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A list of the captains in Ashes Tests

In the following table, you will find a complete list of all the Captains that have taken command in an Ashes Test Series. Some will have hyperlinks to individual statistics or year, and if you would like to know more about a Captain or Series then please click on the link.

Season

England

Australia
Tests
Eng
Aus
D
Ashes
1876 - 77 James Lillywhite DW Gregory
2
1
1
0
-
1878 - 79 Lord Harris DW Gregory
1
0
1
0
-
1880 Lord Harris WL Murdoch
1
1
0
0
-
1881 - 82 A Shaw WL Murdoch
4
0
2
2
-
1882 AN Hornby WL Murdoch
1
0
1
0
-
1882 - 83 Hon. Ivo Bligh WL Murdoch
4
2
2
0
England
1884 Lord Harris WL Murdoch
3
1
0
2
England
1884 - 85 A Shrewsbury TP Horan
5
3
2
0
England
1886 AG Steel HJH Scott
3
3
0
0
England
1886 - 87 A Shrewsbury P McDonnell
2
2
0
0
England
1887 - 88 WW Read P McDonnell
1
1
0
0
England
1888 WG Grace P McDonnell
3
2
1
0
England
1890 WG Grace WL Murdoch
2
2
0
0
England
1891 - 92 WG Grace J McC Blackham
3
1
2
0
Australia
1893 WG Grace J McC Blackham
3
1
0
2
England
1894 - 95 AE Stoddart G Giffen
5
3
2
0
England
1896 WG Grace GHS Trott
3
2
1
0
England
1897 - 98 AE Stoddart GHS Trott
5
1
4
0
Australia
1899 AC MacLaren J Darling
5
0
1
4
Australia
1901 - 02 AC MacLaren J Darling
5
1
4
0
Australia
1902 AC MacLaren J Darling
5
1
2
2
Australia
1903 - 04 PF Warner MA Noble
5
3
2
0
England
1905 Hon. FS Jackson J Darling
5
2
0
3
England
1907 - 08 AO Jones MA Noble
5
1
4
0
Australia
1909 AC MacLaren MA Noble
5
1
2
2
Australia
1911 - 12 JWHT Douglas C Hill
5
4
1
0
England
1912 CB Fry SE Gregory
3
1
0
2
England
1920 - 21 JWHT Douglas WW Armstrong
5
0
5
0
Australia
1921 LH Tennyson WW Armstrong
5
0
3
2
Australia
1924 - 25 AER Gilligan HL Collins
5
1
4
0
Australia
1926 AW Carr HL Collins
5
1
0
4
England
1928 - 29 APF Chapman J Ryder
5
4
1
0
England
1930 APF Chapman WM Woodfull
5
1
2
2
Australia
1932 - 33 DR Jardine WM Woodfull
5
4
1
0
England
1934 RES Wyatt WM Woodfull
5
1
2
2
Australia
1936 - 37 GOB Allen DG Bradman
5
2
3
0
Australia
1938 WR Hammond DG Bradman
4
1
1
2
Australia
1946 - 47 WR Hammond DG Bradman
5
0
3
2
Australia
1948 NWD Yardley DG Bradman
5
0
4
1
Australia
1950 - 51 FR Brown AL Hassett
5
1
4
0
Australia
1953 L Hutton AL Hassett
5
1
0
4
England
1954 - 55 L Hutton IW Johnson
5
3
1
1
England
1956 PBH May IW Johnson
5
2
1
2
England
1958 - 59 PBH May R Benaud
5
0
4
1
Australia
1961 PBH May R Benaud
5
1
2
2
Australia
1962 - 63 ER Dexter R Benaud
5
1
1
3
Australia
1964 ER Dexter RB Simpson
5
0
1
4
Australia
1965 - 66 MJK Smith RB Simpson
5
1
1
3
Australia
1968 MC Cowdrey WM Lawry
5
1
1
3
Australia
1970 - 71 R Illingworth WM Lawry
6
2
0
4
England
1972 R Illingworth IM Chappell
5
2
2
1
England
1974 - 75 MH Denness IM Chappell
6
1
4
1
Australia
1975 AW Greig IM Chappell
4
0
1
3
Australia
1976 - 77 AW Greig GS Chappell
1
0
1
0
*
1977 JM Brearley GS Chappell
5
3
0
2
England
1978 - 79 JM Brearley GN Yallop
6
5
1
0
England
1979 - 80 JM Brearley GS Chappell
3
0
3
0
*
1980 IT Botham GS Chappell
1
0
0
1
*
1981 JM Brearley KJ Hughes
6
3
1
2
England
1982 - 83 RGD Willis GS Chappell
5
1
2
2
Australia
1985 DI Gower AR Border
6
3
1
2
England
1986 - 87 MW Gatting AR Border
5
2
1
2
England
1987 - 88 MW Gatting AR Border
1
0
0
1
*
1989 DI Gower AR Border
6
0
4
2
Australia
1990 - 91 GA Gooch AR Border
5
0
3
2
Australia
1993 GA Gooch AR Border
6
1
4
1
Australia
1994 - 95 MA Atherton MA Taylor
5
1
3
1
Australia
1997 MA Atherton MA Taylor
6
2
3
1
Australia
1998 - 99 AJ Stewart MA Taylor
5
1
3
1
Australia
2001 N Hussain SR Waugh
5
1
4
0
Australia
2002 - 3 N Hussain SR Waugh
5
1
4
0
Australia
2005 M Vaughan RT Ponting
5
2
1
2
England
2006 - 7 A Flintoff RT Ponting
5
0
5
0
Australia

 

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