large part of his career, winning two UEFA Cups (1982 and 1987), as well as four Swedish Championships with the club. He also played 56 matches for the national team, captaining 15 of them.
Peter Short (born 20 June 1979 in Liverpool, England) was a rugby union footballer who played as a lock forward predominantly for Bath in the Aviva Premiership. He began playing rugby at Adams' Grammar School, in Shropshire, captaining the team from the no. 8 position. He went on to attend UWIC, before moving to Loughborough University.
Haran accepted a college soccer scholarship from Wake Forest University, where she played four seasons for the Demon Deacons. During her time at Wake Forest she made 66 starts in 67 appearances, captaining the team in the final two seasons and playing every game during that spell. Haran went on to become a four year letter winner.
Graham was appointed captain-coach of New Norfolk in 1970 and won the William Leitch Medal two years later. He had the distinction of captaining Tasmania at the 1972 Perth Carnival. From 1973 to 1976 he coached Ulverstone and steered them to the 1976 Tasmanian State Premiership. He finished his coaching career in Queensland with Windsor-Zillmere.
On 23 May 2009 he scored his 1000th goal (and 1001st) against Lovat in a MacTavish Cup Semi-final. As well as captaining Scotland, he has popularised the wearing of safety helmets amongst young players. He is employed as a shinty development officer by the Camanachd Association. Ross was appointed under-21 Scotland manager for 2012.
He became a more regular member of Yorkshire's one-day and Twenty20 sides, and played six one day internationals for England's Under 19s, captaining that team. In November 2007, he signed a new three-year contract with Yorkshire. In December 2009, Anthony McGrath resigned from his post as Yorkshire captain, with Gale being named as his replacement.
He was given the honor of captaining the team by coach Jean Gallice. He scored one goal during the qualification process against Romania in a 3–0 victory. The victory assured qualification to the tournament. At the tournament, held in the Ukraine, M'Vila appeared in all three group stage matches helping France reach the semi-finals.
Stanford was the tournament's top point scorer at the USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship in 2006. After retiring from international rugby, Stanford represented Team USA at the 2013 World Maccabiah Games in Israel, captaining the USA Rugby squad to Gold in 7s and Bronze in XVs. He was named MVP of the inaugural 7s tournament.
Reginald Francis Popham (8 January 1892 – 9 September 1975) was an English first-class cricketer and footballer. Popham was born at Kensington and educated at Repton School, before going up to Hertford College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played football for Oxford University, captaining them in 1914. He also gained two England amateur international caps in 1914.
Andy Halliday reacts to captaining Rangers, HITC, 21 September 2016 He played the full game, scoring the second goal in a 5–0 win, while Barton had his contract with the club terminated a few months later. Halliday's appearances became less frequent under new manager Pedro Caixinha, and Rangers finished the season in third place behind Aberdeen and Celtic.
He was released upon the conclusion of the 2014 season, a casualty of the club's transition to Major League Soccer. On November 19, Woszczynski signed with Arizona United SC. In the 2015 season, he led Arizona United in minutes played while captaining the team. He also set the USL single season record for saves in a season (130).
He first joined the S.League in 2011, playing for Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore), captaining the side. He won the 2011 Singapore League Cup in penalty shootouts against Hougang United after a goalless draw at the end of Extra Time. The first silverware in the team's history. Shimpei made the second attempt; Jordan Webb's miss proved costly.
The Mostar native previously wore the black and white jersey of FK Partizan, as well as captaining the Yugoslav national team. Brozović was offered the position of player-manager which he accepted, turning his attentions to promoting the team to the Yugoslav First League. FK Sarajevo first entered the top-flight Yugoslav First League after eliminating Belgrade club Sloga.
Jack Robert Skeen (23 December 1928 – 28 September 2001) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker, Skeen represented Auckland at a provincial level, captaining the side from 1954 to 1957. He played just one match the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, a test against the touring Australian team at Wellington in 1952.
He played for Wellington from 1945/46 to 1949/50, then when the Central Districts side was formed he played for them from 1950/51 to 1958/59, captaining the side from 1953/54 until he retired. In 1952/53 he and Ian Leggat added 239 for the ninth wicket for Central Districts against Otago in Dunedin.
Batting and fielding for Islamabad, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1998/99 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 May 2015. Naved also made his first-class captaincy debut, captaining Islamabad in three consecutive matches late in the season. The following season, he briefly captained Islamabad in both formats, but was later dropped from the side altogether as his form deteriorated.
The club can buy a lot of new players but taking his number will be a hard thing to accomplish. By June 2010, Delgado started to train with Beşiktaş J.K. again. At the beginning of 2010/2011. season Delgado was in first eleven again captaining the team on four occasions and scoring four times in the process.
Zagatti started his career at A.C. Milan. He played in their youth team, before making his senior debut in a Serie A game against S.S. Lazio, on 1 June 1952. He went on to spend his whole career with the Rossoneri, later captaining the squad, and winning four Scudetti, one European Cup and one Latin Cup.
Two of his brothers, Ronnie and Godfrey, also played first-class cricket for Kent. All three played in just one match together for the county, against Lancashire at Dover in August 1925, with Jack captaining the Kent side. Ronnie shared the Kent captaincy with Bryan Valentine in 1937.Bryan, Ronald Thurston, Obituaries in 1970, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1971.
Sarah Louise Illingworth (born 9 September 1963) is a former New Zealand cricketer. Illingworth played in six women's Test matches, captaining New Zealand in them all, racking up six draws. New Zealand won 18, lost 10 and had one no result in the 29 women's one-day internationals she captained New Zealand in. She was born in Lancaster, England.
Edward Kewley (20 June 1852 -- 17 April 1940) was an English sportsman who played rugby union for England and also played first-class cricket for Lancashire. He captained England three times, and was the first captain to be drawn from the north of England as well as captaining England in the first ever 15-a-side international.
Kewley not only had the distinction of playing for and captaining his country in rugby. His sporting prowess saw him selected to play for Lancashire as a right-handed batsman. Kewley made his only first-class appearance against Kent in 1875. He scored just three runs with the bat and took one catch during the game.
He gained his cricket and hockey blues, captaining the university hockey team. A middle-order batsman, his highest score was 53 not out against Surrey in 1953. He also played hockey for Middlesex. After finishing his studies he was employed by the meat suppliers Borthwick and Sons for 23 years, including periods in Australia and New Zealand.
In the same year was given the honour of captaining the British team in the European Championships in Berne. It was at these championships that Jones was again part of a 100-metre relay, silver medal team. On this occasion the team comprised Jones, George Ellis, Kenneth Box and Brian Shenton, losing in the final to Hungary.
He spent three seasons with The Terrors, captaining the side in 2000–01. He was then signed by Wigan Athletic of the then English Second Division for £500,000 in 2001. De Vos captained the side to its promotion to the First Division in 2002–03 and was named in that season's PFA Division Two Team of the Year.
Adams was called into the Jamaican squad for the 1984/85 season as a teenager and enjoyed a good if unspectacular start to his first-class career. He continued his cricket career for a couple of years after the year 2000, captaining South African provincial team Free State and making guest appearances for Lashings World XI in England.
Jacob "Jokko" Berner (8 January 1900 – 6 August 1941) was a Norwegian footballer. He was born in Kristiania. He played football for SFK Trygg and was capped 25 times for Norway between 1923 and 1930, captaining the team on three occasions. He was also capped four times in bandy and became Norwegian champion in ice hockey in 1935.
In 1921 Ifwersen switched codes, playing rugby union. He immediately returned to the rep team, captaining the combined Auckland-North Auckland side against South Africa in his first game back and scoring the only try. Ifwersen played in one test match for the All Blacks during the 1921 South Africa tour of the country.Karl Ifwersen scrum.
He was highly successful in the Brisbane competition. In March 1941, he took 8 for 28 and 9 for 33 for Western Suburbs against Valley. In 1942-43, captaining Western Suburbs, he set a Queensland Cricket Association record for the most wickets in a season, 107 at 8.79. In September 1945, he took 6 for 2 against Valley.
Michael Bolt (born 6 February 1961) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played in the NSWRL Premiership for the Illawarra Steelers,Michael Bolt at yesterdayshero.com.au also captaining the club. Bolt was a durable who played in 187 consecutive grade matches, a then record in the NSWRL Premiership.
Patamada Belliappa (24 March 1940 - 19 February 2020) was an Indian cricketer. He played in 94 first-class matches for Tamil Nadu from 1959 to 1974, scoring more than 4,000 runs and captaining the side. In January 1963, he scored 104 runs for South Zone against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), during England's tour to India.
Some records suggest that Joshua, while captaining the whaler Ganges, sighted and named Gardner Island in the Phoenix Group in 1825, probably naming it after U.S. Congressman Gideon Gardner, the owner of Ganges.Stackpole, p Alternative sources claim the island was sighted by whaler Joshua Gardner, also reported to have captained Ganges in 1825.Dunmore 1992, p. 115.
Hussain was a good seamer with pace who played a lot of club cricket. He made his single first-class appearance, during the 1969–70 Quaid- i-Azam Trophy for Kalat against Quetta. Captaining his team, he scored 12 runs in the match. As a right-arm medium-fast bowler, Hussain took 2 wickets for 64 runs.
Hogan began playing hurling with his local club, Lorrha-Dorrha, at a young age. He won two under-14 'B' championship medals in 1976 and 1977 with his club. Hogan subsequently won a North Tipperary under-21 'B' medal in 1983. He also won two North Tipperary senior hurling championship medals, captaining his side to the title in 1989.
Chamorin made his debut for France in 1989 against New Zealand. He went on to play in seventeen test matches for France, including against the 1994 Kangaroos. His last match was at the 1995 World Cup, against Western Samoa. Chamorin played in Super League I and Super League II for Paris Saint-Germain, captaining the side.
A Ponsonby player in the Auckland Rugby League competition, Delgrosso was first selected for the New Zealand side in 1921. He made his Test debut against Great Britain in 1924 and went on to play in nine Test matches.DELGROSSO, Frank August - 1921, 1925-28 nzleague.co.nz This included captaining New Zealand in the second and third Test matches in 1924.
Rohan lives with his mother in England and his father lives in India. Vicky has been captaining the Indian cricket team against the Pakistani cricket team in a tournament called the 'Aman Cup.' Every year, for 8 years, India has lost all matches. To win, Vicky pretends to have a heart attack and asks Rohan to come to India.
Liza 'Bird' Burgess is a Welsh women's rugby union player who was a member of the 2018 World Rugby Hall of Fame class of inductees. Nicknamed Bird, her career spanned three decades, which included participating in the Wales Women's first-ever international in 1987, captaining Wales 62 times, playing in four World Cups, and coaching in two World Cups.
Allen was born in Oamaru, New Zealand. He was educated in Christchurch (though he did not attend secondary school), and played for the Linwood club. After captaining the Canterbury Colts in 1938, he was selected for Canterbury in 1939. During World War II Allen served as a lieutenant in the 27th and 30th Battalions in the Pacific and Italy.
Born to a cricketing family, his father Major General Bertram Heyn was also a cricketer for the All Ceylon team. Heyn began his cricket career at St Peter's College in Colombo, where he represented the school from 1961 to 1964, captaining in 1964. He also represented Colombo Schools against the Indian Schoolboys in that same year.
Graham Gooch played in all three of England's Cricket World Cup final defeats, captaining the team in 1992. Andrew Strauss' score of 158 in the 2011 Cricket World Cup is the highest score by any England batsman at a World Cup. James Anderson hold the record for most England World Cup appearances, joint with Alec Stewart. Both have played in 25 matches.
Hegarty represented his country between 1979 and 1983, captaining the side against Northern Ireland in his eighth and final appearance for Scotland. He is widely regarded as one of the best central halves to have never been a regular for Scotland. He also turned out for the under-21 side as a permitted over-age player and represented the Scottish League.
Vete was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Tongan descent. Vete was educated at Saint Kentigern College, playing rugby union and captaining their first XV to the Auckland title. Vete switched to rugby league in 2012, signing with the New Zealand Warriors and playing in their under 20's side while studying towards a Bachelor of Physical Education.
Philip Dansken Ross was born in Montreal to parents Christina Chalmers Dansken and Montreal accountant Philip Simpson Ross. Ross studied at McGill University as a science major in 1875. At McGill, Ross played for the football and rowing clubs, later captaining the McGill football club to victory against Harvard University in the first Canada-U.S. international football game in 1878.
Peter Marker (born 21 March 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with and captained Glenelg in the SANFL during the late 1960s and 1970s, captaining the Tigers to the 1973 SANFL premiership, in what was the last SANFL Grand Final played at Adelaide Oval until the return of the premiership deciding game in 2014, some 41 years later.
On 19 July 2013, Smith rejoined Gateshead, managed by his brother Anth, after a trial spell during pre season. On 31 January 2014, Smith had his contract cancelled to allow him to pursue his career abroad. He landed in Australia where he joined Holland Park Hawks, captaining the side to consecutive promotions. In 2017, he left the club midseason to join Peninsula Power.
Holody attended University of Michigan. During his college career, Holody played with USL Premier Development League side Michigan Bucks between 2006 and 2008. Holody's time with the Bucks was very successful as he helped the side to the 2006 PDL North American championship before captaining the team back to a finals appearance in 2007 and the PDL Regular Season title in 2008.
Roger Merrett (born 19 April 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in two Victorian Football League premiership sides with the Essendon Football Club in the mid-1980s before moving to the fledgling Brisbane Bears, later captaining the new club for seven seasons. He was the last VFL/AFL player from the 1970s to retire from professional football.
After another titanic battle in the replay, McDonagh's side unfortunately lost by 2-14 to 2-18. Towards the latter end of his hurling career, Joe had the honour of captaining his side to win the Galway Junior B hurling Championship in 1996. The win was all the more special to him as his teenage son Eoin was playing alongside him.
Dorward was born in 1925 in Galashiels. He was educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose, and Sedbergh School in Cumbria, where he was head boy. Dorward proceeded to St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a degree in French and German. He played rugby for Cambridge University R.U.F.C. for three seasons, winning three blues and captaining the team in his final year.
Atkinson began riding motorcycles at the age of thirteen.Sandys, Leonard (1948) Broadside to Fame! The Drama of the Speedways, Findon, p. 15 He rode in trials and grasstrack before taking up speedway in 1928 with Blackpool. In 1929 he joined Leeds, captaining the team, and in 1930 won the Western Australia Championship. In 1930 he joined the Johnnie Hoskins- managed Wembley Lions.
George Sturgis “Bill was comfortable captaining both sail and powerboats. He won the Los Angeles to Tahiti race in 1956 on his sailboat, Jada, and proceeded to spend six months diving and filming the remote islands in the South Pacific.” – BILL STURGIS COURIER CITE Residing in San Diego, JADA can be seen at the annual Festival of Sail and Tall Ship Festival.
He played both sports for Cambridge University, where he attended Jesus College, between 1898 and 1902, gaining Blues in both sports and captaining the University football team in the 1901 varsity match.Blaker, Mr Richard Norman Roswell M. C. - Obituary, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1951. Retrieved 2016-02-17.Death Of R. N. R. Blaker, The Times, 1950-09-16, p.7.
Kriegner is an avid sailor and has sailed across the Atlantic and also across the United States, north to south, navigating rivers and lakes. When moving from Europe to the United States, she did so by captaining a 32 ft Catamaran and crossing the Atlantic ocean first. After spending time in the Caribbean, she eventually moved to New York City.
He retained the captaincy for the following season and played four matches for Tonga in 2002. Following captaining them in a number of internationals in 2003, he then led Tonga at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. In 2004 he was the captain of the Pacific Islanders rugby union team that played a series of matches against southern nations.
Sio played junior league for the Marist Saints before he was signed by the New Zealand Warriors. He played for the Junior Warriors in the Holden Cup, captaining the side in 2013. At the end of the 2013 season he was awarded the Sonny Fai Medal as the Junior Warriors' player of the year.Vodafone Player of the Year: Michael Sio warriors.co.
He was 37 at the time of his last match. In Toronto club cricket, Prashad switched clubs in 1990, transferring from Overseas to Vikings and subsequently captaining his new side to two titles early in the decade. Aged only 41, he died at Peel Memorial Hospital in October 2000, having earlier been diagnosed with a brain tumour.Geoff Edwards (28 October 2000).
Hamilton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Ann and Ronnie, both physical education teachers. Her father is known for captaining Scotland's volleyball team for over two decades, and for his work as the Scottish Schools' FA President. She has an elder brother, Stewart, who represented Scotland at badminton. Hamilton herself became an international-class badminton player, representing Scotland at under-16 level.
Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a former Swedish female football player. She was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was known as Victoria Svensson until she married Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and added her surname to her own.
O'Neill was a regular for Northern Ireland, captaining the side at the 1982 World Cup in Spain which reached the second group stage and included defeating the host nation in Valencia. He played 64 times and scored eight goals for Northern Ireland between 1971 and 1984. He also won the British Home Championship twice as a player, in 1980 and 1984.
Wally Hammond has scored 22 centuries in Test cricket. Wally Hammond was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played for England between 1927 and 1947, including captaining them for 20 matches between 1938 and 1947, and made 22 centuries in international cricket, all in Tests. he sits joint sixtieth in the list of century-makers in international cricket.
Following a muscular problem that kept him out for one match, Kirchhoff returned to the starting line–up as captain, as FC Magdeburg drew 1–1. This was followed up by captaining three matches. However, he, once again, suffered two more injuries that kept him out for the rest of the 2018–19 season. However, the club were relegated to 3.
Gareth Lloyd Rees (born 30 June 1967 in Duncan, British Columbia) is a former Canadian international rugby union footballer who played at fly-half and full back positions.Gareth Rees player profile ESPN Scrum.com Rees played for several British club sides, including Wasps and Harlequins. He won 55 caps for Canada, captaining them on 23 occasions and scoring 487 test points.
Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas (born 29 September 1957) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer. He played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995, captaining them from 1985 to his retirement. Nicholas was born in Westminster, London. A grandson of Fred Nicholas (who captained Essex County Cricket Club), he was educated at Bradfield College where he was coached in cricket by John Harvey.
His favourite Villa game was his first start of the season on 19 March 1966, 5-5 draw away at Tottenham Hotspur, three days before his 37th birthday. His last game at Villa Park was on 6 April 1966 when he scored when captaining his team in a 1-1 draw against Manchester United."ASTON VILLA 1965/66 results" footballsite.co.
This led to an agreement struck between Laçi and Skënderbeu to allow Vuçaj to be sent out loan for the European qualification campaign. In the beginning of the 2012–13 season, it was reported that Vucaj became the captain of Laçi, which is going to make him the youngest player in the Superliga with the honor of captaining a team.
Singh played for Chandigarh Dynamos in the inaugural season of the Premier Hockey League in 2005. He played for Hyderabad Sultans in the next three seasons till 2008, captaining the side. His brother Didar Singh, a drag flick specialist also played for the Indian team, Haryana and Chandigarh Dynamos. In 2010, he was included in the 18-men FIH All-Star team.
Dockar-Clay played 78 games for the Parramatta Eels in the National Youth Competition from 2012 to 2015, scoring 34 tries, kicking 40 goals and 1 field goal. Dockar-Clay represented the Junior Kiwis on three occasions between 2013 and 2015, captaining the team in 2015. In June 2015, he signed a contract with the Penrith Panthers starting in 2016.
Attempting to befriend Rob on the basketball court after school, Tre learns about a local basketball tournament, the Blacktop Battle, which Rob is captaining for Westbury. Tre arrives at the Blacktop Battle where Westbury is being handily defeated by their crosstown rival. Joining the game, Tre wins the game and impresses Rob, but antagonizing his friends with his selfish play.
