Sentence examples for offered the captaincy from inspiring English sources

"Being offered the captaincy was a big swaying point," he says.

He was offered the captaincy of the baseball team in 1890 but turned it down.

While Wayne Rooney was due to be offered the captaincy by David Moyes before he was sacked, Van Gaal may favour his international captain, Robin van Persie.

Offered the captaincy on a permanent basis by Roy Hodgson, Gerrard proved a fine ambassador until his retirement from international football this summer following England's World Cup disappointment in Brazil.

Being offered the captaincy is awesome".

"I know he was disappointed not to be offered the captaincy at Glamorgan," said Maynard.

"But for Robin [McBryde] to call me [to offer the captaincy] was a great honour and something that I thank him for.

"It would be an honour that would be too big to pass up again," said O'Driscoll on being offered the Lions captaincy.

Hammond had been offered the joint captaincy with Bev Lyon, conditional on his becoming assistant secretary at the club to enable him to play as an amateur, but declined for financial reasons.

Hornby, a keen amateur boxer who had been offered the English captaincy before stepping aside for Harris, grabbed his captain's assailant and "conveyed his prisoner to the pavilion in triumph"; it was later said that he had caught the wrong man.

At the beginning of the 1930 season, Jardine was offered the vice-captaincy of Surrey.