The captaincy was then passed to Andrew Stoddart a future England rugby captain and Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
Matt Hassett captained Tipperary to the 1961 All-Ireland title before handing over the captaincy to his Tipp team mate Jimmy Doyle, regarded by many as one of the greatest players of all-time and All-Ireland winning captain of 1962 and 1965.
He took over the captaincy early in the tour when the Robert L. Seddon died in a sculling accident.
The change also resulted in Kieran Foran earning his first captaincy title for his country.
His finest moments in Tests were in England in 1973 when he scored 176 at Trent Bridge and 175 at Lord's in successive Tests, and during the determined foray by the Kiwis to the West Indies in 1972, when he took over the captaincy from Graham Dowling.
Played under the captaincy of Joe Simpson the team was made up of mainly Cardiff, Newport and Swansea players, Roderick being the sole representative from Llanelli.
His sixth match, against Ireland at Lansdowne Road, was notable as the one and only time that Gurdon was given the captaincy of the England national team.
Buckenham's only Test experience came on the 1909-10 tour to South Africa, under the captaincy of H. D. G. Leveson Gower.
His father, João Vaz de Almada Falcão, was an upright public servant who had held the captaincy of Elmina on the West African coast, but died, as he had lived, a poor man.
His next and final opportunity occurred in 1997 when Canadian national team coach Andy Murray offered him a spot on the roster and the captaincy in exchange for playing a full season for the-then full-time national team.
Whitaker's sports career was equally illustrious, beginning with captaincy of the RMC ice hockey and Canadian football teams.
Under his captaincy, the team were GPS Premiers that year and won the Earl Roberts Trophy.
On January 14, 1504, King Manuel I of Portugal issued a royal letter granting the island of São João (Fernando de Noronha) personally to Fernão de Loronha and his descendants, thereby making Loronha the first Portuguese hereditary donatary captain of Brazil.
Frank captained Bradford for a season and played in their Yorkshire Cup winning side of 1966 against Harrogate at Cross Green, Otley in 1966 under the captaincy of Mike Dixon.
Alderson missed the Irish leg, the captaincy switching to Sammy Woods, but scored a try and a conversion against Wales and a conversion in the Scotland game.
Under the captaincy of Welsh rugby legend Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, Nicholls came in at threequarters on the opposite wing to Cardiff RFC, stalwart Norman Biggs as a replacement for William McCutcheon.
These were desperate times, but most observers thought veteran John Inverarity (who was not of test class as a player) would have been a more astute choice once the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) decided that the veteran incumbent Bobby Simpson could not be guaranteed the captaincy for the season.
With his team mate and fellow midfielder, the great Eddie Dowling, Gus helped the Shannon Rangers win the 1945 Kerry County Championship, thus putting him in line for the Kerry captaincy the following year.
After leading them in 220 matches, Jackson gave up the club captaincy at the end of the 1930 season, handing over to Arthur Walker Richardson who took the team to the top.
Under the captaincy of Newport and Wales rugby superstar Arthur Gould, the game was a draw with a goal from each side.
Stollmeyer gained the captaincy during the 1951/2 tour of Australia after John Goddard stood down in that series.
The captaincy was given back to him, briefly, in August 1975 when Roy Virgin's reign ended after three months.
This injury meant that he would miss the rest of the tournament and the captaincy was given to Jacek Bąk and Michał Żewłakow for the second and third group stage matches.
Under Clarkin's captaincy, UBB finished 5th in the 2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 season and went on to win the play-offs to gain promotion to the Top 14.
He stood down from the captaincy after the 1959 season and, after a few games in 1960, he retired to a job with Guinness.
Mines of Cuiabá attracted adventurers from various regions, most obviously those of the captaincy of São Vicente.
Hesson has recently received heavy criticism for his controversial recommendation that Ross Taylor should surrender captaincy in favour of Brendon McCullum, who is allegedly a close friend of Hesson.
Almost all other characters in the novels see him as a hero: by bringing his undermanned ship home in Midshipman's Hope after being catapulted to the captaincy, doing the same in Challenger's Hope after being stranded aboard a crippled vessel, saving an entire world in Prisoner's Hope and the entire human race in Fisherman's Hope, he has accomplished more than many Captains dream of.
There now seems no reason for celebration, but Higgins is mollified when his former employer offers him the captaincy of the best tugboat on the River Mersey, a position to which he had long aspired.
Parfitt took over the captaincy at Middlesex when Fred Titmus stood down, but was not pleased to have only two seasons in charge, before Mike Brearley took over the role.
The captaincy of the team, following Seddon's death, passed onto Andrew Stoddart.
Under his captaincy, the Indian team managed to clinch the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 2009 after defeating Malaysia in the finals at Ipoh.
She successfully played for all junior ages groups and made her debut for the Senior XI under the captaincy of Alexia Walker in 2007.
McMahon captained the Vixens from its inaugural season in 2008 until 2011, sharing the captaincy with Bianca Chatfield from 2009.
Notable Zimbabwean footballers are Benjamin "Benjani" Mwaruwari, who plays for Blackburn Rovers F.C. as a striker, and is the current Zimbabwe national team captain, having taken over the captaincy from Peter Ndlovu.
Beckham's designated player status as well as his overall stature and celebrity enabled him to seek preferential treatment including the captaincy, his own parking spot right next to the dressing room, and his own hotel room on road trips.
Under Goveani, and under the captaincy of former Cagliari mainstay Gianluca Festa, Nuorese promptly won two promotions in a row, being crowned Eccellenza Sardinia champions in 2004–05 and Serie D – Girone B winners in 2005–06, thus returning to play in Serie C2 the following season.
India won the tournament under Chand's captaincy, who ended with 281 runs from 5 matches, only six runs short of the tournament's highest run-getter Daniel Bell-Drummond.
The captain of Uva Next in the inaugural season of SLPL was supposed to be Chris Gayle but due to an injury the captaincy was awarded to former Sri Lankan vice-captain Thilina Kandamby.
In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to its first ever Test cricket win (and the only victory under his captaincy) in 1951–52 against England cricket team at Madras, winning by an innings and eight runs in a match that began on the day that King George VI died.
Palermaa was given the captaincy for Team Europe for the first time, taking over from Sweden's Tomas Leandersson.
Worsley followed Major Arthur Lupton as captain, but only accepted the position after the Yorkshire committee had initially offered Herbert Sutcliffe the captaincy.
The best example was after David Beckham announced the end of his England captaincy and O'Connell placed him under "Shame".
A month later, he received his captaincy, as well as the Order of St. Vladimir Fourth Class with Swords and Ribbon.