Nobbs was called into the England U-15 squad as a 12-year-old. Aged 13, she captained England U-15s against Wales U-15s and scored in a 2–0 victory. At the age of 14, Nobbs had progressed to captaining England's U-17 team. Nobbs then captained England to fourth place at the 2008 Under-17 World Cup in New Zealand.
Glennie was born in Toronto, Ontario. He had an outstanding junior career with the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association, eventually captaining the team to the 1967 Memorial Cup. As a PeeWee he was coached by future Toronto Maple Leafs coach Roger Neilson. After junior Glennie joined the Canadian National Team program run by Father David Bauer for the 1967-68 season.
After captaining the Olyroos at the Sydney Olympics, Emerton joined Feyenoord in August 2000 for a fee of £415,000, winning a UEFA Cup winners medal in May 2002. (although Emerton himself was banned for the final match) and being named the 2002 Oceania Footballer of the Year. He made a total of 111 league and cup appearances for Feyenoord, scoring eleven goals.
Thomas appeared for the Jamaican U-20's in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina and looked poised to break into a major role with the Jamaica national team, while captaining the 2004 Olympic squad. He currently has 49 caps, and has represented the team at every level. He captained the Jamaica national team to the 2010 Caribbean Championship in Martinique.
Ernest Edwin "Bert" Smith (born 4 January 1896, date of death unknown) was a professional footballer who played for Cardiff and then Middlesbrough and Watford. He was born in Donegal. He was capped four times by Ireland, captaining the team against England in 1922. Smith was born of English parents and his father worked as a lighthouse keeper in Donegal.
England under-19s in 2012 Chalobah made his England under-16 debut at the age of 13 in October 2008, and his England under-17 debut aged 14 in July 2009. He won the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and later captaining the team at the age of 15. Chalobah made his England under-19 debut in September 2011.,"Nathaniel Chalobah".
Brabourne Stadium also hosted two One day games between India A and England in early 2017. M.S. Dhoni was the captain of the India A team, the last time he was captaining a team. The stadium was filled to capacity and even though it was a warm up game. England were victorious in the first match while India A won the second game.
When not playing for the national team, Ashraful plays domestic cricket for the Dhaka Division cricket team in Bangladesh's domestic one-day and first-class competitions, captaining both sides on occasion. In 2014 the Bangladesh Cricket Board banned him for eight years after he was found guilty of match-fixing. The ban was later reduced to 5 years with 2 years suspended.
For his selection of sailing master, Hall first turned to Sidney Ozias Budington, then to George Emory Tyson. Both initially declined due to prior whaling commitments. When those commitments—Budington's first, followed by Tyson's—fell through, Hall named Budington as sailing master and Tyson as assistant navigator. Budington and Tyson had decades of experience captaining whaling vessels between the two of them.
Andreas Wolf (Cyrillic: Андрей Андреевич Вольф, romanized: Andrey Andreyevich Volf; born 12 June 1982) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent nine seasons at 1. FC Nürnberg captaining the team for many years before leaving for Werder Bremen in the summer of 2011. In January 2012, he moved to AS Monaco where he played until summer 2014.
After returning with an ankle injury from active duty 1943, Johnson played no football until 1946, by which time he was in dispute with United over his contract. Handed a free transfer, Johnson joined Lincoln City in March 1946, captaining their 1947–48 season promotion side, and making 75 league appearances before retiring in 1949 and becoming Lincoln's Yorkshire scout.
Lowry played one first-class cricket match, captaining Hawke's Bay to victory over Taranaki in 1892.Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1891-92 He constructed a cricket ground, "The Grove", on his property, which is still in use.Francis, p. 25. He helped the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association bring out leading English professionals, including Albert Trott and Jack Board, to coach local players.
John Grono (c.1763–4 May 1847) was a settler, sailor, ship builder, ship captain, sealer, whaler and farmer who migrated to Australia in 1799 from Wales. Captaining the ship , he would later go on to be the first European to fully explore and name parts of the southwestern coast of New Zealand's south island including Milford Sound, Bligh Sound and Elizabeth Island.
However, following the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Rashid Khan was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats. Therefore, Rahmat was replaced before captaining the team in a Test match. In September 2019, in the one-off Test between Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Rahmat became the first batsman for Afghanistan to score a century in Test cricket.
After getting released by Nice, Sneijder joined Qatari club Al-Gharafa. He made his debut on 12 January 2018, captaining the team and giving an assist in the league 2–1 win over Al Ahli Doha at the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium. On 12 August 2019, Sneijder announced his decision to retire from football, and begin working for FC Utrecht.
Acton led the Wild Wings in total points with 55 (16 goals, 39 assists) in 46 games, which ranked him third in the DEL regular season. After captaining the Wild Wings in the 2017–18 season, Acton left at the conclusion of his contract to sign a three-year deal with fellow DEL club, the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers, on April 26, 2018.
Eimear Brannigan is a camogie player. She won All-Ireland Junior titles with Dublin in 2005 and 2006 captaining the side in 2005. She won an All Star award in 2007 and has a senior interprovincial honour with Leinster. She holds 10 Dublin Senior League titles with her club St Vincents, as well as 5 Championship medals and 1 Leinster Club title.
Sir Brian James Lochore (3 September 1940 – 3 August 2019) was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach who represented and captained the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. He played at number 8 and lock, as well as captaining the side 46 times (18 of those tests). In 1999, Lochore was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
On March 24, 2016, the IIHF announced it had approved a request to allow Bochenski, Nigel Dawes and Dustin Boyd to play for Kazakhstan at the 2016 IIHF World Championship. His last international tournament was the 2019 Division IA World Championship. Captaining Kazakhstan he helped the team win the tournament and earn promotion to the top level for the 2020 World Championship.
It was the first ever century for Scotland in ODI cricket. He had a largely disappointing Cricket World Cup in 2007 although he had the privilege of captaining his side for their second group match against South Africa. The opposing captain was his ex-school mate Graeme Smith. After the tournament Watson was given the job full-time, replacing Craig Wright as captain.
After four years with EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League, Greger returned to Sweden in 2008 to play with Mora IK in the HockeyAllsvenskan. After captaining his second year with Mora, Artursson retired from professional hockey on 13 March 2010 after his final game against Almtuna IS to take up a post as a vendor in a sports company.
Scotland in March 2011 Having represented Brazil at Under-20 level, and captaining them at the 2009 South American Youth Championship, Sandro made his full debut for the Brazilian national team as a substitute in a World Cup qualifier against Chile on 9 September 2009. He was named as 1 of 7 back-up players to the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.
From 2015 to 2016, Tatola played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team, co-captaining the side in 2016. On 7 May 2016, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis. In 2017, he graduated to the Tigers' Intrust Super Premiership NSW team. In December 2017, he signed a 1-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2018.
Jenny Ferguson is a retired New Zealand netball player. Ferguson played domestic netball with the Otago Rebels from 2000–02 and the Southern Sting from 2003–07, captaining the side in 2007. She is also a former New Zealand A captain. Ferguson announced her retirement from all aspects of netball after the Sting won the 2007 National Bank Cup against the Northern Force.
Featuring scarcely in the 2009 Norwegian Premier League campaign, he went on to Lyn. However, the club went bankrupt after ten matches of the 2010 Norwegian First Division and Strømnes moved to Sweden and Åtvidaberg. From 2012 to 2017 he played for Strømmen, amassing 166 league games and captaining the team. In December 2017 he moved to Bekkestua and soon after joined Stabæk.
Kane Douglas is the middle brother of three sons born to Christopher and Patricia (Trish) Douglas. His older brother, Luke Douglas is an Australian-born Scotland rugby league footballer. Younger brother Jake plays in England for the Yorkshire side Driffield RUFC. Kane Douglas played his junior rugby with the Yamba Buccaneers, captaining the Under 17 team to a premiership in 2006.
The 2011–12 season was again another successful season for Pritchard, again surpassing the 200 point mark in the league, as well as captaining the side to the s of the Championship for the second year running only to be beaten by eventual winners London Welsh. For the third time in his career he was named Player of the season for the club.
Bruce's chosen life as an explorer, his unreliable sources of income and his frequent extended absences, all placed severe strains on the marriage, and the couple became estranged around 1916. They continued to live in the same house until Bruce's death. Eillium became a Merchant Navy officer, eventually captaining a Fisheries Research Ship which, by chance, bore the name Scotia.
Mark Lisle (born 12 August 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Following his VFL career, he played five seasons with Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association, captaining the club from 1991 until 1993 and being named on the interchange bench in the club's Team of the Century.
Moberly was educated at Rugby School, before going to Balliol College, Oxford. He won a blue for rugby in 1872 and until 1874 played for the university. This included the first ever Varsity Match against Cambridge in 1872, with Moberly captaining Oxford to victory. He also played two first-class cricket matches for Oxford, against the Gentlemen of England in 1870 and 1872.
Ned L. McDonald (January 2, 1910 – February 8, 1977) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia from 1953 to 1955. He played college football at the University of Texas from 1937 to 1939 under head coach Dana X. Bible, captaining in 1939. McDonald died of a heart attack in 1977.
Barron described his style of play as a power forward who tries to "bring pucks to the net and protect pucks." While captaining the Saints hockey team, Barron also played soccer where he was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) at the CAIS National Soccer Championship. Barron also played five games in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Sioux City Musketeers.
Jacobs played a club record 470 games for Northampton over a 17-year period and appeared 29 times for England - captaining them for his final two games in 1964. After retiring from playing, Jacobs remained involved in Rugby and became president of the Rugby Football Union in 1983 and was tour manager during the controversial 1984 England rugby union tour of South Africa.
Lakhajirajsinhji would play two further first-class matches: one in 1912, for Hindus in the Bombay Quadrangular, and one in 1922, captaining a combined Hindus and Muslims side against a combined Europeans and Parsees side. The latter match was his most successful, and included the first three wickets of his opponents' first innings, on the way to career-best figures of 3/77.
The Sixers' inaugural captain was Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin. Both Steve Smith and Moises Henriques have also spent time captaining the team. Competing in the inaugural Big Bash League, the Sydney Sixers went on to win the tournament. After finishing third in the regular season games, the Sixers defeated the Hobart Hurricanes in the semi-final at Bellerive Oval.
Born in Lacken, Mayo to Dublin parents, Doris' first involvement with rugby was with Ballina. He attended boarding school from the age of 12 onwards at Blackrock College in Dublin, where he was a member of the victorious Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup team in 2014 as well as captaining the 2016 side. Doris currently studies psychology at University College Dublin.
He earned his first cap in 2000 against The Netherlands. In 2004, Freixa was named Talent of the Year by the International Hockey Federation and won the Champions Trophy with Spain in Lahore. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament, captaining the side. He played for the Spanish national team until 2014.
Dymond began his career with Crystal Palace, moving on loan to Barnet in March 2014. After captaining the Crystal Palace under–21 team, he was offered a new contract by the club in May 2015. In January 2016 he joined Newport County on a one-month loan. Following his release from the Eagles, Dymond signed for Bromley on 5 August 2016.
Edy-Nicolas Boyom (born 12 December 1988) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a defender. Boyom began playing football with Sable FC, captaining the side during the 2009 Elite One season. Boyom played abroad in Angola with C.R.D. Libolo, and despite signing a contract to play in Portugal with Moreirense F.C. he returned to Libolo before appearing for the club.
India toured West Indies after the World Cup with captain MS Dhoni rested and vice-captain Virender Sehwag injured. Gautam Gambhir was named the captain for the One- dayers and T20's with Raina as his deputy. But due to injury Gambhir was ruled out, with Raina captaining with Harbhajan as his deputy. India won the series, but Raina averaged just 16.4.
He played in two Varsity matches for Oxford University as well as captaining them. He played nine times for Ireland between 1989 and 1991 as a fly-half. For the 1990/91 season he played club rugby for Leicester Tigers in England. He later played rugby league for Balmain Tigers (1991 to 1993) and Eastern Suburbs (1994) in the NSWRL competition.
Kimber was an excellent grade cricketer, captaining the Adelaide University Cricket Club. During the 16 years he played for the club, he won three A grade premierships. During this time he also played two matches for South Australia where he was the 538th person to represent the state. Adam still enjoys a close relationship with the Adelaide University Cricket Club as its president.
Born in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1874, MacMillan lived in Freeport, Maine after the deaths of both his parents in 1883 (his father died while captaining a Grand Banks fishing schooner) and 1886 (his mother died suddenly), and was educated at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, graduating in 1898 with a degree in geology. He later taught at Worcester Academy from 1903 to 1908.
Richard Jones (born 22 October 1973) is a cricketer. He started well, captaining the New Zealand Under-19s cricket team in 1993/4. He went on to represent the full senior side in one Test match and five One Day Internationals. Representing Auckland in a match against Wellington, he scored a century – the day before his wedding to Kelly Herbert.
50 Poching represented the Junior Kiwis in 1991 and 1992, captaining the side in 1992. He joined the Auckland Warriors in 1995, however he only played two games for the club however and was not re-signed for the 1996 season. Poching played for Western Samoa at the 1995 World Cup, and also captained Samoa during their 2000 World Cup.
He failed to agree a deal with Widnes and subsequently joined the Wests Tigers, captaining their premier league side Balmain Tigers in 2004. Henderson joined Castleford Tigers for the 2005 season after their relegation from the Super League. He spent 4 seasons at the club. Henderson captained the side twice to promotion to the Super League in 2005 and 2007.
McCumber attended the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Florida Gators men's golf team, All American and participated in a total of 43 events during his four years, captaining the Gators golf team in his final two seasons. During his college career, McCumber regularly finished in the top ten of events but failed to achieve a win.
He won The Courier-Mail Best and Fairest Cup in 1954.The Courier-Mail, "Code award to Sanders", 7 September 1954. p. 12The Sunday Mail, "The Sunday Mail Names Aces of Queensland Winter Sports", 12 September 1954. p. 33 He started his cricket career as a wicket- keeper and had been a promising junior cricketer, captaining the Queensland Colts in 1949 and 1950.
Sparks made a single appearance in first-class cricket, captaining the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1913. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 13 runs in the navy first-innings by Francis Wyatt, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by Harold Fawcus. He also acted as wicket-keeper.
A promising forward for Cal Poly Mustangs in college soccer, Oceguera was converted to a defender by Mexico's coach Leonardo Cuéllar. She was one of several Californian players with Mexican eligibility to be called up by Cuéllar. She played as a sweeper for Mexico at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, captaining the team in their opening 7–1 defeat by Brazil.
On July 2, 2016 Kalinin signed a one-year contract with Spartak Moscow. Kalinin remained with Spartak for three years, captaining the club in the 2018–19 season, with 11 points in 50 games from the blueline. On May 6, 2019, Kalinin as a free agent continued his career by returning to hometown club, Traktor Chelyabinsk, on a one-year contract.
Tom Christie (born 4 March 1998 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is flanker. He has signed for the Crusaders squad in 2020. Christie played for the New Zealand U20's rugby union team, winning the world cup in 2017 and captaining the side in 2018.
Gilroy was born in North Bellmore, New York, to Frank and Peggy Ann Gilroy. Matt Gilroy is one of eight children. His father is a member of the St. John's Basketball Hall of Fame, who was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers. He graduated in 2003 from St. Mary's High School in Manhasset, captaining the hockey team to two New York state championships.
Wilson was seen in one strip becoming the first man to climb Everest, and another saw him captaining an England cricket team to The Ashes in Australia. Archived 3 October 2008.Archived 3 October 2008. Originally hailing from Yorkshire, and living in a cave on a diet of nuts and berries, Wilson exemplified British grit and the stiff upper lip.
24: note that the wicket-keeper was, most likely, Henry Bolte, a student at BGS at that time. captaining the team in 1923 and 1924, and winning the Associated Grammar Schools' batting average in 1924 (as a consequence of which he was awarded an "exhibitioner's ticket" to the Melbourne Cricket Club).Schools & Colleges: Associated Grammar Schools, Table Talk, (Thursday, 2 October 1924), p.
Huban enjoyed a brief career with Galway and ended his career without silverware. At international level Huban has played for the composite rules shinty-hurling team at under-21 level, captaining his country to the title in 1996. At club level he enjoyed a lengthy career with Kinvara. Throughout his inter-county career Huban made 1 championship appearances for Galway .
Lyttelton played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, captaining the side in 1879. After going down from university he represented Middlesex, where he was a noted wicket-keeper. In the course of his cricketing career, Lyttelton accumulated a total of 4,429 first-class runs at an average of 27.85, scoring seven centuries. As a wicket-keeper, he held 134 catches and stumped 70.
Zoricich made his international debut against Israel on 27 March 1988. He went on to win 57 caps in full 'A' internationals, including captaining the All Whites at the 1999 Confederations Cup in Mexico and the 2003 Confederations Cup in France. His only international goal was in a 1–2 loss to USA in June 1999 at the Confederations Cup.
Dragosavich was born to Carol Kuracar and Pete Tomich in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He attended Harold L. Richards High School, where he was a first-time all-conference player in football, playing wide receiver and punter, as well as captaining the baseball team. Dagosavich gained internet fame during college when videos of him dancing at his alma-mater's basketball games were posted online.
Carelse was born in Somerset West. He attended and played rugby for Hottentots Holland High School, captaining their first team in 2013. He was selected to represent at the Under-18 Academy Week in the same year, kicking four conversions in his three matches. In 2014, he was a member of the squad that participated in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship.
Mathias Dyring Tauber (born 24 August 1984) is a Danish former professional footballer. He mainly played as a central defender. After having played numerous seasons in the lower divisions of Danish football, Tauber made his debut in the Danish Superliga in 2010, after signing with Lyngby Boldklub. He totalled 176 league matches for the club, captaining the side between 2012 and 2018.
In 1780, Arros d'Argelos commanded the 80-gun Auguste in Brest, as flag captain under Chef d'Escadre Rochechouart. He commanded the 74-gun Palmier at the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781. The next year, he was promoted to Brigadier. He took part in the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782, captaining the 80-gun Languedoc.
Graeme Leonard WestWEST, Graeme Leonard 1975, 1979 - 83, 1985 - Kiwi #517 nzleague.co.nz (born 5 December 1953) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer and coach. Standing at six-foot, five inches, he played in the forwards, captaining English club Wigan. West also played representative rugby league for New Zealand and is the father of Super League player, Dwayne West.
Peter Rowe won 6-caps for Wales (RU) at Youth level while at Swansea 1963…1965, captaining the 1965/6 Wales Youth team, won caps for Wales (RL) while at Wigan, Blackpool Borough, and Huddersfield 1969…1979 7-caps + 3-caps (interchange/substitute), including while at Blackpool Borough in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, England, and Australia.
Lieutenant Beverly Kennon, captaining the Governor Moore, would have continued the fight, but his steersman had had enough and drove the ship ashore. Kennon, apparently realizing that his steersman was correct and that the ship was unable to do any more, ordered her abandoned and set afire.Beverly Kennon, "Fighting Farragut below New Orleans," Battles and leaders, v. 2, pp, 76–89.
From 1916 to 1933 he played in 606 games for 1. FC Nürnberg, then a dominating team in German football, winning five national championships (1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927). Between 1918 and 1922 Nuremberg did not lose in 104 association games, with a goal difference of 480:47. He also gained 21 international caps, captaining the German national side in six appearances.
On 30 November 2003, he won a Leinster Championship medal after captaining O'Loughlin Gaels to a 0-15 to 0-09 defeat of Birr in the final. On 5 November 2006, Comerford once again captained O'Loughlin Gaels when they qualified to play Ballyhale Shamrocks in the final. He ended the game on the losing side after a 1-22 to 2-11 defeat.
