Many fine players have had the honour of leading a Clifton Alliance side out on to the cricket field since the club’s started playing matches in the 1975 cricket season. Here is a full list of official captains over the past half-century.
1st team captains
1975-1977 PETE GREEN 1978-1979 BRIAN SPRIGG 1980 IAN HUNTER 1981-1984 JOHN McCANN 1985-1988 WINSTONE HOLDER 1989-1992 KEVIN AMBROSEN 1993-1994 MICK PICKERING 1994 ROB TAYLOR 1995 JOHN HUNTER 1996 ROB TAYLOR 1997 DAVE TAYLOR 1998-2003 DUNCAN NAYLOR 2004 JONNY STEVENS 2005-2006 RICHARD MUSGRAVE 2007-2008 JOHN HUNTER 2009 JAMES POSTILL 2010-2015 JOHN GILHAM 2016-2018 SCOTT HOPKINSON 2019 JOHN GILHAM 2020-2024 LIAM GREEN
2nd team captains
1975-1977 RICHARD FALKINGHAM 1978 GORDON HERON 1979-1980 WALLY BREWER 1981 ALBERT ARUNDALE PETE GREEN HAL PARRIS 1982 RICHARD FALKINGHAM 1983 ALAN MUNNERLEY 1984-1987 BRIAN SPRIGG 1988-1989 MICK PICKERING 1990-1991 MARK YOUNG 1991-1997 PAUL THORPE 1998-1999 BILL RODDHAM 2000-2002 JON BLADEN 2003 DAVE HEARTSHORNE 2004-2008 JOHN MYERS 2009-2011 JONNY STEVENS 2012-2013 ALISTAIR WRAY 2014-2016 MATT PHILLIPS 2017-2019 PAUL WALTON 2020-2021 SIMON WILLIAMS 2022 DAVE TAYLOR 2022-2024 JOE KILVINGTON
3rd team captains
1998 DAVE WALSH Senior 1999-2001 PAUL THORPE 2002-2007 BILL RODDHAM 2008-2009 DAVE HEARTSHORNE 2010-2012 SIMON COOK 2013-2017 NEIL SMITH 2018-2019 JASON GATUS 2020-2024 MATT PHILLIPS
4th team captains
2018-2022 GEORGE BROWN 2023-2024 ALLAN BARTON
