Australia
1912-05-01
Syd Gregory was 42, semi-retired and on his eighth tour of England when the Australian Board recalled him to captain the depleted 1912 Triangular side. His tour was personally distinguished — he played his 58th Test, a then-record — but the team was beaten and Gregory never played another Test.
England
1912-08-22
Charles Burgess Fry, the polymath athlete who had played football for England and held the world long-jump record, captained England through the 1912 Triangular Tournament — winning all six Tests, taking England to the title and ending his Test career undefeated as captain.
South Africa and England
1912-06-10
Frank Mitchell, born in Yorkshire and a former England rugby international, was selected to captain South Africa in the 1912 Triangular — one of the most extreme cases of cross-national selection in cricket history. South Africa lost all five of their Tests under his leadership.