Nathan Michael Hauritz was born in Wondai, Queensland on 18 October 1981. As a junior Hauritz played his cricket with the Hervey Bay Cricket Association, representing Wide Bay at the Under 12 to Under 15 levels before captaining the Under 14 Queensland Development side that toured New Zealand in 1996. Between the 1996–97 and 2000–01 seasons Hauritz represented Queensland at both Under 17 and Under 19 levels, as well as taking part in the Under 19 Australian side's tour to England in 1999 and the 1999–2000 Under 19 tour to Sri Lanka. In 2000–01 Hauritz attended the Australian Institute of Sport in Adelaide during which time he played a number of matches against academy sides from New Zealand and Sri Lanka before captaining the Australian Under 19 side on its tour to Bangladesh.
Super League Trophy The winner of the Grand Final is given the Super League Trophy as Super League Champions. This is considered more prestigious than the minor premiership. Each year, the year of a champion team's triumph, team name and team Rugby league football captain are engraved. The record for most Super League titles won is held by Leeds with eight titles. Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield currently holds the record for captaining the most Super League title winning sides after captaining Leeds to their first 7 grand final successes. St. Helens contested the final 6 years in a row (from 2006 until 2011) during which time they succeeded only once in lifting the trophy against Hull F.C. in 2006; after which they suffered consecutive defeats against Leeds in 2007, 2008, 2009, Wigan in 2010 and Leeds once again in 2011.
He played cricket for the University side, making his first-class cricket debut for the team in May 1919 against the Australian Imperial Forces at Fenner's. He won a Blue in both cricket and golf, captaining the Cambridge side to an unexpected victory in the University golf match, and made his Kent First XI debut in 1919 against Hampshire.Con Johnstone, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
George Iles grew up in Christchurch. He was the son of Harriet and Albert Iles, whose parents had come to New Zealand in one of the First Four Ships, which brought settlers to Canterbury. Albert was a successful sportsman in his own right captaining the Sydenham Football Club in the 1880s and representing Canterbury and Southland for several years. He was also a champion runner.
Appointed captain-coach of Claremont in 1952 after captaining them the previous year, Maffina remained in the role until the end of the 1953 season. He continued on as a player, returning briefly as captain- coach in 1957, but suffered from niggling injuries towards the end of his career and retired in 1958. When Claremont took out the 1964 premiership he was the assistant coach.
There was a fixed number of positions for "entretenus", which required a competitive examination, while there was no limit on the number of "non entretenus", and one could obtain the status by a simple examination or by captaining a merchantman. She had been stationed in the bay of Cancale, then at Cap Fréhel. She escorted convoys between Granville and Aber Benoît.Fonds Marine, p.67.
Green was named Melbourne's captain for the next season, but the appointment was short-lived as he held the position for only one year. He also represented the Australian International rules football team in 2004, 2010 and 2011, captaining the side in 2011. Green is now an assistant coach at North Melbourne, having previously been an assistant coach at the Carlton Football Club from 2013 to 2015.
The former Aldershot and Farnborough District schoolboy joined Aldershot Town in August 2004 after leaving Grimsby Town. The Welsh international left-sided defender was a major signing by the Aldershot manager Terry Brown, becoming the club's penalty taker. In 2007 Barnard was made club captain as well as playing and captaining the Welsh semi Professional side. Barnard scored 24 goals in 127 appearances for Aldershot Town.
Alexander Egger (born 22 December 1979) is an Italian professional ice hockey defenseman who is currently Captaining Italian club, HCB South Tyrol in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He also represents the Italian men's National ice hockey team. In the 2013–14 season, Egger led HCB to the EBEL championship in their inaugural Austrian season. He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship, among other international competitions.
She intercepted the East Indiaman Bland-Fort but engaged from too far away and wasted her ammunition in a futile attempt to stop her. Three days after, Fine was thus unable to engage two other Indiamen when they passed nearby. Bland-Fort would be captured on 12 January by M. d'Herly, captaining Coventry, herself captured and recommissioned in the French Royal Navy that very day.
Wright began playing with Aberdeen when he was only 16. He remained at the Dons until 1922, captaining the side in his latter years at the club. He was regarded as one of the best half backs in Scotland and gained representative honours when he played for the Scottish League against the English League. He made 143 appearances and scored 11 goals for the club.
During his career he alternated between two clubs: hometown team Real Sociedad and Real Madrid. While he played for Real Madrid he was also studying architecture in Madrid. He became the leader of Real Madrid, captaining the team which won the Copa del Rey in 1917. He played for Real Madrid in 8 official matches, all of them in the Copa del Rey, and failed to score.
He made a further List A appearance in 2002, against the Leicestershire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, played to the same arrangement of the previous seasons first round matches. Once again captaining the team, Ahmed recorded his second List A half century with a score of 77 in Denmark's total of 249, before he was dismissed by Neil Pullen.
Derek Clifton Morgan (26 February 1929 - 4 November 2017)Morgan Retrieved 2 December 2017. was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 1950 and 1969, captaining the side between 1965 and 1969. An all-rounder, he is the only Derbyshire cricketer besides Leslie Townsend to have achieved the double of 10,000 runs and 1,000 wickets. Morgan was born in Muswell Hill, London.
As part of the Australian team, John Boulger won one World Championship during his career, this being the 1976 World Team Cup held at the White City Stadium in London, England. Boulger had the honour of captaining the team to Australia's first Speedway World Team Cup victory. It was Australia's first World title in any speedway competition since Young's World Championship win in 1952.
Over the previous few years Harvard had played 'ice polo' with Frederick Goodridge captaining the team. For the 1897-98 season the players switched to ice hockey and the team played its first game January 19, losing 0–6 against Brown. Note: Harvard University did not formally adopt Crimson as its moniker until 1910 but the student body had uniformly been associated with the color since 1875.
Regarding the 1939 Wallaby squad, the Whiticker reference records that "the squad played at exhibition match in Bombay on the journey home so that the players could be afforded international status"Whiticker, Captaining the Kangaroos p129. and consequently refers to Smith as a dual-code international. However, the Pollard reference records that the Wallabies played against a "Gymkhana XV made up of military men and others".
He was a member of the Eastern Province side that participated at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2008. His performance in the tournament also earned him an inclusion in an Under-16 Elite Squad in the same year. He played for youth sides for Bloemfontein-based side, the . He played for the side in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship, also captaining the side.
John Mordaunt, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-12-21. He was educated at Wellington College where he was in the cricket XI from 1887 to 1889, leading the school averages in his final season and captaining the side in 1888.Mordaunt, Mr Eustace Charles, Obituaries in 1938, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1939. Retrieved 2018-12-21.Mr. E. C. Mordaunt, The Times, 1938-07-01, p.18.
Pieter Johannes Frederik 'Piet' Greyling, born 16 May 1942 in Zastron, South Africa, is a South African rugby union player who has represented the national team, the Springboks, 43 times, captaining them once, and scoring 5 tries in total. Greyling has been described as one of the best and toughest flanks, and is best known for his pairing with Jan Ellis in 24 tests.
He continued playing for Kent whilst at Cambridge University where he attended Queens' College, graduating in 1902. Day played 32 times for Cambridge University, captaining the side in 1901. He played in four Varsity matches, scoring 117 not out in 1902, and was awarded his cricket Blue in his first year. He scored a total of 1,631 runs for the university, hitting two centuries.
He spent four years at Cambridge, captaining the side to the Fourth Division Championship under manager Ron Atkinson in 1976–77. At Cambridge Batson made a total of 163 appearances and scored six goals altogether. When Atkinson moved to West Bromwich Albion in 1978, he successfully encouraged Batson to follow him and to team up with fellow black players Cyrille Regis and Laurie Cunningham.
In the same match he also took his best bowling figures, 4 for 46, in Railways' first innings. In all 23 matches that he played for Northern Punjab between 1962–63 and 1967–68, captaining the side in every match, he made 1615 runs at an average of 55.68, and scored all four of his first-class centuries. He also took 24 wickets at 30.25.
The 1933 campaign was Beamish's last for Ireland, playing in all three games and captaining the team in a win over Wales. During his career, Beamish also played club rugby for London Irish and was captain of the RAF rugby side.RAFRU History RAF.mod.uk George Beamish is also credited with getting the green of Ireland represented in the kit currently worn by the British and Irish Lions.
Dyas was an outstanding underage talent captaining Armagh GAA Minors to an Ulster Title in 2005. He was also instrumental in guiding his school, Abbey CBS to a MacRory Cup and first ever Hogan Cup title in 2006. Dyas was a senior football panelist with Armagh in 2007 under Joe Kernan making his debut against Derry, and also played half back with Armagh club Dromintee.
Ingram was born in Port Elizabeth. He attended Woodridge College in the Eastern Cape where he was their star cricketer in his years there. He played for the college for five years, captaining the side for three of them. He made his school First XI debut at the age of 14 and continued to play at this level throughout the rest of his high school career.
Al Haj made his debut for Nejmeh under Samir Al Adou, during the 1989–90 Lebanese Premier League. In his debut season, Al Haj was the league's top scorer, with 12 goals, above Fadi Alloush and Yasser Mansour from Tadamon Beirut who had scored 8 goals each. He remained at Nejmeh for 14 years, captaining them for a certain period, before moving to Ahed in 2004.
Murray was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and educated at Queen's Royal College; he first played for Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team while still at school. He went on to study at the University of Nottingham and Jesus College, Cambridge, earning his Cambridge blue and captaining Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1967. Murray married Maureen in 1967; they have two sons.
Fennelly emerged on to the scene in 1998 as part of the Laois minor team that retained the Leinster Minor Football Championship. He was also on the Laois minor team in 1999 in both hurling and football, captaining the unsuccessful football team bidding for a fourth Leinster Minor Football Championship in a row. Fennelly has also won eight Laois Senior Football Championship medals with his club Portlaoise.
In all, he started or came off the bench in eight matches out of 16 in 2013. Marshall made two starts for the Hurricanes at fullback in 2014, before captaining Taranaki to win their maiden ITM Cup premiership title. On 6 January 2016 it was announced that Marshall would join the Greene King IPA Championship side London Irish ahead of the 2016-17 season.
Arthur Herbert Charlton, Esq (29 December 1876 – 24 October 1956) was a Scottish amateur football half back who played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest. He is best remembered for his six years in amateur football with Brentford during the 1890s, captaining the team and being described as "probably the club's first great player". He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.
Murphy played less than 24 hours after captaining Ireland in the first 2013 International Rules Test win against Australia. Glenswilly progressed to the final of that year's Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, which they lost to Ballinderry, despite Murphy opening the scoring with a goal after 25 seconds and later assisting Caolan Kelly for a second. Murphy won a third Donegal SFC in 2016.
Born in Caterham, Surrey, on 22 April 1898, Lyon was educated at Rugby School. He enjoyed a lot of success in school cricket, playing in the school XI for three years, and captaining the side in his final year.Lawrence (2001), p73. He finished his schooling in the middle of the First World War (1914–1918), and was called up for service in the British Army.
Royce N. Flippin, Jr. (born c. 1934) is an American former college football player and athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at Princeton University from 1972 to 1979 and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1980 to 1992. A 1956 graduate of Princeton, he played football for the Princeton Tigers as a halfback from 1953 to 1955, captaining the 1955 squad.
Fateh passed his matriculation exams from Ramkrishna High English School in Kishorganj in 1941. After passing his Intermediate exams from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh in 1943, he undertook higher studies in English Literature at Dhaka University (BA Honours in 1946 and MA in 1947) where he also excelled in sport, for a time captaining the cricket team and becoming the table tennis champion.
C. S. Nayudu played his first first-class match in 1932 when he was 17, and his last in 1961 when he was 46. He played 56 Ranji Trophy matches, representing eight teams and captaining four of them.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2003, pp. 1643–44. In the 1942–43 Ranji Trophy tournament, he became the first bowler to take forty wickets in one season in India.
On 30 March 2019, Spillane made his 100th appearance in all competitions for Chelmsford, captaining and scoring for the club in a 2–1 home win against Oxford City. On 30 January 2020, Spillane was confirmed as assistant to interim manager Robbie Simpson alongside Chris Whelpdale following the sacking of Rod Stringer. On 28 April 2020, Spillane was named as Chelmsford's Head of Academy.
Dunlop scored just twice for Liverpool his first coming on the 19 September 1903 in a 1-1 draw with Stoke at Anfield. Dunlop earned 1 international cap when he represented Scotland against England on 7 April 1906, a game Scotland won 2-1 in a British International Championship match at Hampden Park Glasgow. Dunlop's Liverpool teammate Alex Raisbeck also played in the match captaining the Scots.
McLarty was born in North Fremantle, Western Australia on 5 January 1912. She played no formal cricket until she joined a women's cricket team in Clarendon in 1930. The following season, she joined the Collingwood women's team, and played there for the rest of her career, captaining the side in her final years there. She was forced to retire in 1940 because of her health.
He played on the wing. Brewer did not play for Wales again until the 1954/1955 season, when he played in the matches against England and Scotland national rugby union team, scoring two tries against Scotland. He also played rugby for the Army, Newport RFC, London Welsh RFC (captaining the side) and the Welsh Academicals. He later worked for ICI and lived in Northern Ireland.
Frederick William Millett (30 March 1928 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England – 30 April 1991 in Macclesfield) was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler,Cricket Archive profile he played for Cheshire from 1949 to 1972, captaining them from 1960 to 1970.Wisden Cricketers Almanack obituaries for 1991 In 210 Minor Counties Championship matches, he scored 8432 runs and took 300 wickets.
List A matches played by Trent Johnston at Cricket Archive He played four Pura Cup matches for them in 2000 before his career took him to Ireland. New South Wales failed to notify Johnston that his contract had not been renewed and he was instead informed by a team-mate. He returned to club cricket where he represented Campbelltown, North Sydney, and Mosman, captaining the last.
Power was educated in Palmerston North, attending St Peter's College. He was prominent in the life of St Peter's, captaining two senior sports teams and chairing the School Council. He later studied at Victoria University of Wellington, gaining first a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and then a Bachelor of Laws degree. For two years, he was president of the Victoria University Law Students' Society.
Born in Asnæs, Poulsen started playing youth football in the local club Asnæs BK. However, he moved to amateur club Holbæk at the age of 15, where he made his senior debut at 17 years of age, captaining the side on several occasions. He was called up for the Danish under-19 football team in September 1998, and played four games for the team.
Shaukat Ali was born in 1873 in Rampur state in what is today Uttar Pradesh in India but later played role in partition of India on religious lines. He was educated at the Aligarh Muslim University. He was extremely fond of playing cricket, captaining the university team. Ali served in the civil service of the United Provinces of Oudh and Agra for 17 years in British India.
Tumbasević made his senior debut with Zeta in the second half of the 2001–02 First League of FR Yugoslavia. He spent six years at the club and won the 2006–07 Montenegrin First League, while captaining the side. In August 2007, alongside Žarko Korać, Tumbasević was transferred to Vojvodina. He spent the following four years at the club, before moving to Moldova and joining Dacia Chișinău.
John Robert Vickers (Ken) McKinlay (7 June 1928 in Blantyre, Scotland – 9 February 2003 in Leicester, England) was an international speedway rider, captaining Scotland, England, Great Britain and Europe teams. He also finished on the rostrum of the British Speedway Championship finals twice, second in 1964 and third in 1965. His nickname Hurri-Ken was given to him by famous speedway promoter Johnnie Hoskins.
Poulton made only 1 and 11 in the deciding matches, which were lost by 3 wickets and 40 runs respectively. During the season, Poulton also played in the Under-19 interstate tournament during the break in the WNCL, captaining her state. In five innings, she made three half- centuries, with a best of 73 against Queensland in the final, which New South Wales won by five wickets.
Levon Aram Altounian (; ; 15 February 1936 – 6 September 2020) was a Lebanese footballer who played as a right winger or an attacking midfielder. Altounian played his whole club career at Homenetmen, between 1952 and 1973, finishing as top scorer of the Lebanese Premier League twice: in 1962–63 and in 1966–67. Altounian also represented the Lebanon national team, captaining them at the 1963 Arab Nations Cup.
In 2016, he joined Aston Villa, where he played until 2019. Jedinak made 79 appearances for the Australian national team from 2008 to 2018, and was Captain over 25 times since 2014. This includes participation in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups. He has also played at two AFC Asian Cups, including captaining Australia to victory on home soil in the 2015 edition.
Later, he became the Head of NRK Television, before returning as the chief editor of NRK Troms and Finnmark. He was appointed Director-General by the NRK board on 24 January 2007, succeeding John G. Bernander. He retired from this position on 11 March 2013 and was followed by Thor Gjermund Eriksen. In his younger days Bjerkaas was a footballer, captaining Tromsø IL between 1970 and 1980.
Born in Dalby, Queensland Row's father William had emigrated from England and settled in Queensland in 1864 to farm.Howell p. 17 The family moved to Sydney and after his schooling at Sydney Boys High School, Row played for Manly Federals, Wallaroos and North Sydney. In the early 1900s Rowe would move to New Zealand where he continued to play rugby, captaining a Wellington side in 1902.
McAlery captained Ireland's first ever international match on 18 February 1882, playing at right back. On a "bittery cold" Belfast night with occasional rain and hail, Ireland lost to the far more experienced England by a score of 13–0. A week later, he made his second and final international appearance, captaining his team again as they lost 7–1 to Wales in Wrexham.
After initially failing to stop the tanker, Leela and the protesters race ahead to intercept the tanker at Pluto. Meanwhile, aboard the Planet Express ship, Bender lets his new power go to his head. Fry gets fed up with Bender's captaining, and rejects both his leadership and friendship. A distraught Bender goes on a sobriety binge, and takes the tanker on an erratic course over Pluto.
Manasso p. 18 After starting his try-out slowly, the coaching staff gave him the option to stop and pursue an NCAA scholarship. Snyder decided to continue his try-out and made the team after leading the Platers in scoring during the exhibition season.Manasso p. 24 He played four years for the Platers registering 75 goals and 221 points, captaining the team in his final two seasons.
Greig played for Scotland on 44 occasions, 15 as captain, between 1964 and 1975. He scored the late winner in Scotland's 1–0 victory against Italy at Hampden Park on 9 November 1965 and in 1967 achieved the distinction of captaining the Scottish side who beat England 3-2—their first defeat as World Champions—at Wembley. Greig also represented the Scottish League XI 14 times.
A south coast junior, Hill was a halfback for St. George for three seasons between 1948-1950. He won a premiership with St George, playing halfback in the 1949 Grand Final victory over South Sydney. In 1951, Hill returned to Thirroul, and was selected for NSW Country in 1952 and 1953, captaining that representative side in 1952.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players.
Allport began playing rugby as a youth, playing and later captaining the London International College School team. For a short time Allport also played for Sutton RFC.Sutton and Epsom RFC Club history Allport graduated from the London College to Guy's Hospital, which had a renowned rugby team. He was given the captaincy of Guy's Rugby team, which went through a successful period under his leadership.
Shelford took over as All Black captain after the World Cup, first captaining the side during the 1987 tour of Japan. During his captaincy from 1987 to 1990, the All Blacks did not lose a game, only drawing once against Australia in 1988. Upon becoming captain, Shelford brought his teammates to Te Aute College, a Māori school, to see the students perform a traditional haka.
Riwandi made his international debut for Brunei on 6 August 1999, coming on as a substitute in a 0–2 loss to Malaysia in the third group game at the 1999 SEA Games held in his home country. He made a total of 13 appearances for the Wasps, captaining Brunei for the three occasions that his club side QAF FC was representing the national team.
He played a single first-class match for Surrey in 1922 against Oxford University, captaining the side. Tufnell was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was commissioned into the 1st Volunteer Battalion (later 4th Battalion), Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment in 1908. He left before the First World War with the rank of captain, but rejoined with the same rank in 1914.
Raymond Arthur Gripper (born 7 July 1938) is a former cricketer. He was a right-handed opening batsman and became a regular member of the Rhodesian side for 15 years starting in 1957–58, at one stage captaining them. His highest score was an innings of 279 not out made against Orange Free State in 1967–68. This remained a Currie Cup record for some years.
