Rugby Union | 1880s | Oldest appearance as a captain

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
AN Hornby	FB	35y 22d	England	v Scotland	Manchester	4 Mar 1882	Details
ET Gurdon	Fwd	32y 47d	England	v Scotland	Edinburgh	13 Mar 1886	Details
CH Newman	HB	29y 314d	Wales	v England	Llanelli	8 Jan 1887	Details
CP Lewis	FB	29y 141d	Wales	v Scotland	Edinburgh	8 Jan 1883	Details
TJS Clapp	Fwd	29y 130d	Wales	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	3 Mar 1888	Details
WE MacLagan	3Q	26y 336d	Scotland	v Ireland	Edinburgh	7 Mar 1885	Details
FE Hancock	3Q	26y 336d	Wales	v Scotland	Cardiff	9 Jan 1886	Details
ARD Wauchope	HB	26y 316d	Scotland	v Ireland	Edinburgh	10 Mar 1888	Details
RW Irvine	Fwd	26y 315d	Scotland	v England	Manchester	28 Feb 1880	Details
G Scriven	Fwd	26y 100d	Ireland	v Scotland	Belfast	17 Feb 1883	Details
C Gurdon	Fwd	26y 65d	England	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	6 Feb 1882	Details
AJ Forrest	Fwd	25y 145d	Ireland	v Scotland	Edinburgh	7 Mar 1885	Details
M Johnston	HB	25y 109d	Ireland	v England	Lansdowne Road	6 Feb 1886	Details
L Stokes	3Q	25y 35d	England	v Scotland	Edinburgh	19 Mar 1881	Details
JHS Graham	Fwd	24y 337d	Scotland	v England	Edinburgh	19 Mar 1881	Details
A Rotherham	HB	24y 217d	England	v Scotland	Manchester	5 Mar 1887	Details
CJB Marriott	Fwd	24y 206d	England	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	6 Feb 1886	Details
JA Gould	C	24y 143d	Wales	v Ireland	Swansea	2 Mar 1889	Details
C Reid	Fwd	24y 21d	Scotland	v Wales	Newport	4 Feb 1888	Details
RG Warren	HB	23y 179d	Ireland	v Wales	Swansea	2 Mar 1889	Details
AF Hill	Fwd	23y 20d	Wales	v Scotland	Edinburgh	2 Feb 1889	Details
JA Bevan	3Q	22y 310d	Wales	v England	Blackheath	19 Feb 1881	Details
JW Taylor	Fwd	22y 233d	Ireland	v Scotland	Glasgow	18 Feb 1882	Details

Only the player's most recent appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Wales v Ireland at Swansea, Home Nations, Mar 2, 1889 [0G-0G FT]

England v New Zealand Natives at Blackheath, Feb 16, 1889 [7-0 FT]

Ireland v Scotland at Belfast, Home Nations, Feb 16, 1889 [0G-1G FT]