Captains

A full list of the men and women to have proudly captained South Australia.

Sheffield Shield captains

Name  Captaincy Period  Matches
CH Gibbs 1877 1
JE Gooden 1880-1893 6
W Slight 1881 1
AH Jarvis 1886 1
G Giffen 1887-1898 37
JJ Lyons 1897-1898 5
J Darling 1898-1907 14
A Jarvis 1899 1
JC Reedman 1900-1906 9
C Hill 1902-1923 46
N Claxton 1906-1909 5
DRA Gehrs 1909-1920 6
ER Mayne 1910-1915 6
GC Campbell 1915 1
HHM Bridgman 1920 1
DM Steele 1920-1921 3
A Smith 1921-1922 3
VY Richardson 1921-1936 84
CE Dolling 1922-1923 3
JT Murray 1923 1
PD Rundell 1924 1
CE Pellew 1925 1
AJ Richardson 1926 1
DE Pritchard 1930 2
CV Grimmett 1933-1941 3
DG Bradman 1935-1947 43
CW Walker 1936-1940 4
FC Bennett 1945-1946 4
PL Ridings 1946-1957 80
RA Hamence 1950 1
LD Duldig 1953 1
GB Hole 1957-1958 4
CJ Pinch 1958-1960 18
LE Favell 1958-1970 95
HJC Mutton 1960 1
JC Lill 1961 2
IM Chappell 1970-1980 56
KG Cunningham 1971-1973 7
AJ Woodcock 1974-1977 8
GJ Cosier 1976 2
RK Blewett 1977-1979 20
GR Attenborough 1977 1
BL Causby 1979 2
DW Hookes 1979-1990 90
RJ Inverarity 1979-1981 8
AA Mallett 1980 2
RM Hogg 1980 1
KJ Wright 1982-1984 6
WB Phillips 1983-1987 2
AMJ Hilditch 1985-1991 15
RJ Zadow 1986 1
PR Sleep 1990 1
JD Siddons 1991-1998 73
DS Lehmann 1993-2007 59
GS Blewett 1998-2003 23
TJ Nielsen 1998-1999 3
A Flower 2004 1
GA Manou 2004-2009 25
MTG Elliott 2007 2
NT Adcock 2007-2008 7
DJ Harris 2009-2010 6
M Klinger 2010-2012 19
DT Christian 2011 2
NM Lyon 2012 1
J Botha 2012-2014 23
PJ Hughes 2014 1
TM Head 2015-2022 62
CJ Ferguson 2016-2018 3
TLW Cooper 2018 1
JS Lehmann 2018-2024 17
AT Carey 2019 2
HJ Hunt 2022-2023 6
NA McSweeney* 2024-  

*Current captain

Domestic One Day captains

Name   Captaincy Period  Matches
LE Favell 1969 1
IM Chappell 1970-1979 13
KG Cunningham 1971 1
AJ Woodcock 1976 1
RK Blewett 1978 2
AA Mallett 1980 1
RJ Inverarity 1981 3
DW Hookes 1981-1990 29
KJ Wright 1982-1984 2
WB Phillips 1983-1987 2
AMJ Hilditch 1990 2
JD Siddons 1991-1999 38
TBA May 1992 2
TJ Nielsen 1993 1
GS Blewett 1998-2003 22
DS Lehmann 1998-2007 51
GA Manou 2004-2010 27
MTG Elliott 2007 1
NT Adcock 2007-2008 9
DJ Harris 2009-2010 3
M Klinger 2010-2012 18
DT Christian 2011 1
J Botha 2012-2014 17
TLW Cooper 2014 4
TM Head 2015-2022 27
CJ Ferguson 2016-2017 11
JS Lehmann 2018-2023 16
AT Carey 2019-2022 2
HJ Hunt 2022-2023 2
NA McSweeney* 2024-  

*Current captain

Women's cricket captains

Name   Captaincy period 
M Wylie 1931-1932
Kath White 1934-1935
Sue Summers 1936-1940
Mavis Burke 1946-1947
Dot Laughton 1947-1948
Ruth Dow 1948-1949
June Ingham 1949-1954
Marjorie Adam  1954-1958
Barbara Orchard 1958-1959
Lola Cameron 1959-1960
Margaret Jude 1960-1968
Vicki Freer 1962-1967
Glenda Hurst 1968-1967
Wendy Blunsden 1969-1974
Jill Need 1971-1980
Vicki Freer 1972-1976
A Clarke 1974-1975
Jill Kennare 1980-1984
Wendy Piltz 1985-1986
Lyn Fullston 1987-1991
Andrea McCauley 1991-1996
Joanne Broadbent 1996-1999
Karen Rolton 1999-2010
Jo Wilson 1999-1999
Shelley Nitschke 2006-2011
Kris Britt 2006-2006
Emma Sampson 2006-2006
Alicia Dean 2006-2006
Lauren Ebsary 2010-2015
Julie Woerner 2010-2011
Tegan McPharlin 2016-2018
Megan Schutt 2018-2022
Tahlia McGrath 2019-2020
Jemma Barsby* 2022-

*Current captain

BBL captains

Name  Captaincy period
Michael Klinger   2011-2012
Johan Botha  2012-2015
Brad Hodge  2015-2017
Travis Head  2017-2024
Peter Siddle  2021-2023
Matthew Short*  2023-

*Current captain

WBBL captains

Name Captaincy period
Lauren Ebsary  2015-2016
Tegan McPharlin  2016-2017
Suzie Bates  2017-2021
Tahlia McGrath*  2021-

*Current captain

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