Maurice Fitzgerald (born 1969) is an Irish Gaelic football selector and former player. His league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned fourteen seasons from 1988 to 2001. Born in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Fitzgerald was born into a strong Gaelic football family. His father, Ned Fitzgerald, was an All-Ireland medal winner with Kerry in 1955 before later captaining the side in 1957.
In 1977 Downey had the honour of captaining Kilkenny in their quest for back-to-back All-Ireland titles. That year she guided her county to the All-Ireland final once again. It was an exciting occasion as Wexford, the winners of the championship two years earlier, provided the opposition. Kilkenny, however, had a relatively easy victory on a score line of 3–4 to 1–3.
Louis Alonzo Young (February 19, 1893 – July 19, 1948) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1929, compiling a record of 49–15–2. Young played college football at Penn from 1912 to 1914, captaining the team in 1913. He died at the age of 56 on July 19, 1948 in Philadelphia.
Walter John Martin DCM (born 14 May 1883 in Woodford, England)Newport Rugby Club player profiles was a Wales international rugby union player. He played club rugby predominantly for Newport, captaining the side and played county rugby for Monmouthshire. While playing for Newport, Martin faced the three major Southern Hemisphere teams, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. At international level he represented Wales on three occasions.
Hajry RedouaneThe Arabic name, given name followed by family name, is Redouane Hajry. () (born 5 March 1964) is a Moroccan retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and a manager. His 15-year professional playing career was mainly associated with Portugal, where he played mostly for Farense, captaining the team for most of his 11 seasons and being named best foreign player four times.
He also played the next time New Zealand played New South Wales, in 1895-96. This time he was more successful in the field, with four fine catches, and New Zealand won by 142 runs. He moved to Auckland a few weeks after the match against New South Wales, and played two matches for Auckland in 1897-98, captaining the team in his last match.
He made his debut for Iceland in 1976 and went on to win 70 caps, scoring eight goals and captaining the team 31 times. He played his last international match in a September 1991 friendly game against Denmark. After Ásgeir Elíasson became Iceland's manager in 1991, he announced that Atli was not in the future plans of the team. At the time he was Iceland's record cap.
After leaving school in 2016, Doris spent a year in the Leinster sub-academy before entering the academy in summer 2017. After a series of strong performances captaining the Ireland Under-20s, Doris was promoted two years early to Leinster's senior squad ahead of the 2018–19 season, after just one year in the academy, and having made his senior debut the previous season.
Maia Ann Mereana Lewis (born 20 June 1970) is a former cricketer and captain of the New Zealand women's cricket team. She played in nine women's Test matches, captaining New Zealand in two of them. She also played over 70 One Day International Games. Whilst playing cricket for New Zealand Maia also represented in Hockey, and Indoor Cricket therefore making her a triple International Athlete.
Jarlath Burns (born 1968) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Armagh senior team spanned thirteen seasons from 1987 until 1999. Burns made his debut with the Armagh senior team in 1987. Over the course of the following thirteen seasons he enjoyed little success, however, the highlight of his career was captaining Armagh to an Ulster title in 1999.
Alexander Parkinson Singleton, known as Sandy (5 August 1914 – 22 March 1999), was an English first-class cricketer. An all-rounder, he was a right-handed opening batsman and Right-arm orthodox spin bowler. He played for Worcestershire, captaining the side in 1946, and also captained Oxford University and Rhodesia. In all he scored 4,700 runs and took 240 wickets in first-class cricket.
The Kingswood team was captained by A.E. Spencer. It was played at the Bogambara Stadium, which is no longer a cricket venue. That match, and some others that followed, were not exclusively schoolboy matches as they included a few members of the staff from each school. The first all-schoolboy Big Match was played in 1899 with J.C. de Mel captaining Dharmaraja and T.B. Marshall leading Kingswood.
Ned Hender was an Australian rules footballer from South Australia. He played for the Port Adelaide Football Club during the 1930s, winning three South Australian National Football League (SANFL) premierships in 1936, 1937 and 1939. After 1940 he played for the Glenelg Football Club, captaining the temporarily merged West Adelaide–Glenelg side in 1942. He also captained Port Adelaide and the South Australian side in 1938.
"'Sidey' downed by beer can", Football Times, Messenger Publications:Adelaide. 10 April 1980, p. 14. Despite captaining St Kilda in 1980, his contract was not renewed at the end of the season and he left the club to join Geelong in 1981. Sidebottom entered football folklore when he missed the Geelong team bus to play in the 1981 Preliminary Final against Collingwood due to a breakdown in communications.
Crouch is brother-in-law former Colchester player and caretaker manager Steve Foley. Crouch's son Ross was also a member of Colchester's youth team setup. He was an apprentice between 2001 and 2004, and had represented the under-19 team while just 14-years-old. After captaining the youth team, Ross was handed a professional one-year contract by Colchester manager Phil Parkinson in April 2004.
Retrieved 6 April 2012, from Trove. At school, he excelled at both cricket and football, captaining the college's cricket team in 1909."Mr. Derwas Cumming, the captain of the College Cricket Club, and one of the prefects of the school, on behalf of the teachers and students, then presented Lady Bedford with a handsome silver-mounted toilet case [...]" CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' COLLEGE. – The Western Mail.
Fullard was born in Wimbledon, Surrey, the son of Thomas Fletcher Fullard. He was educated at Norwich Grammar School, where he was an accomplished sportsman, captaining the school hockey and football teams. It is claimed that he played as a centre half for Norwich City Football Club's reserve team while still at school, though the club has stated that they have no record of this.
He rejoined the at the start of the 2008 Vodacom Cup season for a third time, captaining the side on several occasions over the next two seasons. However, he then suffered a series of injuries and missed the entire 2010 season. In 2011, he joined local club team Despatch. His form for them earned him a contract at the for the 2012 Vodacom Cup season.
In 1924 he formed a partnership with his son Annesley, T. D. Harman and Son. A middle-order batsman, Harman made his highest score in Canterbury’s match against Wellington in 1891–92, when, captaining the team, he scored 15 and 65, Canterbury’s highest score in the match. His brothers Richard and Annesley also played first-class cricket for Canterbury. Harman was a fine all-around sportsman.
Tregear is a versatile netballer capable of covering WA, C and GA. After co-captaining the Melbourne Kestrels in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She missed selection for the inaugural season of the ANZ Championship in 2008. She captained Victorian Fury to success in the Australian Netball League in 2008. It was this form that earned her, as Chelsey Nash, a callup to the Melbourne Vixens squad.
McVeigh started his career with Airdrieonians in 1975, before moving to Australia to play for Brisbane City. He stayed in Australia for a year, before moving back to Scotland to play for Clyde, where he spent four years, captaining the side on several occasions. He had spells at Hamilton Academical, Kilmarnock and Falkirk, before retiring from the game and becoming a coach at Falkirk.
He became a member of the Triple Gold Club after captaining Canada to gold at the 2016 IIHF World Championships, in addition to previously winning the Stanley Cup and the Olympic gold medal. Perry is only the second player (joining Scott Niedermayer) to combine Triple Gold membership with gold at the World Junior Championships, a Memorial Cup win, and a World Cup of Hockey win.
Jeffrey Steven Rackley (born 12 September 1952) is a retired boxer from New Zealand.sports-reference.com - Jeff Rackley profile Born in Nelson, Rackley attended Nelson College from 1966 to 1971. He was a member of the school's 1st XI cricket team from 1968 to 1970, captaining the side in 1970. He was also a member and captain of the 1st XV rugby team in 1970 and 1971.
Reid J (ed) (2016) "Captains of Kent" in 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual, p.232. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club. Other players have captained the county in matches without being appointed the club captain. Peter Richardson has done so the most times in first-class matches, captaining Kent in 45 games, including 21 games in the 1963 season in place of official club captain Colin Cowdrey.
Like former Middlesex teammates Andrew Strauss and Ben Hutton, Dalrymple was educated at Radley, before going on to study Modern History at St Peter's College, Oxford, achieving a 2:1 whilst also captaining the Blues. He is married to Sophie Sackler. His grandfather, Ian Dalrymple, was a successful screenwriter, film director, and producer, who introduced Dirk Bogarde to the British Cinema in "Esther Waters" (1948).
Dame Mabel June Hinekahukura Mariu (née Waititi, born 1 June 1932) is a New Zealand Māori community leader and former sportswoman. She represented New Zealand at netball, captaining the national side in 1960, and basketball. Between 1987 and 1990, she served as national president of the Māori Women's Welfare League. In the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours, Mariu was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services.
Sattar Bhagat (full name Abdul Sattar Bhagat) was a Pakistani cricketer who played for Kalat. Bhagat made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1969-70 season, against Public Works Department. Captaining the team, he scored a duck in the first innings in which he batted, and a single run in the second, as Kalat lost the match by an innings.
Bright was unable to force his way back into the Australian side during 1982–83. He began the season poorly and was even dropped from the Victorian side for a one-day game. However, by the end of the season he had taken 31 first class wickets at 38.67 and was given the job of captaining Victoria for the first time against Sri Lanka.
Born in Cassano d'Adda, Italy, when Bonomi was six years old, he fell in Adda River and was about to drown when a 10-year-old boy rescued him. Ironically, his rescuer was Valentino Mazzola, who went on to become one of the greatest Italian football players of all time, captaining the Grande Torino team of the 1940s, which would be killed in the Superga air disaster.
He wanted to hang on to his life in the sighted world. Upon returning to America, Weihenmayer and his family settled in Connecticut, where he attended Weston High School. He eventually turned to wrestling and became a prominent force in high school, captaining his team and representing Connecticut in the National Junior Freestyle Wrestling Championship in Iowa. At age 16, he started using a guide dog.
Susi started her footballing career captaining her schools boys' team. She then moved on to play for Enfield Ladies U-12s and U-14s scoring 96 goals in one season. She joined Arsenal Ladies centre of excellence and moved her way up to the reserve and first-team. Susi made her debut for Arsenal at only 17, coming of the bench against Everton Ladies.
Marilena Doiciu (born 3 July 1967) is a Romanian former handballer who played for the Romania national team.HANDBAL / Mari Doiciu: "La Dobroești, facem educație și prin sport!" She also competed in the 1993 World Championship, being part of the Romanian team which finished 4th. She most notably played for Rapid București, captaining the club for many years, and was also the captain of Romania.
After leading Australia to victory in two Tests in the 1980 tour of New Zealand, Peponis attained the career record of captaining Australia on five successive occasions to a clean record of five wins. Peponis was captain of Canterbury in their 18-4 1980 premiership victory over Eastern Suburbs. Persistent neck injuries hampered the remainder of Peponis' career and he retired midway through the 1982 season.
Butler was born in Montreal to Minnie and Sir William Duff Reid who owned railways in Canada. She and her second husband, Alan Samuel Butler, set a world record for two-seater light planes, of 119.77 m.p.h. in 1928. Butler was a skier and she represented Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch- Partenkirchen, captaining the women's team and competing in the women's combined event.
Cronje was born in 1967 in Bloemfontein to Ewie and San-Marie ( Susanna Maria Strydom) Cronje. The Cronje family descended from Huguenot immigrants from Normandy in the late 1600s. His father had represented Orange Free State from 1961 to 1971 and later served as president of the Orange Free State Cricket Union. His younger brother, Hansie became an international cricketer, captaining South Africa between 1993 and 2000.
Tunnicliffe made his England under-16 debut in October 2007 at the age of 14, captaining the side to a 2–2 draw against Northern Ireland in the Victory Shield. He played for the under-16s a further seven times. In August 2008 he made his first appearance for the England under-17 team against Portugal. He was part of the squad for the 2009 European Championship.
Gay McManus was an integral part of Galway's dominance in Connacht in the 1980s. From captaining the side in 1982 to leading from the front as Galway's top scorer on many occasions, he is undeniably one of the best forwards of that era. In 2020, he was selected as one of the twenty greatest Galway players of the last fifty years by the Irish Independent.
He joined the Flyers in 1995, with whom he played three seasons. Otto was a frequent member of the United States national team. He played in two World Championships and two Canada Cups, captaining the United States to the final in 1991. Otto was a member of the team that won the inaugural World Cup of Hockey in 1996 and played in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Douglas Green (19 May 1902 - 28 November 1990) was an Australian cricketer. He played 25 first-class matches for Tasmania between 1924 and 1937. A determined batsman with a "rock-like defence" Doug Green's highest score was 150 not out, when, captaining Tasmania, he saved them from defeat against Victoria in 1932-33, batting throughout the last day's play to erase a 269-run first- innings deficit.
Aloisi was offered the role of captaining the new A-League franchise Wellington Phoenix, for the 2007–08 season. He scored twice in his only season with the Phoenix, before retiring at the end of the season. Following retirement, Ross Aloisi joined Fox Sports as a commentator. He is also a columnist for Soccer International magazine and co-owns a successful ceramics business with his brother.
He was Head Boy at Tonbridge in his final year and was an all-round sportsman, captaining the Cricket XI 1893–94 and the Rugby XV 1893 and was joint winner of the Athletic Points' Cup in 1894.Steed HE (1911) The Register of Tonbridge School from 1826 to 1910, p.251. London: Rivingtons. He scored an unbeaten 153 for the Cricket XI against MCC in 1893.
A pace bowler, Easter spent several seasons in the First XI at St Edward's School, captaining the team in 1964.Wisden 1965, p. 784. He played for Oxford University in 1966 without establishing his place. He also played once for Surrey Second XI. In 1967 he won his blue, playing every match and taking 34 wickets at an average of 32.44, impressing with his accuracy.
He started in the opening match of the season against A.F.C. Bournemouth and scored Manchester United's first Premier League goal of the season with a tap-in after Simon Francis' error. Mata (furthest right) captaining Manchester United against Burnley, 2016 After José Mourinho dropped captain Wayne Rooney, Mata served as the stand-in captain in the 0–0 draw against Burnley on 29 October 2016.
Richard Allan was selected as the club’s first full internationalist for the Irish fixture at Murrayfield in 1969, to be followed by other distinguished players who gained representative honours. Brothers Gordon and Alan Bulloch were to gain national caps, with the former captaining the national side on several occasions. Ray Nelson was to achieve caps for the United States national team the U.S. Eagles.
Hanne Gråhns (born 29 August 1992) is a Swedish former football midfielder who played for KIF Örebro DFF. At the 2016 Summer Olympics Gråhns was an alternate for the Sweden national team, who came second in the tournament. When Örebro suffered a shock relegation from the Damallsvenskan in 2017, Gråhns remained loyal to the club. She retired from football after captaining the team to promotion in 2018.
As a youth, Broad played for Chelsea for five years rising through the youth ranks before captaining Chelsea's reserve side, which included John Terry. He joined Conference National side, Hayes on loan in 1999. He then joined Southend United on loan in 2001. He made his debut for Southend United in Third Division, in the 1–1 away draw against Chesterfield on 31 March 2001.
He was educated at Tonbridge School where he played in the cricket team between 1896 and 1898, captaining the side in his final year at school. He also represented the school at rackets at Queen's Club in 1898.Steed HE (ed) (1911) The register of Tonbridge School from 1826 to 1910 : also lists of exhibitioners, &c.; previous to 1826 and of headmasters and second masters, p.285.
He remained very active in American domestic cricket, however, playing club cricket in New York and also captaining a new side, the Bedessee New York Destroyers, in a national Twenty20 tournament. (2009). "Fantastic cricket - Radiant Info USA Twenty20 2009 finishes with a flourish" – DreamCricket.com. Retrieved 15 April 2015. In 2008, Bartley and several other Jamaican-born players in the United States were profiled in a Sports Illustrated piece on American cricket.
Happy birthday to the former Newcastle United captain nicknamed 'the Bear' He did not remain long at St Mirren, signing for Aberdeen for £100,000 to act as player-assistant manager to Willie Miller.Managers: Roy Aitken Aitken won 57 caps for the Scotland national football team, scoring once. He featured at both the 1986 and 1990 World Cups, captaining Scotland at the latter tournament and in 27 of his international appearances.
He scored 2,440 runs for England in his 39 Test matches, with the 219 not out at Durban his best. A professional before the Second World War, he turned amateur afterwards and captained Middlesex jointly with Compton in 1951 and 1952, continuing in sole charge from 1953 to 1957. After retiring from Middlesex, he returned to Norfolk and played Minor County cricket until he was 56, captaining the county until 1971.
Džaka began his career with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, where he made three Bundesliga appearances in three years as well as making it onto the bench for the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final. He left in 2003, joining VfL Osnabrück, where he spent just one season before joining TuS Koblenz. He was a popular figure at Koblenz, captaining the side and helping them earn promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2006.
In 1877, Jackson founded Finchley F.C. (initially known as "Finchley Petrels"), also captaining the club. He soon started officiating matches, for example serving as umpire alongside C. W. Alcock in an F. A. Cup tie between Old Etonians and Minerva in January 1879. In 1880, he was elected to the committee of the Football Association (FA). Between 1881 and 1883, he served as assistant secretary to the FA, working alongside Alcock.
Edwards saw his role change slightly in 2013, playing more minutes in the midfield. In addition his leadership role was increased, captaining the club in its pre- season clash with the Indigenous All Stars in Alice Springs. In Round 6 Edwards recorded a career best 30 disposals in a match against at the MCG. He suffered an eye injury in the third quarter of the club's Round 10 match against .
In 1904, he captained Queensland in the inter-state series and played alongside his brother Fred who scored a try in that match. Later that season he had the honour of captaining Australia in a Test match against a touring British Lions side. Australia lost the match 17–0. Nicholson was selected in a 1905 squad that toured New Zealand but he did not play in any matches of the tour.
Thomas d'Estienne d'Orves was born to the Estienne Family, a noble house of Provence. Estienne d'Orves took part in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778, captaining the 74-gun Actif. In 1778, Estienne d'Orves was in command of the 80-gun Orient, with the rank of Captain. On 28 December, during the Anglo-French War, he departed Brest to reinforce the French colony of Isle de France.
Dempster moved to England, appearing in one first- class match for Lindsay Parkinson's XI in 1933 and once for Scotland in 1934. He settled in England from 1935, being contracted by the Leicestershire millionaire Sir Julien Cahn to play for his private team. Dempster qualified for Leicestershire, captaining the team from 1936 to 1938, although playing irregularly in 1938 and 1939. In 1938–39, he toured New Zealand with Cahn's team.
Arnold Kirke Smith (23 April 1850 – 8 October 1927) was an English footballer who played for England as a forward in the first international match against Scotland, as well as captaining Oxford University in the 1873 FA Cup Final. Smith was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1875 and after various clerical appointments he became vicar of Boxworth where he remained until his death on 8 October 1927.
He was a brilliant ruckmen of his time, starring in North Melbourne's 1910, 1914, 1915 and 1918 premiership sides, and captaining the famous "Invincibles" side that went undefeated in a record 58 games. The voting system as of the 2017 AFL season, consists of each player earning up to 20 votes in a match, with votes from their best 20 games and finals counting towards their final total.
Kevin Swords is the nephew of former president of The College of the Holy Cross, Rev. Raymond J. Swords, S. J., and the uncle of Carolyn Swords. Swords made his debut against Japan in 1985 and played in both the 1987 and 1991 World Cups, captaining the Eagles in the latter. In 2002 he was made an honorary member of the Holy Cross Varsity Club Hall of Fame.
Arshavin captained the team to a second-place finish in their group, scoring three goals in ten games. He provided the assist for Diniyar Bilyaletdinov's second goal to seal a 2–1 win over Slovenia in the first leg of the qualification play-offs. Despite this, Russia lost the second leg 1–0, knocking them out of the World Cup finals on away goals. Arshavin captaining Russia in 2011.
