List of Lancashire County Cricket Club captains
Lancashire County Cricket Club was founded in 1864. The club played its initial first-class match against Middlesex at Old Trafford from 20th to 22nd July 1865. Lancashire is one of eighteen clubs that play in the County Championship at first-class level. The player appointed club captain leads the team in all fixtures and the following have held the post since it was instituted in 1866:
Club captains
- Edmund Rowley 1866–1879
- A. N. Hornby 1880–1893, 1897–1898
- Archie MacLaren 1894–1896, 1899–1907
- A. H. Hornby 1908–1914
- Myles Kenyon 1919–1922
- Jack Sharp 1923–1925
- Leonard Green 1926–1928
- Peter Eckersley 1929–1935
- Lionel Lister 1936–1939
- Jack Iddon 1946 (captain-elect, but killed in a road accident just before the season began)
- Jack Fallows 1946
- Ken Cranston 1947–1948
- Nigel Howard 1949–1953
- Cyril Washbrook 1954–1959
- Bob Barber 1960–1961
- Joe Blackledge 1962
- Ken Grieves 1963–1964
- Brian Statham 1965–1967
- Jack Bond 1968–1972
- David Lloyd 1973–1977
- Frank Hayes 1978–1980
- Clive Lloyd 1981–1983, 1986
- John Abrahams 1984–1985
- David Hughes 1987–1991
- Neil Fairbrother 1992–1993
- Mike Watkinson 1994–1997
- Wasim Akram 1998
- John Crawley 1999–2001
- Warren Hegg 2002–2004
- Mark Chilton 2005–2007
- Stuart Law 2008
- Glen Chapple 2009–2014
- Tom Smith 2015
- Steven Croft 2016–2017
- Liam Livingstone 2018
Lancashire-born captains
21 players who were born in the traditional county of Lancashire have captained the club:
- Bob Barber (born Manchester) 1960–1961
- Joe Blackledge (born Chorley) 1962
- Jack Bond (born Bolton) 1968–1972
- Ken Cranston (born Liverpool) 1947–1948
- Steven Croft (born Blackpool) 2016–2017
- Peter Eckersley (born Newton-le-Willows) 1929–1935
- Neil Fairbrother (born Warrington) 1992–1993
- Leonard Green (born Whalley) 1926–1928
- Frank Hayes (born Preston) 1978–1980
- A. N. Hornby (born Blackburn) 1880–1893, 1897–1898
- Warren Hegg (born Manchester) 2002–2004
- David Hughes (born Newton-le-Willows) 1987–1991
- Myles Kenyon (born Bury)1919–1922
- Lionel Lister (born Formby) 1936–1939
- Liam Livingstone (born Barrow-in-Furness) 2018
- David Lloyd (born Accrington) 1973–1977
- Archie MacLaren (born Manchester) 1894–1896, 1899–1907
- Edmund Rowley (born Manchester) 1866–1879
- Brian Statham (born Manchester) 1965–1967
- Cyril Washbrook (born Clitheroe) 1954–1959
- Mike Watkinson (born Westhoughton) 1994–1997
See also
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