The county were captained for their first 29 years of first-class cricket by W. G. Grace, whose family had helped form the club.
Alleyne captained the county during its most prosperous spell, during which time they won eight one-day trophies.
[2] Gloucestershire have never won the official County Championship, but have runners-up on a number of occasions.
[4] The majority of Gloucestershire's captains have been English, only Mike Procter and Courtney Walsh have played international cricket for a different nation.
Walter Troup, Cyril Sewell and George Emmett were all born outside of the United Kingdom, but within the British Empire.