He took part in the War of American Independence, notably commanding the 10-gun cutter Curieuse which, along with Iphigénie, captured HMS Lively on 10 July 1778. The next year, he directed the Capture of Saint Vincent and became colonial governor of the island. In September 1779, he took part in the Siege of Savannah, captaining the 32-gun Chimère. In 1780, he was in command of the frigate Nymphe.
Imran's maternal grandfather Ahmad Hasan Khan was born in 1883, and his father (Imran's maternal great-grandfather) had also been a civil servant. He entered the Government College Lahore in 1900, and was reputed in sport, captaining the cricket and football teams at the college. After completing his studies, Ahmed entered the government service. At the height of his career in civil service, he served as the census commissioner of Punjab.
He played for the club for 12 years, including captaining the team for two seasons.Palmer, Bryn (2002) "Sims relishes Gloucester return", BBC, 19 December 2002. Retrieved 4 February 2019 He moved to Worcester for the 1999–2000 season before moving on loan to Bedford in January 2000. In 2001, he captained the England National Divisions team against Australia at Welford Road Stadium."Sims Ready for Wallaby Challenge", ESPN, 26 October 2001.
Anura Tennekoon (born 29 October 1946) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and ODI captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He was educated at the S. Thomas' College in Mount Lavinia. After captaining the school team and being selected as best schoolboy batsman of the year, Tennekoon went on to play first-class cricket for the Ceylon team (later Sri Lanka). He was regarded as an accomplished batsman.
Little is known about Boomgaard's life: he was born in Groningen, Netherlands. His parents were Adriaan Jacobs Boomgaard (1763–1844) and Geesje Geerts Bontekoe (1762–1834). His father was captain on a boat, and civil records say that Geert had the same job. In addition to captaining a boat, other sources say that he also served as a soldier in the 33rd Light Infantry Regiment in Napoleon's Grande Armée.
He won a gold medal at the 1992 IIHF European U18 Championship and a bronze medal at the 1993 IIHF World U20 Championship. After the country split in 1993, Demitra began competing for Slovakia. Beginning in 1996, he played in six IIHF World Championships, winning a bronze medal in 2003 and captaining his country in 2011. He also played in the 1996 and 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
Ashley James Woodcock (born 27 February 1947) is a former Australian cricketer who played in one official Test one unofficial test and one ODI in 1974, though he also appeared for Australia against a Rest of the World XI in 1971/72. A right-hand batsman from Adelaide, he played for South Australia in Australian domestic cricket between 1967 and 1979. Captaining the state in his latter years.
Colin Cowdrey was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played for England between 1954 and 1975, including captaining them for 27 matches between 1959 and 1969, and made 22 centuries in international cricket, all in Tests. he sits joint sixtieth in the list of century-makers in international cricket. Cowdrey made his Test debut against Australia at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane on 26 November 1954.
He represented the League of Ireland 10 times while at Glenmalure Park between 1955 and 1958 and also won a B cap in 1958 in a 3-2 win in Iceland. He has the unique distinction of captaining his country at schoolboy, youth and senior level. In May 1959, Gerry shared a testimonial with Paddy Ambrose . After four years in London he signed for Limerick F.C. in November 1963 .
Hugh Morris (born 5 October 1963) is a former Welsh cricketer, who played in three Tests for England in 1991. He played county cricket for Glamorgan, captaining the county, and after several senior roles for the England and Wales Cricket Board he returned to Glamorgan as chief executive and director of cricket in August 2013. The cricket correspondent, Colin Bateman, described Morris as "a talented, easy-going cricketer".
Velleman was the captain for his school Grey High School at various youth levels, including the first team in 2012 and 2013. He also represented Eastern Province as various youth levels; he captained their Under-16 side at the 2011 Grant Khomo Week and played for their Under-18 side at the 2012 and 2013 Craven Week tournaments, also captaining Eastern Province at the latter tournament held in Polokwane.
He was educated at Cranbrook School as were his fellow commentators Barry Davies and Brian Moore. At school he was in the cricket XI for five years, and captain for the last three. He played rugby and hockey for the school for four years, captaining both games for his last two seasons, and, in rugby, leading an undefeated side. He ended his Cranbrook career as head of the school.
After making his league debut in the Czech First League in 2006 for FC Viktoria Plzeň, Šiml was sent out to Czech 2. Liga side FK Chmel Blšany on loan in the summer of 2006. He played in the Bohemian Football League in the autumn part of the 2008–09 season, captaining Plzeň's B-team. Šiml returned to the second league in February 2009, joining FK Dukla Prague.
After six years at Stabæk, Svindal Larsen wanted to play abroad, and joined German side 1. FC Nürnberg on a Bosman free transfer at the end of the 2001 season. He spent four years with the Bundesliga side, playing more than a hundred games before returning home to his first club Odd where he spent the remainder of his career, captaining his hometown team for six seasons before retiring in 2011.
The son of Jim and Linda Downing, Nick played soccer locally for Eastlake High School. As a teenager, Downing had stints training with German clubs Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart. Downing made 29 appearances and scored one goal with US U-17 national soccer team, including captaining the team at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt. Afterwards, he was named the 1998 Gatorade Player of the Year.
Biographers and historians have a wide range of opinions over Columbus's expertise and experience navigating and captaining ships. One scholar lists some European works ranging from the 1890s to 1980s that support Columbus's experience and skill as among the best in Genoa, while listing some American works over a similar timeframe that portray the explorer as an untrained entrepreneur, having only minor crew or passenger experience prior to his noted journeys.
Daniel "Dan" Pascoe (7 July 1900 – 19 May 1971) born in Llanharan, was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Bridgend RFC and Neath RFC, captaining both, as a flanker, i.e. number 6 or 7, and club level rugby league (RL) for Leeds,Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1".
Wallace was born in Edinburgh, the son of Robert and Mary Wallace, on 23 September 1892. He went to school at Edinburgh Academy from 1899 to 1912 then studied at King's College, Cambridge until 15 July 1914. At school, he was in the rugby team for his final three years and vice-captain in the final year. He also played cricket, captaining the school team in 1911, as wicket-keeper.
Platt was the most successful of these players, captaining England on many occasions and also helping Arsenal win the double at the end of his playing career. Gradi's success continued into the 2000s, when he helped players including Rob Hulse, Dean Ashton, David Vaughan, Michael O'Connor, Billy Jones, Nicky Maynard and Ashley Westwood. Crewe Alexandra won the PFA Bobby Moore Fair Play trophy 12 times in 15 years during Gradi's reign.
Jimmy Clark (9 September 1908 – 11 April 1979) was an Australian rugby union player, a flanker who made five representative Test appearances for the Australian national team in the 1930s, captaining in the side in one of these matches. He made 15 appearances for the Queensland state team from 1930 being the period of the revival of the code in Queensland, following its dormancy since World War I.
After being dropped, Roche returned to his roots, playing intermediate football for St. Finbarr's, before returning to Highfield and captaining the side to a league championship in 2004. He also went into coaching, earning a level two badge with the IRFU and a fitness qualification, going on to work with St. Finbarr's, Highfield, University College Cork A.F.C. in the Munster Senior League, and the Cork senior hurling team.
Stained glass window, destroyed in WWII, from the Hamburg town hall featuring Karpfanger Karpfanger was born in Hamburg in 1623 into a seafaring family with Dutch roots. He inherited a fleet of ships from his father, captaining these and scoring significant successes in fighting piracy. His fleet of ships expanded as he commandeered the ships he captured. In 1674, he rose to the rank of admiral, becoming a Convoykapitän.
In the second half, Mitchell Cox scored a try in the corner with McLean converting to make it 13–6. Wales replied almost immediately with a try from Moriarty after a 30-metre run from Rees and Evans' conversion made the score 13–12. Davies, captaining Wales for the first time, dropped a goal to put Wales ahead 15–13 before Evans' third penalty goal made the final score 18–13.
Uzzell made his debut for Wales on 20 January 1912 against England. He would represent his country on 15 occasions in total, captaining his country four times. In one game against France at St Helen's, Swansea, Uzzell scored two tries the only points he collected for his country. It is probably true that Uzzell would have been capped far more but for the intervention of the First World War.
McDaid was born in Termon in County Donegal. He was educated in St Eunan's College in Letterkenny between 1962 and 1967. He went on to attend University College Galway (UCG), and was conferred with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1974. While at UCG he played on the university soccer team that won three national titles, with McDaid captaining the side on two of those occasions.
Despite captaining the club to the Setanta Sports Cup,Bohemians win Setanta Cup Bohemians had a disappointing 2010 season where the club lost their league title on goal difference and failed to make an impact in Europe where they made an embarrassing exit to Welsh side The New Saints. Heary retired as a player in 2013. His testimonial was played between Shels and Bohs at Dalymount Park in November 2013.
He is noted for captaining the Dutch East Indian national team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup, crashing out of the tournament in a 6–0 defeat to Hungary. Curiously, the other captain, György Sárosi, had a doctorate degree, the same as Nawir. Nawir wore his studious glasses for the match. The Dutch East Indies automatically qualified for the tournament after their original opponents, Japan, withdrew from the qualifying round.
Johnston attended George Watson's College in Edinburgh and played rugby union, captaining the Scotland schoolboys team. He also played football, even though his school didn't have football teams. Johnston attracted the attention of football scouts with his performances for the Hutchison Vale boys club. He signed for Heart of Midlothian in 1977 and made one appearance in a First Division match against Dundee, but was substituted due to injury.
He was then sent off in the final group game against Morocco as Scotland were eliminated.Good news, bad news, Sports Illustrated, 23 September 1998. His goal against Norway remains the last scored by a Scotland player at a major tournament. Burley continued to play under Craig Brown until the end of the unsuccessful 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, captaining the side in what proved to be his penultimate appearance.
He was a useful footballer as an inside-forward. He appeared in the Cambridge football XI in 1920 and 1921, gained a full international cap for England, captaining the team versus Belgium on 1 November 1923, and took part in four Amateur Internationals. He was a leading forward for the Corinthians, scoring the goal by which they defeated Blackburn Rovers in Round 1 of the FA Cup in January 1924.
Strauss has previously played for the Boland Cavaliers and Maties. He has captained the Lions in Super Rugby and the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup. It was announced on 11 September 2012 that Strauss signed for Glasgow Warriors on a three-year deal. He quickly became a regular in the Warriors' side, captaining them frequently, and was an integral part of their 2014–2015 Pro12 title triumph.
He scored two successive hundreds on three other occasions in his career, and was the first batsman to complete this feat in ODIs—in 1996, in 1999, and in 2000. In six matches of the 1994–95 Wills Trophy, he scored 202 runs at the average of 40.40, including a century. He scored a century against Sri Lanka at Gymkhana Club Ground in October 1996, while captaining the team.
Van Bronckhorst earned 107 caps for the Netherlands national team, and played for his country in three FIFA World Cups, in 1998, 2006 and 2010, as well as three UEFA European Championships, in 2000, 2004 and 2008. After captaining the Oranje in the 2010 World Cup final, he was elected into the Order of Orange- Nassau. The 2010 World Cup final was the last match in his career.
In 2019, the girls of Basser college won the Inaugural InterResidential Girls Sports Shield. Led by female sports director Amelia Turner, they absolutely crushed their opposition in every sport, winning Netball, Basketball, Hockey and Touch among other sports. In 2019, Samuel Bensley was sports director for a little while. He did alright, but it was Isaac Lawrence, captaining the Hockey and the Touch that got the boys their only wins.
His second game would take over three years, when he was selected to face the touring New Zealand team in 1924. It was another heavy defeat for the Welsh side and Marsden-Jones was not selected again. In 1924 Marsden-Jones was selected to tour South Africa with the British Isles team and played in two tests. He continued his rugby career by captaining London Welsh for several seasons.
He played at Santa Clara College and then USC, captaining the Trojans to a championship. He first played professionally in 1901 in the 1899–1902 iteration of the California League. His team (Sacramento) moved to the Pacific Coast League (PCL) as a founding member in 1903, and Hogan remained in the PCL for the rest of his career. He played through the 1914 season, serving as a player-manager 1909–1914.
He hated the constant adulation, however, and it affected how he dealt with others. The focus of attention on his individual performances strained relationships with some teammates, administrators and journalists, who thought him aloof and wary.McGilvray (1986), pp 20–23. Following an enforced hiatus due to the Second World War, he made a dramatic comeback, captaining an Australian team known as "The Invincibles" on a record-breaking unbeaten tour of England.
Retrieved 2016-02-21.Wilde S (2013) "1907 Five cricketers of the year" in Wisden Cricketers of the Year: A Celebration of Cricket's Greatest Players, pp.58–60. (Available online) captaining the school in his last two years there and also playing rackets for the school in 1901 at Queen's Club.Steed HE (ed) (1911) The register of Tonbridge School from 1826 to 1910 : also lists of exhibitioners, &c.
An Indigenous Australian, Ferguson grew up as the middle sibling of nine children and lived in the New South Wales towns of Rappville, Byron Bay and Griffith. He played his early rugby league for Yenda, captaining the under 18s in 1968. While playing in Newcastle he was recruited by Eastern Suburbs. Ferguson, a fullback and occasional winger, played first- grade for Eastern Suburbs from 1974 to 1977, but didn't feature regularly.
Dolway Bell Walkington (25 January 1867 – 18 April 1926) was an Irish rugby union player and solicitor. Walkington played club rugby for North of Ireland FC and international rugby for Ireland, winning eight caps. Although captaining Ireland twice, he is more often remembered for his poor eyesight and the fact that he occasionally wore a monocle while playing, removing it when required to make a tackle.Rugbyfootballhistory.com Apparel - UniformGodwin (1984), 29.
Fitzmaurice "Ferdie" Thomas Drake Aston (18 September 1871 – 15 October 1926) was an English-born South African rugby union player. He was capped four times for South Africa, captaining them in three Tests. Aston made his debut appearance for South Africa on 30 July 1896, when a British Isles team came to South Africa. The game was played in Port Elizabeth, and won by the British, eight points to nil.
Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2005. Knox continued to work for the East India Company for thirteen years after his return from the East, captaining the ship Tonqueen Merchant for four further voyages to the East. He enjoyed only mixed success and quarrelled with the company, which eventually dismissed him in 1694. Four years later he set himself up on his own trading vessel, the Mary, but the venture was not a success.
He made seven further first-class appearances on the tour, scoring 94 runs at an average of 9.40 and a high score of 30. He later made two first- class appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Leicestershire in 1895 and Derbyshire in 1896. Outside of cricket, he played field hockey as a half-back for England, captaining the team in 1898. He died at Epsom Downs in January 1954.
O'Regan had the distinction of captaining both the Republic of Ireland and England darts teams, a feat never repeated. His official record on England caps is 3 wins out of 3 appearances. Though this does not include more informal international events held in the mid 1970s. Bobby George notes in his autobiography that O'Regan was chosen to captain the first ever English team in a recognised international game in 1973.
In November 2003, he joined Carlisle United where he had a successful spell, playing a major part in the Conference and League Two successes and captaining the club. He was released in May 2007. Gray was signed for Workington in July 2008 but didn't play any competitive games after he picked up a knee injury. Gray left at the end of the season after which he retired from football.
On 28 July 2010, Maher won a second Munster Championship medal after captaining Tipperary to a 1-22 to 1-17 defeat of Clare in the final. He was again selected at full-back for the All-Ireland final against Galway on 11 September 2010. Maher ended the game with an All-Ireland medal following the 5-22 to 0-12 victory in what was his last game in the grade.
John Geoffrey Wright (born 5 July 1954) is a former international cricketer representing – and captaining – New Zealand. He made his international debut in 1978 against England. During his career, he scored more than 5,000 Test runs (the first New Zealand Test player to do so) at an average of 37.82 runs per dismissal with 12 Test centuries, 10 of them in New Zealand. He also played for Derbyshire in England.
In July 2019, Visalli joined Birmingham City. Visalli played in eight games for the Blues in 2019, captaining the side in their away fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion. She was ruled out of action until 2020 on December 5, 2019 after undergoing minor surgery for a medical condition. In total, Visalli made 13 appearances for Birmingham in all competitions before leaving as a free agent at the end of the season.
She transferred to the school only a month before the trip. ; : :A cool and intelligent student who seeks to become a space explorer and has a space pilot license, making him the Astra's main pilot. His father works in the bio-technology industry who is currently working on a project with Quitterie's mother, thus making Quitterie and him childhood friends. His dream is to pilot his own ship with Kanata captaining.
The fast start of Jamie Staff allowed the sprint squad to take revenge and level the series. It is expected that this unique challenge event may return at future events. Other special events have included the Geoff Thomas Charity Challenge Race at Revolution 20. This involved Geoff captaining a team of riders against England Rugby World Cup winning Captain, now England coach, the 6 ft 7 inches tall Martin Johnson.
After 1909 he dropped out of first-class cricket, playing only sporadically until 1922 when he made his final first-class appearance, captaining Kent in the absence of Lionel Troughton. In total Marsham played 140 matches for Kent, averaging 21.13 with the bat. Other than Oxford, he also made first-class appearances for teams such as MCC and The Gentlemen.First-class batting and fielding for each team by Cloudesley Marsham, CricketArchive.
FC Union Berlin, where he made 40 league appearances in the Regionalliga Nord, captaining a young side. In January 1998, he moved to China, one of the first German footballers to do so, signing for Chengdu Wuniu. Six months later he was back in Germany, joining SV Babelsberg of Potsdam. He later had spells with FC Bremerhaven and VfB Oldenburg before returning to Berlin in 2002, joining Tennis Borussia.
He represented the West Indies at Under-19 level, captaining the team to victory in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh over India in the final. He contributed two 50s to the team in the competition. In April 2017, he was named in the West Indies Test squad for their series against Pakistan. He made his Test debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 21 April 2017.
He was part of the Kerry squad for the 2001 to 2003 All-Ireland Minor Football Championships, winning the Munster Minor Football Championship on all 3 occasions. He played in goal for 2 of those wins in 2001 and 2002, captaining the 2002 team. He played as a forward in the 2003 win. He played with the Kerry team in the 2003 and 2004 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships.
Dunphy first played for Kilkenny in 1961 when he had the honour of captaining the team. A huge 4–12 to 0–7 defeat of Dublin gave him his first Leinster medal. The subsequent All- Ireland decider pitted Tipperary against Kilkenny. A 3–13 to 0–15 victory gave Dunphy an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship medal, while he also had the honour of lifting the Irish Press Cup.
Warburton represented Wales at all levels, captaining the under-18s, under-19s and under-20s. He led Wales to the semi-finals of the World Championships at under-19 and under-20 level. Warburton made his debut for the senior Wales national team against the United States on 6 June 2009. On 18 January 2010, he was named in the 35-man Wales squad for the 2010 Six Nations.
Willis, the youngest of three children was born on February 20, 1952 in Munich, Germany, where his father was on assignment with the National Security Agency. His father was then stationed in England, where he received much of is early schooling. In 1965, he came to the US and attended high school at Cranbrook in the suburbs of Detroit. After graduating he traveled, spending time in the Caribbean captaining boats.
The 1998–99 Russian Cup was the seventh season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union.Game list by KLISF Andrey Kobelev played for both eventual finalists during the tournament, captaining FC Dynamo Moscow in their Round of 16 game against FC Alania Vladikavkaz and then transferring to FC Zenit St. Petersburg in the winter and coming on as a substitute for Zenit in the final.
