List of Somerset cricket captains
Official captains

List of Somerset cricket captains

Section Title: Official captains
Table Section Text: None

No.	Name	Nationality	Years	First	Last	FC	LA	T20	Total	Refs

1	Stephen Newton	England	1882–1884	4 August 1882	28 August 1884	16	–	–	16

2	Edward Sainsbury	England	1885	16 July 1885	27 August 1885	6	–	–	6

3	Herbie Hewett	England	1891–1893	18 May 1891	28 August 1893	44	–	–	44

4	Sammy Woods	Australia/ England	1894–1906	6 July 1893	10 August 1908	230	–	–	230

5	Lionel Palairet	England	1907	18 August 1898	29 August 1907	20	–	–	20

6	John Daniell	England	1908–1912 1919–1926	11 May 1908	28 August 1926	212	–	–	212

7	Massey Poyntz	England	1913–1914	23 May 1910	31 August 1914	44	–	–	44

8	Jack White	England	1927–1931	16 May 1919	13 July 1935	158	–	–	158

9	Reggie Ingle	England	1932–1937	17 July 1929	19 August 1939	154	–	–	154

10	Bunty Longrigg	England	1938–1946	23 June 1937	31 May 1947	73	–	–	73

11	Jack Meyer	England	1947	30 August 1939	30 August 1947	26	–	–	26

12	Mandy Mitchell-Innes	England	1948	1 August 1936	22 May 1948	6	–	–	6

13	Jake Seamer	England	1948	29 May 1948	10 July 1948	7	–	–	7

14	George Woodhouse	England	1948–1949	19 July 1947	27 August 1949	34	–	–	34

15	Stuart Rogers	England	1950–1952	3 May 1950	27 May 1953	89	–	–	89

16	Ben Brocklehurst	England	1953–1954	2 May 1953	28 August 1954	56	–	–	56

17	Gerry Tordoff	England	1955	7 May 1955	31 August 1955	28	–	–	28

18	Maurice Tremlett	England	1956–1959	11 May 1949	2 September 1959	118	–	–	118

19	Harold Stephenson	England	1960–1964	17 July 1957	23 May 1964	134	1	–	135

20	Colin Atkinson	England	1965–1967	21 June 1961	6 September 1967	88	12	–	100

21	Roy Kerslake	England	1968	11 May 1968	31 August 1968	24	–	–	24

22	Brian Langford	England	1969–1971	19 June 1965	26 August 1972	80	48	–	128

23	Brian Close	England	1972–1977	18 August 1971	7 September 1977	118	110	–	228

24	Brian Rose	England	1978–1983	19 April 1978	10 July 1983	111	112	–	223

25	Ian Botham	England	1984–1985	17 May 1980	24 August 1985	32	49	–	81

26	Peter Roebuck	England	1986–1988	8 June 1983	21 August 1988	60	53	–	113

27	Vic Marks	England	1989	9 July 1980	8 September 1989	73	51	–	124

28	Chris Tavaré	England	1990–1993	17 May 1989	31 August 1993	84	87	–	171

29	Andy Hayhurst	England	1994–1996	5 September 1993	30 July 1996	42	50	–	92

30	Peter Bowler	England	1997–1998	25 May 1995	27 July 2004	49	54	–	103

31	Jamie Cox	Australia	1999–2002	15 April 1999	12 May 2004	62	78	–	140

32	Mike Burns	England	2003–2004	17 June 2001	16 September 2004	39	45	9	93

33	Graeme Smith	South Africa	2005	5 June 2005	30 July 2005	2	5	11	18

34	Ian Blackwell	England	2005–2006	26 July 2005	24 May 2006	8	10	2	20

35	Justin Langer	Australia	2007–2009	18 April 2007	18 October 2009	46	43	32	121

36	Marcus Trescothick	England	2010–2015	23 May 1999	22 September 2015	97	70	49	216

37	Chris Rogers	Australia	2016	10 April 2016	20 September 2016	16	–	–	16

38	Tom Abell	England	2017–present	14 April 2017	24 September 2018	27	2	–	29

Sentence(s)

John Daniell, Brian Close, Marcus Trescothick and Rose are the only captains to have led Somerset over 200 times, and Rose's total of 112 List A matches as captain is the most by a Somerset player.

final_sentence: John Daniell, Brian Close, Marcus Trescothick and Rose are the only captains to have led Somerset over 200 times, and Rose's total of 112 List A matches as captain is the most by a Somerset player.