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Bobby Moore, who remains England's youngest men's captain and the only England captain to have lifted the World Cup, reached 90 captaincies in 1973, sharing the record with Wright. Steph Houghton has the record for captaincies of the women's team, and outright fourth-most caps as captain (72) behind Wright and Moore, and Kane. Seven male ...
New England fishing schooner captain, noted for surviving a series of close calls at sea. United States: Yes 1838 1916 Naihekukui. Known as "Captain Jack" or "Jack the Pilot" to visitors, served as Honolulu harbor master and admiral of the royal fleet in the early Kingdom of Hawaii. Hawaii: Yes c. 1790s 1825 Nelson, Horatio
In 1971, Ray Illingworth captained England in their first ODI. In 1977, management of the England team was taken over by the former Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) until 1 January 1997, and from then by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). England played their first T20I in 2005 under the captaincy of Michael Vaughan.
England captain and similar terms normally refer to the head player in a sports team that represents England. Lists of England captains include: List of England cricket captains; List of England national football team captains; For captains in other sports, see the corresponding articles on those sports.
Although regarded as somewhat of a firebrand in his youth, [3] Hussain succeeded Alec Stewart as captain in 1999 and led England in forty-five Test matches until resigning in 2003. Overseeing four consecutive Test series victories and England's rise to third in the Test rankings, Hussain is regarded as one of England's most able captains.
George Pollard Jr. was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Tamar Pollard (née Bunker) and George Pollard, a ship's captain, [2] at a time when the principal industry there was hunting sperm whales to harvest the oil contained in their blubber and spermaceti. [3]
As captain, he suffered a lack of support from Geoffrey Boycott, who had hoped to be appointed captain instead, and these tensions contributed to the downfall of Denness as a skipper. Boycott played in the first 6 Tests with Denness as captain, including the five matches in the 1–1 drawn series in the West Indies and the first Test of a 3–0 ...
William McLellan (sea captain, born 1735) Thomas F. McManus; Luis de Mendoza (explorer) Marilyn Mercer Jones; Henry Meriton; Reuben Merrill; Simon Metcalfe; Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe; Betsy Miller; Konstantinos Mitragas; Hugh Montgomery (sea captain) Pierre Morpain; Thomas Mostyn (sea captain) Richard Murphy (sea captain) Thomas Musgrave (castaway)