Later honorees included Admiral George Dewey (1898) and Captain Arthur Rostron, for his captaining of the SS Kroonland (1914). In 1914, the Thanks of Congress were given to three Latin American diplomats: Domício da Gama, Rómulo Sebastián Naón, and Eduardo Suárez Mujica, for their work at the Niagara Falls peace conference which helped avert a war with Mexico. In 1915, they were extended to members of the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Annanough was founded in 1920 from a merger of the old Vicarstown and Moyanna clubs. Moyanna had won the 1891 Laois Senior Football Championship title while Vicarstown were Laois Intermediate Football Championship winners in 1917 and 1919. Success wasn't long coming the new club's way with the legendary Dick Miller captaining Annanough to a three in a row of Laois Senior Football Championship titles from 1924 to 1926.
In 1924 he joined Hampshire, and played for them to 1935, captaining the side in 1934 and 1935. Lowndes also made five appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1928 and 1934. His final first-class appearance was a mirror to his debut match; Oxford University played the Free Foresters, but this time he played against the university. Lowndes died in 1982 in Newbury at the age of 84.
In 1992, he played his first full season of first grade, playing 21 of the Roosters' 22 games. In 1995, he joined the newly-established North Queensland Cowboys, reuniting with his former Bears' teammate Kerry Boustead, who was the Cowboys' CEO. Sinclair was named the club captain for the inaugural season. He played 11 games that season, captaining the side four times, before retiring at the end of the season.
Outside of his legal work, Druitt played rugby for Oxford against Cambridge in 1929, 1930 and 1931, with one obituarist describing him as a "rawboned Scottish forward, good with his feet before forwards forgot how to dribble, and no mean kicker".U. A. T., "Sir Harvey Druitt", The Times (London), 9 February 1973, p. 16. He played three times for Scotland in 1936 before captaining London Scottish F.C. in 1937.
Farquhar was born in Cambridge, New Zealand in 1928 but spent most of his early years in Fiji. He was educated in New Zealand, and was a pupil at St Peter's School in Cambridge and Wanganui Collegiate. He was an accomplished sportsman and academic at both schools, captaining the cricket team in summer and hockey team in winter. He also broke many of their short and middle distance running records.
13 and doubted whether the Combined Universities would revive the Railway Cup.Irish Independent, 29 October 1971, p. 18 Pat McDonnell of UCC and Cork full-back, Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1969, had the honour of captaining the first Combined Universities team to compete in the Railway Cup against Ulster at Croke Park. The University hurlers defeated Ulster in the preliminary round,Irish Press, 7 February 1972, p.
He made his 88th appearance for Northern Ireland on 11 October 2011, captaining his country in a 3–0 defeat away to Italy in a Euro 2012 qualifier. While working as the national goalkeeping coach, the 43-year-old Taylor made an emergency return to the squad in June 2015 as a back-up goalkeeper, following an injury to Roy Carroll the day before a Euro 2016 qualifier against Romania.
In 2004, Vowles returned to Queensland to play in the Queensland Cup for the Brisbane Broncos feeder club, the Toowoomba Clydesdales, captaining the side. At the end of the season he won the club's Player of the Year award. In 2005, he returned to the Gold Coast, joining the Burleigh Bears. That season, he start at lock in the Bears' Grand Final loss to the North Queensland Young Guns.
Atack, p. 179. The "liability cruise" ended in June 1969. The Royal Scotman was later renamed the Apollo. Apart from captaining the Royal Scotman for a period, Mary Sue's duties included managing the sprawling empire of the Guardian's Office agency within the Church of Scientology and serving as the chair of an executive group known variously as the Commodore's Staff Aides, the Aides Council, and the International Board of Scientology Organizations.
Prentice was born in Shotts, Lanarkshire. After playing for the non- league club Carluke Rovers, Prentice signed for Hearts in 1944. A defender, he played for the Edinburgh side for seven years, before signing for Rangers in 1951 for £7000. He joined Falkirk in 1956 and the high point of his playing career was captaining Falkirk to their Scottish Cup triumph over Kilmarnock in the 1957 Scottish Cup Final.
Pope continued his quality play with the MetroStars, captaining the team to an excellent defensive record. He was named to the MLS Best XI for the third time for his efforts. In 2004, he had a down year with the Metros, but was still voted to the MLS Best XI for a second consecutive season. After the year, Pope was traded to expansion Salt Lake for an allocation.
David Humphreys MBE (born 10 September 1971) is an Irish retired rugby union player. He played 72 times for Ireland, scoring 560 points, including 6 tries, and at the time of his international retirement was Ireland's most capped outhalf. He played his club rugby for Ulster, captaining Ulster to victory in the 1998-99 Heineken Cup. He has also had a successful coaching career with Ulster Rugby and Gloucester Rugby.
Humphreys played in Ireland's summer 2005 tests against Japan, captaining the side twice, with O'Gara on Lions duty. In November 2005, he played against New Zealand and Australia, and captained Ireland for the fifth time against Romania. Humphreys announced his retirement from international rugby after being an unused replacement throughout the 2006 Six Nations campaign. Humphrey' retired as Ireland's most capped out-half with 72 appearances, and with 560 international points.
He made a track return the following year. His racing career seems to have ended during the 2015 season, while captaining the Ipswich Witches. Broken ribs suffered on the opening night and a loss of form contributed to his leaving the side halfway through the year. At the end of that season, it was announced that Ritchie would be returning to the club as the new team manager.
Irfan Pathan, while bowling in the nets. Pathans have represented the Indian national cricket team both before and after independence. They include Jahangir Khan, a Burki Pathan who played for India between 1932 and 1936, later becoming a cricket administrator in Pakistan. Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, the eighth Nawab of Pataudi, played for both England and India in the 1930s and 1940s, eventually captaining the Indian side in 1946.
Ogilvy had married in 1939 and had two daughters, Anne born in 1940 and Susan born in 1942. After the end of the war Ogilvy returned to the insurance business. He continued to play rugby union for the London Scottish rugby club, captaining the 1st XV in 1946-7 season. He finally retired in 1985 by which time he was a director and secretary of the Reinsurance Offices Association.
The 2016–17 season, however, restricted Krhin to twelve appearances, due to injuries, which has marred most of the season. Despite this, Krhin returned to the first team on 16 April 2017, captaining the side and played 74 minutes, in a 3–0 loss against Celta. At the end of the 2016–17 season, Krhin were among players to be departing from Granada following their relegation in La Liga.
Poi was born in Gisborne and raised in Tikitiki, a small East Coast town roughly 90 miles from Gisborne, where he spent his earlier years. His parents making the decision to move to Napier for Poi to be educated there. He attended Napier Boys' High School and during that time played first XV rugby throughout 2011 and 2012. Captaining the side in 2012 to the National Top Four competition.
Ricky Ponting, captaining the side, scored 115 as the World XI batted first and scored 344/8, with Chris Cairns and Brian Lara both scoring half centuries. The Asian XI was unable to reach 345 for victory but did make 232 from their innings. For every run scored in the match, $1,000 was donated to the tsunami appeal. Over 70,000 people attended the match which was televised in 122 countries.
Theophilus Stuart Beatty Wilson (15 August 1870 – 19 May 1941) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1892 and 1893. A fast bowler, he took six wickets in the two University matches against Cambridge.Bolton (1962), pp. 140–147. Wilson was initially educated at Bath College, where he played in the school's cricket team for four years, captaining the side in his final year.
Peter Eccles (born 24 August 1962 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional soccer player. He played for Shamrock Rovers for many years as a centre back and was part of their successful teams of the 1980s. He won a record five league championships with the club, captaining the Rovers side to win the 1993–94 League of Ireland Premier Division. He scored 30 league goals for the Hoops.
She debuted for the Silver Ferns in 1999 at 20 years of age and became the team's captain in March 2005. She started her playing career as a shooter, later moving to the mid-court to concentrate on the wing attack position. She captained the Silver Ferns from 2005 to 2007, highlighted by captaining the gold medal winning Silver Ferns side that beat Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
When Daniel was 16, he left for Texas Christian University (TCU) for prep school and then enrolled in the college in 1908. He lettered four times in both football and baseball at TCU, captaining the 1911 TCU Horned Frogs football team. In 1912, Daniel moved on to the University of Texas at Austin, where he lettered for the Texas Longhorns football team in 1913 and earned a Bachelor of Laws degree.
Gallagher was one of only three players to return to the team for the following season, and was named in the squad for the 2017 Under-20 Six Nations. He played in the first two games, captaining the side against Italy. Gallagher was injured during the Italy game however, and missed the remainder of the tournament. The injury also ruled him out of the 2017 Junior World Cup.
In 2014 and 2015, Stimson played for the Melbourne Storm's NYC team, captaining the side in 2015. In July 2015, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team. In August 2015, he re-signed with the Storm on a 2-year contract until the end of 2017. In 2016, he graduated to the Storm's Queensland Cup team, Sunshine Coast Falcons.
Whipple attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated in the class of 1900. He also played on the football team, captaining the team in 1899. During that season, Whipple was banned from playing a match held on Thanksgiving Day due to his academic deficiencies. Whipple however defied the order and participated in the match anyway, and was suspended on December 9, 1899 until January of the New Year.
With his opportunities diminishing, he retired after captaining the Australian Second XI to New Zealand on an end-of-season tour, during which the team went undefeated. Most of the matches were not first- class but Brown scored his final first-class century against Otago, scoring 184 in an innings victory. He had been less effective in his later years, averaging 38.29 in Tests following World War II.
They had a son on 3 November 1945, at which time they were living at Bucklebury Common, near Reading. After the war he played for Derbyshire's Second XI from 1948 to 1955; captaining them for some of that time. He was chairman of the club from 1960 to 1966.Burkes Peerage and GentryWisden Obituaries 1967 Buckston lived at Sutton-on-the-Hill and was a Justice of the Peace.
William Bailey (20 July 1898 - 27 February 1983) was an Australian cricketer. He played three first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1923 and 1927. He began his cricket career while at Geelong Grammar School, captaining the side by 1917, and then played for the University XI in district cricket where he became known as a dashing batsman. He also became a notable golfer by the mid-1920's.
Clive Charlton Garthwaite CBE (22 October 1909 – 20 January 1979) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. He played one first- class game for the British Army cricket team in 1930. Garthwaite served in North Africa during the Second World War and was mentioned in dispatches in March 1945. He continued to be active in cricket, captaining the Army and Combined Services cricket teams into the 1950s.
Fiona Coghlan (born March 3, 1981) is a former Ireland women's rugby union international. Coghlan represented Ireland at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cups. She also captained the Ireland team that won the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship. In 2013 Coghlan was named The Irish Times/ Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year after captaining Ireland to their first ever Six Nations, Grand Slam and Triple Crown titles.
Coghlan captained the Ireland team that won the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship. In 2013 Ireland also achieved both a Triple Crown and Grand Slam. In 2013 Coghlan was named The Irish Times/ Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year after captaining Ireland to their first ever Six Nations, Grand Slam and Triple Crown titles. Coghlan was also captain when Ireland defeated both and for the first time.
Trauttenberg studied at Cambridge University and played for their hockey team during the 1930s, captaining the team in 1931.Cambridge University Ice Hockey Club alumni records. One of the top defensemen in Austria at the time, he made 25 appearances for the national team at the World Championships between 1930 and 1935. In what would be his final international tournament, Trauttenberg captained the Austrian national team at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
On 19 July 2011, Hall announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2011 season. Despite captaining Sydney to their 2005 premiership, Hall stated that he wanted to be remembered as a Bulldogs player due to them giving him a last chance at playing AFL football in 2010. Hall ended his AFL career with 40 goals in his last eight matches and 55 overall for the 2011 AFL season.
At the end of the season, he received All-League and All-Sarasota honors, he was named team MVP for a second straight year and he was selected to play in the Florida Shrine Bowl. While at Riverview he also competed in basketball, captaining the team as a senior and twice earning All-League and All-Sarasota honors, and he was a member of the track and field team.
John Allan Edward "Jack" Siggins (28 June 1909 – 24 December 1995)Jack Siggins player profile ESPN Scrum.com was an Irish rugby union Number 8. Siggins played club rugby for Belfast Collegians, having attended Methodist College Belfast and played international rugby for Ireland captaining the national side on nine occasions between 1934 and 1936. In 1955 he was appointed manager of the British Isles team on their tour of South Africa.
She toured Australia, New Zealand and South Africa with England. She played 10 Test matches between 1957/58 and 1968/69 and was the first member of the WRNS to play for the national side. She also made six one-day appearances for the International XI women's cricket team, captaining the team at the 1973 World Cup. She was a "hard hitting" opening batsman and bowled off-breaks.
John Henry Burton (31 July 1885 – 22 April 1938) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham. After a spell with Nelson, he joined Southern Football League side Cardiff City in 1911, captaining the side to the Second Division title in 1913. He was also the first Cardiff player to score in a South Wales derby. He later played for Southend United.
Carlo Mamo in action for Marsaxlokk. For the 2007-08 season, Carlo was hoping to help Marsaxlokk retain the title. However, the club suffered the loss of many important players and finished in 2nd place in the League with Carlo making 19 appearances and scoring one goal. Carlo went into the 2008-09 season captaining Marsaxlokk to a 4th-place finish, despite an extremely disappointing start to the season.
Stephensen was nicknamed "Chicken" at school, due to his surname containing the word "hen". In his first year he had his wrist broken in a hazing ritual. He became a platoon leader in the school cadets and was also a talented sportsman, captaining the school's cricket and football teams and winning prizes for athletics. In 1916 he won a two-year extension to his scholarship by passing the junior public examination.
Robert Baddeley Simpson (born 3 February 1936) is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining the national team from 1963/64 until 1967/68, and again in 1977–78. He later had a highly successful term as the coach of the Australian team. He is also known as Bobby or Simmo. Simpson played as a right-handed batsman and semi-regular leg spin bowler.
A highly-promising number three batsman as a junior, Davies broke into the Southern Districts first XI, which played in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, aged 14 and won the South Australia Young Cricketer of the Year Award.'Young Cricketer of the Year Award Past Recipients' , Australian Cricket Society of South Australia He subsequently represented the Australian under-19s, vice-captaining the side at the 1998 Under-19 World Cup. After co-captaining the South Australia under-19 side with Simon Goodwin, who would later quit cricket to concentrate on Australian rules football and eventually captained Australian Football League (AFL) club, the Adelaide Crows, Davies made both his First Class and List A debuts with South Australia in 1997. This was followed in 1998 by an explosive 125-run man-of-the-match performance in the Mercantile Mutual Cup against a Western Australian outfit featuring future Australian players Michael Hussey, Damien Martyn, Tom Moody, Simon Katich, Brendon Julian, Ryan Campbell and Adam Gilchrist.
O'Donnell played baseball and football at Harvard, captaining the baseball team during his senior season. He donated $2.5 million to the baseball program in 1995, allowing it to hire a head coach on a full-time basis. In 2012, O'Donnell donated an additional $30 million to the university. The 1998 Harvard team had a 15–0 record at O'Donnell Field and is the only team in program history to have an undefeated home record.
Born in Kraljevo, Gojković made his first football steps with one of the most famous local football schools, Bubamara 1991. Later he moved to Sloga Kraljevo, where he gained fully affirmation, and was captaining the team for some period. During the time he spent with Sloboda Užice, coach Ljubiša Stamenković called him into "Selekcija novinara", football squad made by players from the Serbian SuperLiga competition, for the rival match against Serbia national football team.
Ryan Westren (born 1984) is a Cornish rugby union player who is currently a player-coach at Launceston, where he plays at outside centre. A club legend at Launceston, he previously played professional rugby union with Cornish Pirates and London Scottish, as well as captaining Cornwall in the county championships. His brother, Murray Westren, is also a rugby player, while their father, Phil Westren, played for Cornish Pirates when they were known as Penzance/Newlyn.
Captain John Hugh Gunner (17 May 1884 - 9 August 1918) was an English first- class cricketer. He was educated at Marlborough College, where he represented the college team from 1901 to 1902, captaining the college in 1902. Later Gunner was educated at Trinity College, Oxford where he represented the college cricket team. Gunner represented Hampshire in six first-class matches, the first of which came in 1906 against the touring West Indians.
Lowden was a keen sportsman playing rugby for Dundee HSFP and captaining the team from 1949 - 1951. He was also a member of the Rules of Golf Committee at The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. In 2004 the committee became part of The R&A; group of companies and still works in conjunction with the United States Golf Association to govern the rules of golf on a worldwide basis.
While with the Oklahoma City Barons, Helmer became the AHL all-time leading scorer among defencemen in 2011, passing John Slaney. Helmer has 562 points in 1093 AHL games. After captaining the Barons in his second season with the club, Helmer was left unsigned through the beginning of the 2012–13 season, due to the NHL lockout. After an agreement was reached, Helmer was signed by the Springfield Falcons on January 9, 2013.
Ebbett played collegiate hockey with the University of Michigan of the CCHA, captaining the Wolverines in his senior year. Undrafted, he was signed as a free agent by the Ottawa Senators on July 17, 2006. Andrew then made his professional debut in the 2006–07 season with Ottawa's affiliate, the Binghamton Senators of the AHL. The Anaheim Ducks signed Ebbett on May 16, 2007, assigning him to their affiliate, the Portland Pirates of the AHL.
Tripura's highest first-class score is 212 by Yogesh Takawale against Hyderabad in 2013-14.Hyderabad v Tripura 2013-14 The best bowling figures are 8 for 133 by Timir Chanda against Himachal Pradesh in 2011-12.Tripura v Himachal Pradesh 2011-12 In October 2016 Rana Dutta became the first bowler to take a hat-trick for Tripura. Rajib Dutta played in Tripura's first five victories, captaining the side in four of them.
James Lillywhite (23 February 1842 – 25 October 1929) was an English Test cricketer and an umpire. He was the first ever captain of the English cricket team in a Test match, captaining two Tests against Australia in 1876–77, losing the first, but winning the second. Lillywhite was born in Westhampnett in Sussex, the son of a brickmaker, John Lillywhite. In the 1861 census the 19 year old James' profession is given as Tile Maker.
Purdon was born in Cathcart in the Eastern Cape of South Africa where he was raised on a cattle farm. He was educated at Kingswood College in Grahamstown where he represented the school's 1st XV for three years, captaining the team in his final year. In 2008, Purdon's final year, he featured alongside Scotland International David Denton, Bulls and Kubota Spears lock Grant Hattingh and Springbok Sevens Olympic Bronze Medalist Rosko Specman.
He also played for English club Bristol, captaining them in 1997/98. Jones was succeeded at scrum-half for Wales by Rupert Moon, a move which attracted some controversy. Few would disagree that Jones was the more technically accomplished scrum-half. However, he was often playing behind a weak Welsh pack at the time and Moon was brought in because of his more physical attributes rather than for his superior scrum-half technique.
Davies played for Cardiff RFC for 12 years, during the amateur era of rugby, representing the club in over 380 games and amassing 3500 points – still a club record. His drop-goal helped UWIST win the 1976 UAU Cup Final, beating University of Wales, Swansea, 6-4. He also represented Oxford in the 1977 Varsity Match. During this time he gained 21 Welsh caps, captaining them five times, and winning a Triple Crown in 1979.
She read history at Royal Holloway College, University of London, where she was a formidable debater, captaining teams in intercollegiate contests. She was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1962, where she was later a bencher. She practised mainly in Liverpool, concentrating on criminal work. She became head of her chambers, but did not become a QC. She became a Recorder in the Crown Court in 1978, and a circuit judge in 1983.
Dave Scully started his career at his local club of Wheatley Hills before joining Wakefield RFC in 1986. It was at Wakefield that he came to prominence, playing for Yorkshire, North of England (captaining them against the All Blacks in 1993), Barbarians, England B and England 7's. However, he never played for the full England side. He left Wakefield in 1998 to join Rotherham before moving onto Otley, then Doncaster and Sheffield Tigers.
Chilaka was released by Notts County in May 2006. He studied at the University of Hull, captaining and managing the team due to their ex-manager leaving. He also played for England Universities.Belgrade Ambition, FA.com, 10 January 2008Hull students to play football for England, Hull University, 30 January 2008 Ahead of the 2007–08 season, Chilaka had a successful trial with Hull City but decided to finish his university course studying Human Biology.
