List of Leicestershire cricket captains

Leicestershire County Cricket Club was officially founded on 25 March 1879. Leicestershire's team was elevated to first-class status in 1894 and the club joined the County Championship in 1895. It is one of eighteen county teams in England and Wales that play first-class cricket. The player appointed club captain leads the team in all fixtures except if unavailable.


 * Charles de Trafford (1894–1906)
 * Arthur Hazlerigg senior (1907–1910)
 * John Shields (1911–1913)
 * Cecil Wood (1914, 1919–1920)
 * Aubrey Sharp (1921)
 * Gustavus Fowke (1922–1927)
 * Eddie Dawson (1928–1929, 1931, 1933)
 * John de Lisle (1930)
 * Charles Packe (1932)
 * Arthur Hazlerigg junior (1934)
 * Ewart Astill (1935)
 * Stewie Dempster (1936–1938)
 * Michael Packe (1939)
 * Les Berry (1946–1948)
 * Stuart Symington (1949)
 * Charles Palmer (1950–1957)
 * Willie Watson (1958–1961)
 * David Kirby (1962)
 * Maurice Hallam (1963–1965, 1968)
 * Tony Lock (1966–1967)
 * Ray Illingworth (1969–1978)
 * Ken Higgs (1979)
 * Brian Davison (1980)
 * Roger Tolchard (1981–1983)
 * David Gower (1984–1986, 1988–1989)
 * Peter Willey (1987)
 * Nigel Briers (1990–1995)
 * James Whitaker (1996–1999)
 * Vince Wells (1999–2002)
 * Phillip DeFreitas (2003–2004)
 * Hylton Ackerman (2005)
 * Jeremy Snape (2006–2007)
 * Paul Nixon (2007–2010)
 * Matthew Hoggard (2010–2012)
 * Ramnaresh Sarwan (2013–2014)
 * Mark Cosgrove (2015–2017)
 * Michael Carberry (2018)
 * Paul Horton (2018–2019)
 * Colin Ackermann (2020-2022)
 * Callum Parkinson (2022)
 * Lewis Hill (2023 to date)