Record of South Africa's Test captains (Complete up to and including 3rd Test v Pakistan, January 2007) Captain Tenure Tests W L D O.R.Dunell 1888-89 1 0 1 0 W.H.Milton 1888-92 2 0 2 0 E.A.Halliwell 1895-96 3 0 3 0 A.R.Richards 1895-96 1 0 1 0 M.Bissett 1898-99 2 0 2 0 H.M.Taberer 1902-03 1 0 0 1 J.H.Anderson 1902-03 1 0 1 0 P.W.Sherwell 1905-11 13 5 6 2 S.J.Snooke 1909-10 5 3 2 0 F.Mitchell 1912 3 0 3 0 L.J.Tancred 1912 3 0 2 1 H.W.Taylor 1913-24 18 1 10 7 H.G.Deane 1927-31 12 2 4 6 E.P.Nupen 1930-31 1 1 0 0 H.B.Cameron 1930-32 9 2 5 2 H.F.Wade 1935-36 10 1 4 5 A.Melville 1938-47 10 0 4 6 A.D.Nourse 1948-51 15 1 9 5 J.E.Cheetham 1952-55 15 7 5 3 D.J.McGlew 1955-62 14 4 6 4 C.B.van Ryneveld 1956-58 8 2 4 2 T.L.Goddard 1963-65 13 1 2 10 P.L.van der Merwe 1965-67 8 4 1 3 A.Bacher 1969-70 4 4 0 0 K.C.Wessels 1991-94 16 5 3 8 W.J.Cronje 1993-2000 53 26 11 16 G.Kirsten 1997-98 1 0 0 1 S.M.Pollock 2000-03 26 14 5 7 M.V.Boucher 2001-03 4 2 2 0 G.C.Smith 2003-date 45 19 14 12 J.H.Kallis 2005-06 1 0 1 0 A.G.Prince 2006 2 0 2 0 Details: Year Opponent Opposing Captain(s) P W L D (Home/Away) 1. O.R.Dunell 1888-89 Eng (H) C.A.Smith 1 0 1 0 2. M.P.Bowden 1888-89 Eng (H) W.H.Milton 1 0 1 0 1891-92 Eng (H) W.W.Read 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3. E.A.Halliwell 1895-96 Eng (H) Lord Hawke/T.C.O'Brien 2 0 2 0 1902-03 Aus (H) J.Darling 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 4. A.R.Richards 1895-96 Eng (H) Lord Hawke 1 0 1 0 5. M.Bisset 1898-99 Eng (H) Lord Hawke 2 0 2 0 6. H.M.Taberer 1902-03 Aus (H) J.Darling 1 0 0 1 7. J.H.Anderson 1902-03 Aus (H) J.Darling 1 0 1 0 8. P.W.Sherwell 1905-06 Eng (H) P.F.Warner 5 4 1 0 1907 Eng (A) R.E.Foster 3 0 1 2 1910-11 Aus (A) C.Hill 5 1 4 0 13 5 6 2 9. S.J.Snooke 1909-10 Eng (H) H.D.Leveson-Gower/F.Fane 5 3 2 0 10. F.Mitchell 1912 Aus(Eng) S.E.Gregory 2 0 2 0 1912 Eng (A) C.B.Fry 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 11. L.J.Tancred 1912 Eng (A) C.B.Fry 2 0 2 0 1912 Aus(Eng) S.E.Gregory 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 12. H.W.Taylor 1913-14 Eng (H) J.W.H.T.Douglas 5 0 4 1 1921-22 Aus (H) H.L.Collins 3 0 1 2 1922-23 Eng (H) F.T.Mann 5 1 2 2 1924 Eng (A) A.Gilligan/J.Douglas 5 0 3 2 18 1 10 7 13. H.G.Deane 1927-28 Eng (H) R.Stanyforth/GStevens 5 2 2 1 1929 Eng (A) J.C.White/A.W.Carr 5 0 2 3 1930-31 Eng (H) A.P.F.Chapman 2 0 0 2 12 2 4 6 14. E.P.Nupen 1930-31 Eng (H) A.P.F.Chapman 1 1 0 0 15. H.B.Cameron 1930-31 Eng (H) A.P.F.Chapman 2 0 0 2 1931-32 Aus (A) W.M.Woodfull 5 0 5 0 1931-32 NZ (A) M.L.Page 2 2 0 0 9 2 5 2 16. H.F.Wade 1935 Eng (A) R.E.S.Wyatt 5 1 0 4 1935-36 Aus (H) V.Y.Richardson 5 0 4 1 10 1 4 5 17. A.Melville 1938-39 Eng (H) W.R.Hammond 5 0 1 4 1947 Eng (A) N.W.D.Yardley 5 0 3 2 10 0 4 6 18. A.D.Nourse 1948-49 Eng (H) F.G.Mann 5 0 2 3 1949-50 Aus (H) A.L.Hassett 5 0 4 1 1951 Eng (A) F.R.Brown 5 1 3 1 15 1 9 5 19. J.E.Cheetham 1952-53 Aus (A) A.L.Hassett 5 2 2 1 1952-53 NZ (A) W.M.Wallace 2 1 0 1 1953-54 NZ (H) G.Rabone/B.Sutcliffe 