# List of Western Australia cricket captains

This is a list of people who have captained Western Australia at the first-class, List A and Twenty20 formats of cricket. In total, 61 different players have captained Western Australia at some form of the game. Mitchell Marsh is currently the team's captain, with Adam Voges having retired at the end of the 2016/17 season . At Twenty20 level, Western Australia does not currently compete, being replaced by the Perth Scorchers from the 2011–12 season. Statistics are correct as of 12 January 2014:

## First-class

| № | Name | Nationality | First | Last | M | W | L | D | T | Win % |
| 1 | Herbert Orr | England | 1892–93 | 1892–93 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 2 | Bill Moore | Australia | 1898–99 | 1898–99 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 3 | Karl Quist | Australia | 1905–06 | 1905–06 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 4 | Harold Evers | Australia | 1906–07 | 1920–21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10.00% |
| 5 | Thomas Hogue | Australia | 1907–08 | 1908–09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 6 | Arthur Christian | Australia | 1908–09 | 1921–22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20.00% |
| 7 | Leonidas Bott | Australia | 1922–23 | 1924–25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 8 | Harold Rowe | Australia | 1922–23 | 1929–30 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 9 | Mac Evans | Australia | 1924–25 | 1924–25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Robert Hewson | Australia | 1925–26 | 1931–32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 11 | Patrick Quinlan | Australia | 1926–27 | 1926–27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 12 | James Herbert | Australia | 1926–27 | 1926–27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 13 | Arthur Richardson | Australia | 1927–28 | 1928–29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 14 | Dick Bryant | Australia | 1929–30 | 1935–36 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 15 | Ossie Lovelock | Australia | 1936–37 | 1936–37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 16 | William Rowlands | Australia | 1937–38 | 1938–39 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 17 | Merv Inverarity | Australia | 1939–40 | 1939–40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 18 | Douglas McKenzie | Australia | 1945–46 | 1945–46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 19 | George Robinson | Australia | 1946–47 | 1946–47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 20 | Keith Carmody | Australia | 1947–48 | 1955–56 | 35 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 20.00% |
| 21 | Allan Edwards | Australia | 1950–51 | 1950–51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 22 | Wally Langdon | Australia | 1952–53 | 1952–53 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16.66% |
| 23 | Ken Meuleman | Australia | 1955–56 | 1960–61 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 20.59% |
| 24 | John Rutherford | Australia | 1958–59 | 1960–61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 25 | Bob Simpson | Australia | 1960–61 | 1960–61 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 26 | Laurie Sawle | Australia | 1960–61 | 1960–61 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 27 | Barry Shepherd | Australia | 1961–62 | 1965–66 | 37 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 18.92% |
| 28 | Murray Vernon | Australia | 1962–63 | 1966–67 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11.11% |
| 29 | Graham McKenzie | Australia | 1963–64 | 1963–64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 30 | Tony Lock | England | 1963–64 | 1970–71 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 36.84% |
| 31 | John Inverarity | Australia | 1971–72 | 1978–79 | 52 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 48.08% |
| 32 | Ian Brayshaw | Australia | 1971–72 | 1976–77 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.00% |
| 33 | Rod Marsh | Australia | 1975–76 | 1983–84 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 45.00% |
| 34 | Ric Charlesworth | Australia | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 35 | Tony Mann | Australia | 1979–80 | 1979–80 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33.33% |
| 36 | Kim Hughes | Australia | 1980–81 | 1984–85 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 48.28% |
| 37 | Ken McEwan | South Africa | 1980–81 | 1980–81 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 38 | Greg Shipperd | Australia | 1981–82 | 1984–85 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14.29% |
| 39 | Craig Serjeant | Australia | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11.11% |
| 40 | Bruce Laird | Australia | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 41 | Dennis Lillee | Australia | 1983–84 | 1983–84 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66.66% |
| 42 | Wayne Clark | Australia | 1984–85 | 1984–85 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 43 | Graeme Wood | Australia | 1985–86 | 1989–90 | 54 | 20 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 37.04% |
| 44 | Mike Veletta | Australia | 1988–89 | 1991–92 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 37.50% |
| 45 | Wayne Andrews | Australia | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% |
| 46 | Geoff Marsh | Australia | 1990–91 | 1993–94 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 38.71% |
| 47 | Damien Martyn | Australia | 1994–95 | 2005–06 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 25.00% |
| 48 | Tom Moody | Australia | 1994–95 | 2000–01 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 47.62% |
| 49 | Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 1996–97 | 2002–03 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 36.36% |
| 50 | Brendon Julian | Australia | 1997–98 | 1999–00 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20.00% |
| 51 | Justin Langer | Australia | 1998–99 | 2006–07 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 41.18% |
| 52 | Michael Hussey | Australia | 2002–03 | 2012–13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 35.29% |
| 53 | Jo Angel | Australia | 2002–03 | 2002–03 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Murray Goodwin | Zimbabwe | 2003–04 | 2003–04 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Marcus North | Australia | 2005–06 | 2012–13 | 40 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 35.00% |
| 56 | Adam Voges | Australia | 2007–08 | 2013–14 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 37.04% |
| 57 | Shaun Marsh | Australia | 2013–14 | 2013–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |

## List A

| № | Name | Nationality | First | Last | M | W | T | L | N/R | Win % |
| 1 | Tony Lock | England | 1969–70 | 1970–71 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 80.00% |
| 2 | John Inverarity | Australia | 1971–72 | 1978–79 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% |
| 3 | Rod Marsh | Australia | 1975–76 | 1979–80 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77.78% |
| 4 | Tony Mann | Australia | 1979–80 | 1979–80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 5 | Kim Hughes | Australia | 1980–81 | 1984–85 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 70.58% |
| 6 | Ken McEwan | South Africa | 1980–81 | 1980–81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 7 | Craig Serjeant | Australia | 1981–82 | 1981–82 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| 8 | Dennis Lillee | Australia | 1983–84 | 1983–84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 9 | Graeme Wood | Australia | 1985–86 | 1989–90 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 71.05% |
| 10 | Wayne Andrews | Australia | 1987–88 | 1989–90 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 11 | Geoff Marsh | Australia | 1989–90 | 1993–94 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 64.00% |
| 12 | Mike Veletta | Australia | 1992–93 | 1992–93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 13 | Damien Martyn | Australia | 1994–95 | 2005–06 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% |
| 14 | Mark Lavender | Australia | 1994–95 | 1994–95 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| 15 | Tom Moody | Australia | 1995–96 | 2000–01 | 32 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 66.67% |
| 16 | Brendon Julian | Australia | 1996–97 | 1999–00 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% |
| 17 | Justin Langer | Australia | 1998–99 | 2006–07 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 69.05% |
| 18 | Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 1999–00 | 2002–03 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 71.43% |
| 19 | Simon Katich | Australia | 2001–02 | 2001–02 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 20 | Michael Hussey | Australia | 2002–03 | 2012–13 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% |
| 21 | Marcus North | Australia | 2005–06 | 2012–13 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 42.86% |
| 22 | Adam Voges | Australia | 2007–08 | 2015–16 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 34.78% |
| 23 | Brett Dorey | Australia | 2008–09 | 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 24 | Luke Ronchi | Australia | 2011–12 | 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 25 | Michael Beer | Australia | 2013–14 | 2013–14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% |

## Twenty20

| № | Name | Nationality | First | Last | M | W | L | T | N/R | Win % |
| 1 | Marcus North | Australia | 2005–06 | 2010–11 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 53.33% |
| 2 | Adam Voges | Australia | 2005–06 | 2010–11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 53.85% |