In 2013, Simon was given the captaincy of the Jets. She was awarded the Jets' Player of the Year award for the 2013–14 season After captaining Newcastle Jets in the 2013–14 season, Simon joined Melbourne Victory alongside Hannah Brewer. In October 2015, Simon re-joined the Newcastle Jets. After a rewarding season with Newcastle Jets, Simon signed a deal to play the winter season with Suwon in the WK League.
Captaining North and East Trinidad in their first match in the Beaumont Cup in 1975-76, he took 8 for 27,South and Central Trinidad v North and East Trinidad 1975-76 which remain the best figures in the competition. He captained Trinidad in the 1975-76 season, when they shared the Shell Shield title with Barbados, and captained East Trinidad in most of their first-class matches from 1971 to 1979.
In Sydney, Malone started playing for the Manly club. He was selected for the Australian Under 19 and Under 21 representative teams. In 1999 he joined the Sydney University club as a 21-year-old and played 1st Grade from 1999 to 2001, captaining the club to their first premiership in 29 years in 2001. Malone went to England to play for Exeter Chiefs in the Championship for the 2001–02 season.
Batting first, Gloucestershire made 155, with Rust being run out after scoring 2 runs. Lancashire responded by making 394 in their first-innings, while Gloucestershire were dismissed for 206 in their second-innings, with Rust being dismissed for a duck by Bill Huddleston. Lancashire won the match by an innings and 33 runs. Rust also had a distinguished local football career, playing and captaining Gloucester City 62 times from 1898-1907, scoring 41 goals.
Robert John Inverarity (born 31 January 1944) is a former Australian cricketer who played six Test matches.Cricinfo Player Profile : John Inverarity A right- handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler in his playing career, Inverarity was also one of the enduring captains in the Australian Sheffield Shield during the late 1970s and early 1980s, captaining both Western Australia and South Australia. Inverarity was chairman of selectors for Cricket Australia from 2011 to 2014.
Hugh Dawnay was born on 17 December 1932 to the Olympic polo player David Dawnay and Lady Katharine Nora de la Poer Beresford. He was educated at Eton College. He was a Major in the British Army 10th Royal Hussars where he began his polo career, reaching a 3-goal handicap, eventually captaining both his regimental team and the British Army polo Team. After leaving the army he became a polo coach.
Cullen has represented his country at all levels, 7 caps at schools level, then captaining the U19 team 3 times in 4 caps. He went on to captain the U21s 14 times in 16 appearances. He also appeared for the U25 team and was capped 16 times at 'A' level Irish Wolfhounds where he captained the team against England. Cullen made his senior debut against the All Blacks in Auckland in 2002.
Fabien Galthié (born 20 March 1969) is a French rugby union coach and former player, he is currently the head coach of the French national team. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played much of his club rugby for Colomiers, and later on in his career, Stade Français. Galthié won 64 caps for France, including four Rugby World Cup appearances, as well as captaining the side at the 2003 World Cup.
Weber is already a mainstay on the Swiss national team. He made his international debut at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships in the Czech Republic. He went on to represent his country three times at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, captaining the team at the 2008 tournament where he scored 6 points in as many games. Weber made his senior international debut at the 2009 IIHF World Championship in his home country.
Kenneth William Catchpole (21 June 1939 – 21 December 2017) was an Australian rugby union footballer. A state and national representative half-back, he played twenty-seven matches for Australia, thirteen as captain. Catchpole rose through the ranks at the Randwick club as a young man, before making his debut for New South Wales at only 19 years of age, then captaining Australia at age 21. He is considered one of Australia's greatest rugby scrumhalves.
Of his 27 Test centuries, 25 came while captaining the side, and South Africa lost none of its matches on any such instance. Smith's first ODI century came in 2005, three years after his international debut. He went on to score four more centuries the same year, the second-most in a calendar year by a South African. Smith's highest score in ODIs was 141, which he made against England in September 2009.
While the 2013 and 2019 seasons had the fewest five-wicket hauls where no bowler could pick up a five-wicket haul. Twelve times out of fifteen times a team won, when a player of that team picked up a five-wicket haul. Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir Hossain are the only players to take five-wicket haul while captaining their side. Shakib captained Dhaka Dynamites and Nasir captained the Sylhet Sixers.
Graeme Murray Crossman (born 30 November 1945) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Crossman represented Bay of Plenty at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1974 to 1976. He played 19 matches for the All Blacks, captaining the side in five games, but he did not gain any test caps. He later coached Bay of Plenty between 1979 and 1984.
Despite the lack of tournament victories, the country managed to produce players like Syed Nayeemuddin who led India to bronze at the 1970 Asian Games. During the 1990s, I. M. Vijayan, India's best player at the time, was capped 66 times for India while scoring 29 goals and captaining the team several times. In 1995, Bhaichung Bhutia debuted for India. With Bhutia, India qualified for the AFC Asian Cup after a drought of 27 years.
He made his debut for West of Scotland F.C. in November 1995 against a touring side, South African provincial team Griqualand West. He went on to captain West of Scotland from 1996-97. and also took West to promotion to the Premiership Division One. The game turned professional in 1996 and he played for Glasgow Rugby district team, captaining them in a Challenge Cup match on 16 October 1996 against Sale Sharks of England.
Graham Warwick Charles House (born 4 September 1950) is a former Australian cricketer who played domestically for both Western Australia and South Australia during the early 1970s. Born in Busselton, a mid-sized town in the south-west region of Western Australia,Graham House player profile – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2013. House was a talented schoolboy cricketer, captaining a representative Australian Schools team on a tour to India during the 1966–67 season.
In that foundation season he also had the honour of captaining Australia in its first ever rugby league Test – against New Zealand. Hennessy played in both Tests in May against New Zealand as captain, both of which Australia lost. Hennessy was selected to play in the first ever trans-Tasman test, which was the debut match of the Australia national rugby league team. He is listed in the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 1.
Owing to injury and illness, the team was so depleted that Frank Tarrant, aged 55, and the Maharajah of Patiala, aged 44, were both called upon to play, with the Maharajah given the honour of captaining the Australian team.Patiala v Australians, Australia in India and Ceylon 1935/36 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2015. Patiala's captain was the Maharajah's son and heir, the Yuvraj of Patiala, who later succeeded him on the gadi (throne).
Farrer has been known as "Buster" since early childhood.Colin Bryden, All-Rounder: The Buster Farrer Story, Aloe Publishing, Kidd's Beach, 2013, p. 14. His parents excelled at sport: his father captained the Border cricket team, and his mother won the South African under-18 singles tennis championship.Bryden, p. 13. He attended Dale College, near the family home in King William's Town, excelling in sport and captaining the school cricket team in his final year, 1954.
Lahore v Railways 1959–60 The next season, captaining Lahore in the Ayub Trophy, he took 9 for 28 in the first innings against Lahore Education Board.Lahore v Lahore Education Board 1960–61 These were record bowling figures for Pakistan cricket until Ahad Khan took 9 for 7 in 1964–65.First-Class Best Bowling in an Innings in Pakistan His father, Amjad Qureshi, and two brothers also played first-class cricket.
Wilk captaining Wisla Krakow Wilk was born in Warsaw. He played in hometown's Polonia Warsaw's youth setup, but left the club in 2005 and subsequently joined Korona Kielce. Wilk played his first match as a professional on 15 October 2005, aged 19, and eventually represented his side for five years, playing 74 official games and scoring five goals. In 2007, he was loaned to ŁKS Łódź, appearing in 14 matches during his six-month spell.
Rauluni has been capped 52 times by his country including Captaining them in the 2003 season. He has played in three World Cups in 1995, 1999 and 2003. He had a very good combination with Fijian first five eighth Nicky Little throughout his career. His first test was against South Africa and he played his first Telecom Fiji Cup game in July 2000, turning out alongside Marika Vunibaka to help Suva defeat Tailevu.
His mother Fatima, born and raised in Sarajevo, was a Muslim cleric. His parents divorced when he was 7 years old and he was subsequently raised by his mother. Dino attended the historic Moris Moco Salom elementary school where he was very active as a child, captaining its soccer, basketball and table tennis teams. The school and its historic surroundings - Emperor's Mosque, President Tito's residence and Hotel Nacional, all influenced his later art.
Xu Hong rose to prominence in the 1994 league season with Dalian Wanda FC, when they won the first professional Chinese Jia-A League title. With Dalian, he would win several more top tier league titles in his career in a dominant Dalian team. As one of the most consistent members of the Dalian team he was also named in several senior Chinese national teams, captaining his country against England in 1996.
Michael St John Packe (21 August 1916 – 20 December 1978) was an English historian, biographer, and cricketer.John Arlott, "From Time to Time: Michael Packe, late British author and cricketer" The Guardian, 13 June 1986.Cricinfo profile He was the author of The Life of John Stuart Mill (1954), and four other historical works. A right-handed batsman, he played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club between 1936 and 1939,CricketArchive profile captaining them in 1939.
George Frank Henry Heane (2 January 1904 – 24 October 1969) was an English cricketer. He was a right-arm medium pace bowler and left-hand batsman. He played first-class matches for Nottinghamshire from 1927 to 1951, captaining the club in some games in 1935 and then regularly between 1936 and 1946, and for Marylebone Cricket Club from 1946 to 1948.George Heane He toured New Zealand with Sir Julien Cahn's XI in 1938-39.
John Desmond Clay (25 October 1924 – 11 February 2011) was a right-handed batsman who played for Nottinghamshire between 1948 and 1961, captaining the side in his final year. He was Nottinghamshire's only professional captain before the distinction between amateur and professional was abolished in 1962. Clay scored 9,991 runs in 236 matches at 26.08 for Nottinghamshire. His highest score came in 1952 when he made 192 against Hampshire at Trent Bridge.
Marcel Communeau (11 September 1885 – 26 June 1971)Marcel Communeau rugby union Scrum.com was a French rugby union player, who represented the France national rugby union team. Communeau was the leading French player prior to World War I, representing his country a record 21 times and captaining the side on 13 occasions. Communeau was inducted to the World Rugby Hall of Fame in a ceremony at Wembley Stadium during the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
After this Hoffmann remained at the helm of the Scharnhorst until after the "Channel Dash" in February 1942, thus captaining the ship through Operation Weserübung, Operation Juno and Operation Berlin. On 28 March 1942 Hoffmann became the commanding Admiral of the German Navy in the Baltic and was promoted to Konteradmiral on 1 April. From 1 July 1942 until 4 March 1943 he was the commanding naval officer of the German Navy in the Netherlands.
Wisden 1966, p. 367. Nevertheless he made only four Championship appearances that season,Wisden 1966, p. 366. finding himself out of the team after a second- innings duck against Somerset, and he did not appear in the County Championship again until August 1967, when he played his last four matches. Wilcox's father Denys played first-class cricket for Essex for nearly 20 years, captaining the team for six years before the Second World War.
Kinský joined Russian side Saturn Ramenskoye in January 2004, initially signing a three-year contract. Kinský joined the team on 6 January in Turkey at their training camp ahead of the 2004 Russian Premier League. He started the first six matches of the 2004 season as a substitute, before becoming the club's first-choice goalkeeper. In 2005, he was vice captain for the team, captaining the side in the absence of captain Viktor Onopko.
Cusack began his career with Sheffield Wednesday, making his way through the club's youth system and also captaining the reserve side. After making 95 league appearances for the side, he moved to Southend United in 1978 for a then club record £50,000, where he would win the Fourth Division championship in 1981. A move to Millwall followed the following year for £30,000. He moved to Doncaster Rovers as player-manager in 1985, replacing Billy Bremner.
Wade represented Tasmania in junior cricket and junior football, vice- captaining the Tassie Mariners in the TAC Cup, where he played alongside future Australian Football League players Sam Lonergan, Grant Birchall and Jack Riewoldt. He represented Australia at the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. At the age of 16, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and received two rounds of chemotherapy before he was cleared of the disease.Saltau, Chloe (2012).
William Jack Malden (14 May 1899 – 23 November 1963), known as Jack Malden, was an English cricketer. Malden was a right-handed batsman. He played mainly for Sussex County Cricket Club. Malden was born at Ticehurst in Sussex and educated at Haileybury College where he played cricket for the college team between 1914 and 1917, captaining it in his final year.Noel EB (1918) Public school cricket in 1917, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1918, p.160.
After playing for the Under 21 Springbok side that won the U21 Rugby World Cup in 2002 and then captaining it in 2003, Burger was selected for the senior Springbok squad. He made his debut against Georgia in 2003 at the Rugby World Cup and has since carved out a name as one of the best flankers in the world with solid performances in the Super 12, Tri-Nations and Currie Cup.
Miandad captained the Pakistan cricket team in the next series against the same team, which was played in New Zealand. He could not maintained his previous form against them, and only managed to score 138 runs, averaged below 28. During 1985–86 Sri Lankan tour to Pakistan, three Test matches were played between the teams. Miandad, who was captaining Pakistan, made his third double century in the first Test at Iqbal Stadium.
The great Meath side had finally run out of time. Down won a historic Championship on a scoreline of 1-16 to 1-14. The 1992 Championship started with a three-point home defeat to Laois which proved the final outing for many of the great side who then retired from inter-county football. Meath won a League title in 1994 with Robbie O'Malley of St Colmcille's captaining the side to victory over Armagh.
Foster Neil "Fos" Williams AM (21 February 1922 – 1 September 2001) was a leading Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the Port Adelaide and West Adelaide Football Clubs and coached South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in a career spanning 1946–1978. He also played 34 interstate games for South Australia, captaining the team from 1954–1958 and he coached the team in 45 games from 1955–1969.
Ana Thea Cenarosa (born February 26, 1992) is a Filipina netballer who plays as a goal attacker for the Philippines national netball team. She was part of the Philippines team in both the 2015 and 2017 Southeast Asian Games, captaining the team in the latter."PH absorbs another loss in SEA Games netball", abc-cbn.com, June 4, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2018"PH Netball Bets Humbled by Thais", Manila Bulletin, June 1, 2015.
After captaining the Australian Schoolboys Rugby Union side on their 1986 tour of New Zealand, he made his Test debut for the Wallabies against Scotland in 1988. He earned five international rugby union Test caps between 1988 and 1989 as a flanker. He became prominent with some fearsome displays of running against the touring British Lions in 1989 and he is remembered for a magnificent try scored in that series, running through tacklers at will.
Larsen on Peter I Island in 1929 Nils Larsen (19 June 1900 - 29 September 1976) was a Norwegian sea captain. Larsen is perhaps most associated with the Norvegia expeditions of Antarctica. Larsen was born in Sandar, and became a noted whaler, captaining a number of whaling ships principally for Thor Dahl A/S of Sandefjord. He also served as a first mate on Norvegia expeditions of Antarctica financed by Norwegian whale-ship owner Lars Christensen.
Khaled Mahmud () (born July 26, 1971, also known as Sujon, সুজন) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer and a former Test and ODI captain. A medium-pace bowler and middle-order batsman, he played international cricket for Bangladesh from 1998 to 2006, captaining the team from 2003 to 2004. He started his role as Technical Director of Bangladesh National Cricket Team before the tri-series 2018, where Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe are participators.
Joshua Daniel "Josh" Brizell (born 15 October 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a defender/Midfielder for Marine. He started his career in the youth teams at Rochdale, captaining both the youth and reserve sides before working his way into the first team. He joined Hyde in 2011, and was sent out on loan to Ossett Town later the same year. He featured as a first-team regular for Hyde after his return.
During the Second World War no first-class cricket was played in England. It was therefore seven years before Eagar resumed his county career with Hampshire, for whom he played between 1946 and 1957, captaining the side for those twelve seasons. Eagar retired from first-class cricket at the end of the 1958 season after playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club. He died in 1977 in Kingsbridge, Devon, at the age of 59.
Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell was born at Deysbrook, near Liverpool, on 24 January 1831, the eldest son of Richard Benson Blundell-Hollinshead- Blundell. He was educated at Eton College in Berkshire between 1843–1849. He was a skilled oarsman, rowing in the VIII in 1848 and 1849, and becoming Captain of the Boats in 1849. He was a member of the Field XI and of Eton's elite Oppidan Wall, captaining the latter team in 1848.
On 10 March 2009, he was substituted due to injury after 12 minutes of the Champions League round of 16 second leg match against Chelsea. Due to his impending retirement and his club's 3–2 loss on aggregate, it was his last European match for Juventus. Nedvěd retired at the end of the season, captaining the final match against former team Lazio and setting up Vincenzo Iaquinta's goal for a 2–0 victory.
David Furnell (born June 1874) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Furnell originally played for Old St Luke's either as a full back or half back before being converted to a goalkeeper. In 1894 the club merged with Castle Swifts F.C. to form Old Castle Swifts and Furnell remained there until they folded in 1895. He then spent a season and a half captaining St. Luke's from Beckton before they also folded.
Harold 'Tiger' Stevenson (1 November 1907 – 5 December 1994) was a motorcycle speedway racer who rode for the West Ham Hammers from 1929 until 1939 in early pioneer days, captaining the club for most of them. He was captain for their first ever meeting on 2 May 1929 at home to Coventry and was still the captain in 1937 when the Hammers won the National League Championship. He was born in London, England.Belton, Brian (2003).
Smith has played for Wales at under-17, under-19, under-21 and senior level, often captaining the side at youth level. He received a call-up to the senior Wales national football team on 20 May 2018. Smith qualifies for the Welsh team as his grandfather is from Gwent (county), South Wales. He made his debut for Wales in a friendly 0–0 tie with Mexico, replacing Tom Lawrence after 81 minutes.
Maine Legislators Biographical Database His brother-in-law, Capt. Frank B. Ames, captained the ship named for Morse, the Llewellyn J. Morse (built 1877). The ship later stood in for the USS Constitution in the film Old Irsonsides. Llewellyn J Morse in the Bering Sea of Alaska His brother-in-law became ill and upon his return home from captaining a voyage in Asia on the Llewellyn committed a murder-suicide on his sleeping wife.
Campbell was educated at Canford School and Trinity College, Oxford. At Canford he excelled at rugby union, hockey, squash, tennis, athletics and cricket, captaining the school first team in all six sports. As captain of the cricket team in 1946, his final year, he scored 1277 runs at an average of 116, including an innings of 222 not out in 150 minutes and another of 237 in 106 minutes.Wisden 1947, p. 565.
Two years later he signed for Woolwich Arsenal where he spent six seasons, captaining the club in its inaugural season in the Football League First Division. After a short spell as player-manager of Leyton and five months with West Ham United of the Southern League, he rejoined Rangers for two seasons. He ended his career with spells at four more Scottish League clubs: Port Glasgow Athletic, Hamilton Academical, Morton and Abercorn.
The Australian Training Units Team Enlisting on 1 March 1916, he served in Europe as a chaplain during World War I,4th Military District: Chaplains' Department, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.99, (Saturday, 28 August 1915), p.1681. First World War Embarkation Roll and was involved in the AIF exhibition match which was played in London in 1916, captaining the Combined Training Units team.Australian Football.com profile A news film was taken at the match.
Fishlock made her debut for the U-19 national team at age 16. After captaining the U–19 team, she was called up to the senior national team and made her debut against Switzerland in 2006. She captained the senior team from 2012–2015. After a 1–0 win over Mexico during Wales' first match at the 2013 Algarve Cup, Fishlock scored the game-winning goal of the match during the 11th minute.
Wolfgang Paul (born 25 January 1940 in Olsberg, Province of Westphalia) is a German former football player. Captaining Borussia Dortmund to the European Cup Winners Cup in 1966, Paul got included in Helmut Schön's West German squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Despite this, the defender never played a match for West Germany and had to retire early because of the effects an injury picked up in the late 1960s had to his game.
