Lancashire County Cricket Club was founded in 1864. The club played its initial first-class match against Middlesex at Old Trafford on 20 to 22 July 1865. Lancashire is one of eighteen clubs that play in the County Championship at first-class level. The player appointed club captain leads the team in all fixtures, except if unavailable, and the following 36 cricketers have held the post since it was instituted in 1866.
Club captains Edmund Rowley 1866–1879 A. N. Hornby 1880–1893, 1897–1898 Archie MacLaren 1894–1896, 1899–1907 A. H. Hornby 1908–1914 Myles Kenyon 1919–1922 Jack Sharp 1923–1925 Leonard Green 1926–1928 Peter Eckersley 1929–1935 Lionel Lister 1936–1939 Jack Iddon 1946 (captain-elect, but killed in a road accident just before the season began) Jack Fallows 1946 Ken Cranston 1947–1948 Nigel Howard 1949–1953 Cyril Washbrook 1954–1959 Bob Barber 1960–1961 Joe Blackledge 1962 Ken Grieves 1963–1964 Brian Statham 1965–1967 Jack Bond 1968–1972 David Lloyd 1973–1977 Frank Hayes 1978–1980 Clive Lloyd 1981–1983, 1986 John Abrahams 1984–1985 David Hughes 1987–1991 Neil Fairbrother 1992–1993 Mike Watkinson 1994–1997 Wasim Akram 1998 John Crawley 1999–2001 Warren Hegg 2002–2004 Mark Chilton 2005–2007 Stuart Law 2008 Glen Chapple 2009–2014 Tom Smith 2015 Steven Croft 2016–2017 Liam Livingstone 2018 Dane Vilas 2019–2022 Keaton Jennings 2023
Lancashire-born captains 20 Lancashire-born players have captained the club as follows:
Bob Barber (born Manchester) 1960–1961 Joe Blackledge (born Chorley) 1962 Jack Bond (born Bolton) 1968–1972 Ken Cranston (born Liverpool) 1947–1948 Steven Croft (born Blackpool) 2015–2017 Peter Eckersley (born Newton-le-Willows) 1929–1935 Neil Fairbrother (born Warrington) 1992–1993 Leonard Green (born Whalley) 1926–1928 Frank Hayes (born Preston) 1978–1980 A. N. Hornby (born Blackburn) 1880–1893, 1897–1898 Warren Hegg (born Manchester) 2002–2004 David Hughes (born Newton-le-Willows) 1987–1991 Myles Kenyon (born Bury)1919–1922 Lionel Lister (born Formby) 1936–1939 David Lloyd (born Accrington) 1973–1977 Archie MacLaren (born Manchester) 1894–1896, 1899–1907 Edmund Rowley (born Manchester) 1866–1879 Brian Statham (born Manchester) 1965–1967 Cyril Washbrook (born Clitheroe) 1954–1959 Mike Watkinson (born Westhoughton) 1994–1997 Liam Livingstone (born Barrow-in-Furness) 2018
See also List of Lancashire County Cricket Club players
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