"Oh, I say, hang it all, Lucy Alleyne, can't you drop that captaining of a fellow when we're out here tete-a-tete.
"The Star-Gazers"
George Manville Fenn
In the middle of the field a small space had been mown, and the pitch itself, apart from a few holes, was not at all bad, but Bagshaw, who was captaining the Busters, decided at once that he should keep wicket because he did not want to stand up to his knees in grass.
"Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate"
Charles Turley
No wonder Alfred became excited over captaining such a fair cargo.
"The End of the Rainbow"
Marian Keith