The Australian state of Tasmania has one of the longest traditions of cricket-playing in the southern hemisphere. Cricket is recorded as having first been played in Tasmania very shortly after the arrival of British settlers on the island on 12 September 1803, however it wasn't until nearly fifty years later that First-class cricket was to be played there.

Despite the long wait since the foundation of the colony, Tasmania played in the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, which was played on 11 February and 12 February 1851, against Victoria, with Tasmania emerging victorious by 3 wickets. For that first match, Tasmania was captained by John Marshall.

Following that first ever First-class match Tasmania endured a long period of isolation, in which the island's cricketers had to content themselves with occasional First-class matches against other colonies, primarily Victoria, and touring or representative sides.

Australia's elite First-class cricket competition, the Sheffield Shield was established in 1892, however Tasmania was not invited to participate in that elite competition until 1977, and even then, their first four seasons were on a limited fixture list.

These are lists of the men who have been the official Tasmanian captains in First-class, List A and Twenty20 domestic matches.
Where a player has a dagger () after his period of captaincy, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain. The dagger classification follows that adopted by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

First-class captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Tasmanian cricket team for at least one First-class match. It is complete up to the 2018/19 season.

Tasmanian First-class captains
Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Lost Tied Drawn Winning rate
1John Marshall1851/52-53/543210066.66%
2Robert Still1857/58101000%
3William Brown1858/59101000%
4John Arthur1868/69101000%
5John Davies1871/72-1883/84504010%
6William Walker1873/74-77/78202000%
7George Herbert Bailey1879/80101000%
8William Sidebottom1888/89101000%
9Charles McAllen1889/90101000%
10Claude Rock1890/91-93/94202000%
11Kenneth Burn1893/94-1909/1014680042.85%
12Edgar Hawson1904/05†2110050%
13Tom Tabart1909/10†101000%
14Ernest Harrison1909/10†101000%
15Reginald Hawson1910/11-1914/159350133.33%
16Llewellyn Thomas1913/14†202000%
17Sidney Lord1914/15101000%
18Thomas Carroll1922/23100010%
19Horace Smith1923/24110000%
20Alfred Rushforth1924/25-35/369350133.33%
21George Allan1926/27-27/28†202000%
22Rex Bennett1926/27†101000%
23Alfred Watson1927/28†202000%
24Jim Atkinson1929/30-33/3413250615.38%
25Douglas Green1931/32-33/34†501040%
26Alan Newton1932/33†100010%
27Raymond Ferrall1934/35†100010%
28Sydney Putman1937/38†100010%
29Ronald Morrisby1937/38-1951/521106050%
30Jack Laver1950/51†101000%
31Emerson Rodwell1950/51-55/565120220%
32Thomas Davidson1952/53†202000%
33Bertie Brownlow1956/57202000%
34Terence Cowley1958/59-61/62907020%
35Len Maddocks1963/64-67/68301020%
36John Hampshire1968/69100010%
37Rohan Kanhai1969/70200020%
38Billy Ibadulla1970/71-71/72202000%
39Jack Simmons1972/73-78/7910140510.00%
40Brian Davison1979/80-87/8827218077.40%
41Roger Woolley1981/82-85/86†293502110.34%
42David Boon1985/86-98/9958132502022.41%
43Mark Ray1985/86†705020%
44Keith Bradshaw1986/87†1010020%
45Dirk Wellham1987/88-90/91305601916.66%
46Dave Gilbert1990/91†5120220%
47Rod Tucker1991/92-94/95307501823.33%
48Jamie Cox1999/2000-02/0338111601128.94%
49Ricky Ponting2001/02-20127220328.57%
50Daniel Marsh2002/03-2008/0950172101234%
51Damien Wright2003/04†100010%
52Michael Di Venuto2004/05†5130120%
53Michael Bevan2004/05†100010%
54George Bailey2009/10-201861222501336.06%
55Xavier Doherty201111000100.00%
56Tim Paine2010-201412530441.66%
57Alex Doolan2014-2016706010.00%
58Jackson Bird2016100010.00%
59Matthew Wade2018–present000000.00%

Notes:

  • Where there are periods of time in which it appears there is no captain, it is because prior to Tasmania's entry into the Sheffield Shield they often went for periods in which the state played no first class cricket.
  • Jack Simmons captained Tasmania to their first ever win in a Sheffield Shield match in against Western Australia, who they beat by 4 wickets on 30 January 1979.
  • Whilst Ricky Ponting was in effect the Tasmanian cricket captain from 2001/02 until he announced he was standing down on 21 November 2007, this was primarily a ceremonial appointment in order to have the Australian captain as Tasmanian captain as well. In effect Daniel Marsh, his Vice-Captain, has performed the captaincy duties on most occasions, and was appointed outright following Ponting standing aside.
  • Daniel Marsh captained Tasmania to their first ever Pura Cup title in 2006/07, when they beat the New South Wales Blues by 421 runs in the final on 23 March 2007.
  • Source: Cricinfo Australian Domestic Seasons

List A captains

Despite not participating in the Sheffield Shield at that time, Tasmania was included in the inaugural List A cricket competition in Australia that began in 1969/70, and has participated in every subsequent season. This is a complete list of every man who has captained the Tasmanian Tigers in List A cricket.

Tasmanian List A captains
Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Lost Tied No result Winning rate
1Alan Knott1969/70101000%
2Khalid Ibadulla1970/71-71/72202000%
3Jack Simmons1972/73-78/7915690040.00%
4Brian Davison1979/80-87/8812480033.33%
5Roger Woolley1982/83-85/869180011.11%
6David Boon1985/86-98/993512220134.28%
7Keith Bradshaw1986/87†2110050%
8Dirk Wellham1988/89-90/91707000%
9Rod Tucker1992/93-95/96133100023.07%
10Jamie Cox1996/97-2002/033111181136.66%
11Dene Hills1999/2000†11000100%
12Ricky Ponting2001/02-07/088260025.00%
13Daniel Marsh2003/04-2008/094823231147.91%
14Michael Di Venuto2005/06†8341043.75%
15George Bailey2006/7† & 2009/10 – present4827261156.25%
16Xavier Doherty2011101000%
17Tim Paine2013–present11650054.54%
18Jordan Silk20144120133.33%

Notes:

All statistics correct as of 19 October 2016.

Twenty20 captains

Tasmania played their first Twenty20 cricket match against the Queensland Bulls on 6 January 2006; however, the match ended with no result. Below is the record of all the men who have captained Tasmania in Twenty20 cricket matches.

Tasmanian Twenty20 captains
Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Lost Tied No result Winning rate
1Michael Di Venuto2005/06201010%
2Daniel Marsh2006/07-2008/0913670046.15%
3George Bailey2007/08† & 2009/10 – 201112660050%
4Tim Paine2010101000%

Notes:

All statistics correct as of 1 February 2011.

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