5 4 0 1 1955 Eng (A) P.B.H.May 3 0 3 0 15 7 5 3 20. D.J.McGlew 1955 Eng (A) P.B.H.May 2 2 0 0 1956-57 Eng (H) P.B.H.May 1 0 1 0 1957-58 Aus (H) I.D.Craig 1 0 0 1 1960 Eng (A) M.C.Cowdrey 5 0 3 2 1961-62 NZ (H) J.R.Reid 5 2 2 1 14 4 6 4 21. C.B.van Ryneveld 1956-57 Eng (H) P.B.H.May 4 2 1 1 1957-58 Aus (H) I.D.Craig 4 0 3 1 8 2 4 2 22. T.L.Goddard 1963-64 Aus (A) R.B.Simpson/R.Benaud 5 1 1 3 1963-64 NZ (A) J.R.Reid 3 0 0 3 1964-65 Eng (H) M.J.K.Smith 5 0 1 4 13 1 2 10 23. P.L.van der Merwe 1965 Eng (A) M.J.K.Smith 3 1 0 2 1966-67 Aus (H) R.B.Simpson 5 3 1 1 8 4 1 3 24. A. Bacher 1969-70 Aus (H) W.M.Lawry 4 4 0 0 25. K.C.Wessels 1991-92 WI (A) R.B.Richardson 1 0 1 0 1992-93 Ind (H) M.Azharuddin 4 1 0 3 1993-94 SL (A) A.Ranatunga 3 1 0 2 1993-94 Aus (A) A.R.Border 2 1 0 1 1993-94 Aus (H) A.R.Border 3 1 1 1 1994 Eng (A) M.A.Atherton 3 1 1 1 16 5 3 8 26. W.J.Cronje 1993-94 Aus (A) A.R.Border 1 0 1 0 1994-95 NZ (H) K.R.Rutherford 3 2 1 0 1994-95 Pak (H) Salim Malik 1 1 0 0 1994-95 NZ (A) K.R.Rutherford 1 1 0 0 1995-96 Zim (A) A.Flower 1 1 0 0 1995-96 Eng (H) M.A.Atherton 5 1 0 4 1996-97 Ind (A) S.R.Tendulkar 3 1 2 0 1996-97 Ind (H) S.R.Tendulkar 3 2 0 1 1996-97 Aus (H) M.A.Taylor 3 1 2 0 1997-98 Pak (A) Saeed Anwar 3 1 0 2 1997-98 Aus (A) M.A.Taylor 3 0 1 2 1997-98 Pak (H) Aamir Sohail/Rashid Latif 2 1 1 0 1997-98 SL (H) A.Ranatunga 2 1 0 1 1998 Eng (A) A.J.Stewart 5 1 2 2 1998-99 WI (H) B.C.Lara 5 5 0 0 1998-99 NZ (A) D.J.Nash 3 1 0 2 1999-00 Zim (H) A.D.R.Campbell 1 1 0 0 1999-00 Zim (A) A.Flower 1 1 0 0 1999-00 Eng (H) N.Hussain 5 2 1 2 1999-00 Ind (A) S.R.Tendulkar 2 2 0 0 53 26 11 16 27. G.Kirsten 1997-98 Pak (H) Aamir Sohail 1 0 0 1 28. S.M.Pollock 2000-01 SL (A) S.T.Jayasuriya 3 1 1 1 2000-01 NZ (H) S.P.Fleming 3 2 0 1 2000-01 SL (H) S.T.Jayasuriya 3 2 0 1 2000-01 WI (A) C.L.Hooper 5 2 1 2 2001-02 Zim (A) H.H.Streak 2 1 0 1 2001-02 Ind (H) S.C.Ganguly 2 1 0 1 2001-02 Aus (A) S.R.Waugh 3 0 3 0 2002-03 Bdsh (H) Khaled Mashud 1 1 0 0 2002-03 SL (H) S.T.Jayasuriya/M.S.Atapattu 2 2 0 0 2002-03 Pak (H) Waqar Younis 2 2 0 0 26 14 5 7 29. M.V.Boucher 2001-02 Aus (H) S.R.Waugh 3 1 2 0 2002-03 Ban (H) Khaled Mashud 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 30. G.C.Smith 2003 Ban (A) Khaled Mahmud 2 2 0 0 2003 Eng (A) M.P.Vaughan/N.Hussain 5 2 2 1 2003-04 Pak (A) Yousuf Youhana/Inzamam-ul-Haq 2 0 1 1 2003-04 WI (H) B.C.Lara 4 3 0 1 2003-04 NZ (A) S.P.Fleming 3 1 1 1 2004 SL (A) M.S.Atapattu 2 0 1 1 2004-05 Ind (A) S.C.Ganguly 2 0 1 1 2004-05 Eng (H) M.P.Vaughan 5 1 2 2 2004-05 Zim (H) T.Taibu 2 2 0 0 2004-05 WI (A) S.Chanderpaul 4 2 0 2 2005-06 Aus (A) R.T.Ponting 3 0 2 1 2005-06 Aus (H) R.T.Ponting 2 0 2 0 2005-06 NZ (H) S.P.Fleming 3 2 0 1 2006-07 Ind (H) R.Dravid 3 2 1 0 2006-07 Pak (H) Inzamam-ul-Haq 3 2 1 0 45 19 14 12 31. J.H.Kallis 2005-06 Aus (H) R.T.Ponting 1 0 1 0 32. A.G.Prince 2006 SL (A) D.P.M.D.Jayawardene 2 0 2 0 Submitted by Jeff Thomas (thomasjb@indiana.edu)
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