He made his club debut when 15 years old and won a large array of medals with Lavey. He won four Derry Senior Football Championships and two Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The highlight of his club career was captaining Lavey to victory in the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. He said "My greatest memory is of lifting the Cup and seeing the whole parish of Lavey down below me in Croke Park".
Born in Waterford, O'Donoghue captained Waterpark to a Munster Under-17 title in 2011, a second title at that grade, having also won the All-Ireland title the previous year. He played for the Munster Under-18 Clubs team in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, captaining the side in the latter season. O'Donoghue also captained the Ireland Under-18 Clubs team in their games against France and England in April 2012.
Jan Adriaan Strauss (born 18 November 1985) is a South African former professional rugby union player that played first class rugby between 2005 and 2018. He played in 66 international test matches for (captaining them in 2016) and also featured in three non-test internationals. He played Super Rugby for the and the , making 156 appearances, a record by a South African player. He also made 78 Currie Cup appearances for the and .
His father Tom was a builder who spent time as chairman of the South Kerry board. Peter Keane played football in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He played for St Mary's alongside fellow forward Maurice Fitzgerald. In 1988, the pair won a Kerry under-21 title for South Kerry. However, his county career was limited to minor (1989), county junior (1990) and under-21 (captaining the 1992 team to a Munster title).
Strachan signed a new two-year contract, before captaining Leeds to the league title in 1991–92. In so doing, he denied former boss Alex Ferguson and Leeds' hated rivals Manchester United the title. However, Strachan (now nearing age 35) was beginning to feel the effects of his sciatica and missed a number of matches due to his bad back. Following the club's success, Strachan was appointed an OBE for his services to sport.
Peake first played cricket for Marlborough College, where he was a member of the cricket eleven in 1878, captaining the team in 1879. At Oriel College he joined the University cricket team, playing from the 1880 season through to 1883, winning a Sporting Blue. Peake played in 46 first-class cricket matches, 26 of them for Gloucester, and played alongside E. M. and W. G. Grace. He also played minor counties championship cricket with Berkshire.
He had a "reputation for tenacity", however, and won nine Scotland caps between 1929 and 1933, only finishing on the losing side once and captaining the team in four of those appearances. He is the most capped player in Airdrieonians' history. Crapnell also represented the Scottish League XI five times (all victories) between 1929 and 1932. Crapnell became a manager after the Second World War, working for Alloa Athletic and then St Johnstone.
AFL Tables: Chris Obst In 2001, he was a member of Box Hill's premiership. He was picked up by the Sydney Swans in the 2002 Rookie Draft but wouldn't play a senior game for the club and was delisted at the end of the year. While with the Swans, he began playing for their VFL affiliate Port Melbourne, and he remained there after being delisted, playing over 100 games and captaining the club.
Wilson was a triple threat athlete at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut starring in football, basketball and baseball, captaining both football and baseball teams in his senior year. Emmons Chick Bowens, renowned football, basketball and baseball coach at Hillhouse High, considered Eddie to be one of the most accomplished all-around athletes to come out of Connecticut. He went on to play college ball at College of the Holy Cross.
Shortly after serving a two-match suspension, he returned to the starting line–up as captain, helping the side win 2–1 against Sheffield Wednesday. After captaining for the second time, Dunk was sent off for second bookable offence, in a 3–1 loss against Huddersfield Town on 2 February 2017. After serving a one-match suspension, he returned to the starting line–up, in 4–1 win against Burton Albion on 11 February 2017.
Lewis P (2013) For Kent and Country, p.253. Brighton: Reveille Press. His brothers, Charles and Robert both played first-class cricket for Oxford and MCC whilst his brother-in-law George Marsham made three first-class appearances for Kent County Cricket Club. His sons, Cloudesley Henry Bullock Marsham and Francis Marsham both played for Kent, the former captaining the county to their first County Championship in 1906,Obituaries in 1915, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1916.
Tewkesbury played for the Combined Universities from 1929, captaining the team in 1930, and frequently appeared for Amateur F.A. XIs in matches against the Oxford and Cambridge University clubs. In 1931 he turned out for leading amateur club Casuals. Tewkesbury made his international debut for the England amateur team on 15 November 1930 in Belfast against the Irish amateurs. Ireland won 3–1, but The Times' correspondent absolved him from blame for the goals.
During his career Maher also won selection for the Australian Boomers at the 1998 FIBA World Championship where the team finished in 9th place. He also represented Australia at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games helping the Boomers to 4th in Atlanta and Sydney and 9th place in Athens. In all, Maher played over 100 games for the Boomers and had the honor of captaining his country at the 2001 Goodwill Games.
Galvin made his debut for Dublin in April 1995 against Armagh. 1995 went on to be a hugely successful year for Galvin as he was on Dublin's All-Ireland final winning team who defeated Tyrone Tyrone. He has represented Dublin at U21 and Minor level, captaining the Dublin U21 side in 1996. Galvin still plays his club football with St Sylvesters and won the Malahide club's first Dublin Senior football Championship title in 1996.
Dundee, The Glasgow Herald, 13 August 1908 Galt swapped Glasgow for Merseyside in 1914 and joined Everton. He made 36 appearances for the Toffees and scored four goals. Despite captaining them to the First Division title, he left after only one season when World War I took hold and official football was suspended in England, returning to Scotland to play for Partick Thistle and Third Lanark. He guested for Fulham during the war.
It was an historic occasion as Downey's side were hoping to capture a third All-Ireland title in-a-row, something that Kilkenny had never achieved. Cork stood in their way, however, Kilkenny gave a great performance in the final. The full-time score of 3–10 to 1–7 gave Kilkenny the victory and gave Downey a seventh All-Ireland medal. In 1988 Downey had the honour of captaining Kilkenny once again.
After graduating from Prince Alfred College, Willsmore joined South Australian Grade Cricket League club West Torrens for the 1908/09 season, and in his first match, against Glenelg, made 161 not out. Willsmore led the West Torrens batting averages throughout the season."Cricket", The Advertiser, 19 April 1909, p. 10. The next year Willsmore transferred to Adelaide University Cricket Club, which he captained, as well as vice- captaining the University's football club.
Frederick Gerald Hudson Chalk , born Gerald Frederick Hudson Chalk and known as Gerry Chalk, (7 September 1910 – 17 February 1943) was an English amateur cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and MCC between 1931 and 1939, captaining both Oxford and Kent. Chalk died in 1943, shot down over northern France whilst serving as a Spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force.
He then attended Elstree School and Harrow School. At Harrow, he was part of the football team in 1878 and 1879, captaining the side in the latter year. He also played for the school's cricket team, alongside his older brother Marmaduke Francis Ramsay, better known as Frank. In 1879, the brothers combined to take seventeen of Eton College's twenty wickets, of which Robert claimed six in the first innings and four in the second.
Prior to taking up Australian rules football, Rajcic had had previously played soccer with Adelaide United in the Australian W-League. Prior to that she had played fully professionally for Gustafs GoIF in the Elitettan for the 2012 season, and played for Box Hill United in the Victorian Women's Premier League when she returned to soccer after knee surgery. She considers captaining Adelaide United in 2015 the best achievement in her soccer career.
He captained the under–17 side on several occasions and subsequently helped them qualify for the UEFA European Under-17 tournament. In May 2014, he was part of the squad that won the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, captaining the team in the process and also being named in UEFA's team of the tournament. After the tournament, Ledson described it as 'unbeatable'. In August 2014, Ledson was called up to the under-18 side.
In coaching, Bahwandi has coached the PDRM FA football team in the 1990s, and the Malaysia national futsal team from late 1990s to early 2000s. Later, he was the president of The Ex-State and Ex-National Footballers Association of Malaysia. Bahwandi also played field hockey, and was captaining Malaysia youth team from 1969 to 1971. A police officer by profession, his last rank before retiring from Royal Malaysian Police was Deputy Superintendent.
He finished his career in the English Premiership with Northampton Saints, signing for the 2004–05 season. He retired at the end of that season and returned to Cape Town to pursue business interests."Saints star Krige to quit playing", BBC, 10 February 2005. Krige made one more high-profile appearance on a rugby field, captaining a Western Province XV against a World XV in his testimonial at Newlands on 9 June 2006.
William Haggas is a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, based at Somerville Lodge stables in Newmarket, Suffolk. He is the son-in-law of the multiple champion jockey Lester Piggott. He was educated at Harrow and played cricket at Lord's for Harrow against Eton in 1977, 1978 and 1979, captaining the side in the 1979 match. He started his working life in his father's textile factory, but quit after three months and headed to Newmarket.
Adams, born in Adelaide, South Australia, began her lacrosse career with the Brighton Lacrosse Club. She first represented Australia as a 15-year-old in the U19 world championship winning team of 1995. She has gone on to represent Australia at the senior level, including captaining them to the Women's Lacrosse World Cup title in 2005. Adams also played for the Australian team at the 2009 Women's Lacrosse World Cup in Prague.
Retrieved 29 December 2015. After captaining the Windward Islands under-19s at regional tournaments, he played for the West Indies under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia.Under-19 ODI matches played by Kavem Hodge – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015. Hodge had made his first-class debut for the Windwards earlier in the year, when he played against the Leeward Islands in the 2011–12 Regional Four Day Competition.
Either way, the ethos and tradition laid down over many years has shaped the way that the club conducts itself even in the modern era. The first of these individuals is Raymond Glover Layton Denham. J.D. as he is commonly known, played for the club First and Second XI's, captaining the latter in the late 1970s / early 1980s. In his heyday, Denham bowled leg-cutters and was a hard-hitting lower order batsman.
Nosworthy moved from Northern Transvaal to Border cricket team at the end of the 1990/91 season. Nosworthy made the only first-class century of his career whilst captaining the Border B side against Easterns in November 1995, playing in a team including future South Africa test wicket-keeper Mark Boucher, Nosworthy scored 141 not out in his side's draw in match which turned out to be his second last first-class game.
Denis Clark (born 22 April 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Clark, a centreman recruited from East Malvern, played with Melbourne for eight seasons, from 1968 to 1975.AFL Tables: Denis Clark He then went to Sandringham, where he played until 1980, captaining the club in his final two seasons. His son, Michael Clark, played one game for Melbourne, in 2002.
He led the side to victory in all five games.Griffiths (1987) pp. 4:27–4:31 In 1953 he had the unique distinction of captaining his club (Cardiff), and his country (Wales), to victory against the touring New Zealand All Blacks. Williams was a member of the 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia and played three of the four tests against (missing the first test through injuryThomas (2005) p.
Gerald Rex Parsons (born 26 January 1934, in Okehampton, Devon) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Cornwall. Parsons, who played Minor Counties cricket for the Cornwall from 1966-1973, made his only List A appearance during the 1970 Gillette Cup, against Glamorgan. Opening the batting and captaining the side, he made six runs before being bowled by Malcolm Nash.
Corbet played with Mannheim for the next eight years, leaving the team as the Franchise leader in goals (130) and Captaining the team to the German Championship in 2007 and two cups. On October 26, 2009, he signed with Norwegian team Frisk Tigers of the GET-ligaen for the 2009–10 season. He signed a one-year extension prior to the 2010-11 season and announced his retirement at the conclusion of the year.
It was his fourth time captaining his club to the county football title. Four county football titles in-a-row was beyond this great team, however, Austin Stack's lined out in the county hurling decider again in 1933. Causeway were the opponents, however, Barrett captained his side to a fourth county final victory since 1928. After a few years out of the limelight Austin Stack's fought back to reach the county football decider of 1936.
Brian Kettle (born 22 April 1956 in Prescot) is an English former footballer who played as a left-back. Kettle began his career with Liverpool, signing professional forms in 1973. He was to remain at Anfield for seven years, but could never rise above reserve level. He was very successful in the reserve team, however, captaining the side for many years, as it won five Central League titles, and three Liverpool Senior Cups.
Joel McKenzie Simmonds (born 27 January 1976) is a former Nevisian cricketer who played for the Leeward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. He was a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. From Gingerland parish, Simmonds played for the Leewards under-19 team in three consecutive editions (1993, 1994, and 1995) of the West Indies Youth Championships, captaining the team in the 1995 tournament.Miscellaneous matches played by Joel Simmonds (17) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
This moved him to 35 goals for the Swiss national team, surpassing the record of Kubilay Türkyilmaz. However, within the first half of the opening match of the tournament, Frei was injured while captaining the Swiss team and missed the rest of the tournament due to a torn knee ligament in his left knee after a challenge from Czech defender Zdeněk Grygera. He decided to remain with the team to show his support.
In 2011, India toured West Indies after the World Cup with captain MS Dhoni rested and vice-captain Virender Sehwag injured. Gautam Gambhir was named the captain for the One- dayers and T20's with Raina as his deputy. But due to injury, Gautam Gambhir was ruled out with Raina captaining with Harbhajan Singh as his deputy. India won the series, and his captaincy was highly appreciated by former west-Indian legends.
Fellipe Bastos started his career at Botafogo, one of the famous club from his birthplace. After captaining the Brazil U17 in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he was offered a change to move to Europe, for Benfica. Due to FIFA regulations, he could only make his international transfer following his 18th birthday, and could only be signed for a maximum 5-year contract.FIFA Statutes He played his first official match on 24 August 2008.
He was also part of the Ceylon National Schools Cricket XI which played against All Indian School Boys in Colombo in 1964. After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1965, graduating with an honours degree in economics. He played cricket and football for the university, captaining the cricket team in 1970. He was part of the Central Province Cricket XI team which played against England in 1969 and Australia in 1970.
He made 175 Premier League appearances for the club (232 total) and won the League Cup and Community Shield. Agger returned to Brøndby for personal reasons in August 2014, and retired two years later at the age of 31. A full international since 2005, Agger earned 75 caps and scored 11 goals for Denmark. He represented the nation at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012, captaining his country at the latter.
Théophile Abega Mbida (9 July 1954 – 15 November 2012), nicknamed Doctor, was a Cameroonian football player and politician. Playing as a midfielder he was part of the Cameroon national football team, playing all three matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and captaining the side to their first African Nations Cup victory in 1984, where he scored a goal in the final. He was nicknamed "The Doctor" in tribute to his footballing intelligence.
On 21 January 2020, Hernández signed a three-year contract with Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy, and became the highest paid player in the league. He made his MLS debut on 29 February in a 1–1 draw against Houston Dynamo, captaining the team and playing the entirety of the match. On July 13 he scored his first goal for the club against Portland Timbers which ended in a 2–1 loss.
Kellock scored his first international try against France in Scotland's opening match of the 2011 RBS Six Nations. Kellock also captained his country at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. His last game for Scotland was in the 42–17 win over Japan in the 2013 end-of-year rugby union internationals. He was named as part of the November 2014 Barbarian's squad, captaining them in their match against Australia.
Arsenal half back Alex Graham spent the final two seasons of his professional career at Griffin Park, captaining the team and serving as assistant manager. Jack Phillips scored 22 goals in 29 appearances before being sold in September 1928. Jimmy Hill (seen left) began his professional playing career with Brentford and later became a manager and a broadcaster. Scottish wing half Matt Crowe was a vital cog in Brentford's midfield between 1962 and 1964.
Born in Paddington, London, Grealish played club football for Leyton Orient, Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, West Bromwich Albion, Manchester City, Rotherham United, Walsall and Bromsgrove Rovers. Grealish captained Brighton in the 1983 FA Cup Final. He represented the Republic of Ireland at international level, captaining his country 17 times, scoring 8 goals in 45 appearances between 1976 and 1985. He also appeared in a total of 13 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
Cricket is a strong tradition in Alan Butcher's family. His two brothers, Martin and Ian, both played first-class cricket and both of his sons have also gone on to do so. His eldest son, Mark found fame playing for, and also captaining, Surrey and was for some time a mainstay batsman for England, not suffering the one-Test fate of his father. The youngest, Gary, has also played for Surrey and Glamorgan.
Vlastuin spent his formative years living in Eltham North, a suburb in Melbourne's north-east. He played his junior football at Eltham in the Northern Football League before moving to the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup at the age of 14. In 2011 Vlastuin represented the premiership winning Victorian Metro side at the Under-18 National championships. He returned to the team in 2012, this time captaining the side to the competition title.
Though the conflict with Tipu Sultan was over, the French Revolutionary Wars had only begun. Promoted to rear-admiral on 1 February 1793, Cornwallis remained in the area and aided in the capture of Pondicherry, captaining his new flagship, the frigate , and commanding a small flotilla of three East IndiamenJames, p. 172—Triton, Princess Charlotte, and . He left command of Pondicherry to Captain King and returned to England, docking at Spithead in August 1793.
He was a key figure in the lease of the Port of Melbourne, and led negotiations with cross benchers to enable the legislation to pass through the Victorian Parliament. He is associated with the Labor Unity faction."McGuire promoted in Labor reshuffle", The Age, 6 February 2012. Donnellan was born in Melbourne, and attended Xavier College 1977-84 where he was involved in sports, captaining the hockey team and competing in 1sts rowing.
Thomas Bernard Fogarty (21 March 1878 – 23 February 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda, South Melbourne and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After retiring in 1906 because of business pressures, Essendon did their best to convince him to join their team, but he did not accept. Captaining South Melbourne in 1903, he also captained University for a short period of time in 1908 upon his return from retirement.
AFL Tables: Bob Williams Williams was Hawthorn's second leading goal-kicker in 1940, with 23 goals, just two behind Albert Naismith. He finished second in the goal-kicking again in the 1943 season, which he had spent as captain. Only a one-point loss in the final round of the home and away season prevented him from having the distinction of captaining the first ever Hawthorn team to compete in finals football.
Perroud was born in 1770 to a family from Bordeaux. From 1796, he operated from Mauritius, captaining the privateers Pichegrue and the Hasard from 1799.Les Corsaires en Océan Indien On 6 July 1799, he captured the American merchantman Aurore, under Captain Sutter, and brought her back to Port-Louis. The ship was requisitioned to ferry prisoners to France, and Perroud took her command, arming her with eight guns and 30 men.
Bracken himself had a serious back injury that kept him out for most of the 1999-2000 season, including the 1999 World Cup. He missed out on selection for 2001 Lions tour to Australia, instead captaining England on a three match development tour of North America. By then he was mostly having to compete with Matt Dawson as first-choice "number 9". In 2003 he played in the summer tour beating Australia and New Zealand.
Dunne captaining Manchester City in 2008 against Manchester United in a local derby. In the autumn of 2000, Dunne was signed by Manchester City for a fee of £3.5 million, rejoining his former manager Joe Royle. City had signed both Dunne and Laurent Charvet as replacements for right back Richard Edghill who had suffered from a dip in form. It was in the centre of defence where Dunne made his biggest impact on the team.
Michael Hodge (born 27 May 1989) is a rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is either wing or centre. He has represented Australia national rugby sevens team and was named in the Waratahs squad ahead of the 2013 Super Rugby season. Hodge is a product of rugby nursery Marist College Canberra and captained the First XV in 2007, although injury lead to Vice Captain and #7 Michael Smith captaining the team for the season.
Fitzroy expressed no interest in Ogden and rather than stand down for more than half a season to qualify for Essendon, he returned again to Preston. Ogden retired at the end of the 1925 season just before Preston were re-admitted to Association ranks. Ogden also had the honour of captaining Victoria in a game against South Australia in 1920. He had two sons who played in the VFL, Gordon and Terry.
Schúbert Gambetta Saint Léon (14 April 1920 – 9 August 1991) was a Uruguayan footballer. He played as a half-back and was right-footed. Gambetta was a figure in the Maracanazo when he helped keep Zizinho and Ademir out of the game, which helped him to the 1950 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team. From 1940 to 1956, he played for Club Nacional de Football, winning the Uruguayan championship ten times and captaining the team.

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