SPD Smith of Australia scored 76 and 102 not out against England in the just concluded Melbourne test to provide the 92^nd occasion of a captain scoring a century and a half century {including twin centuries} in a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	109	50*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
2	HL Collins	114	60	Aus	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
3	DG Bradman	51	144*	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
4	A Melville	78	103	SAF	Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
5	A Melville	189	104*	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
6	DG Bradman	132	127*	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
7	AD Nourse	65	114	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949
8	GO Rabone	107	68	NZl	SAF	Durban	11 Dec 1953
9	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962
0	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
11	RB Simpson	153	115	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
12	Hanif Mohd	104	93	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
13	TL Goddard	60	112	SAF	Eng	Johannesburg	22 Jan 1965
14	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
15	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
16	RB Simpson	55	103	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
17	MC Cowdrey	148	71	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1968
18	GS Sobers	152	95*	Win	Eng	Georgetown	28 Mar 1968
19	GS Sobers	110	52	Win	Aus	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969
20	IM Chappell	72	106*	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	09 Mar 1973
21	IM Chappell	145	121	Aus	NZl	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
22	GS Chappell	123	109*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975
23	AW Greig	116	76*	Eng	Win	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
24	Mushtaq Mohd	107	67*	Pak	NZl	Karachi	30 Oct 1976
25	GS Chappell	121	67	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
26	Mushtaq Mohd	121	56	Pak	Win	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977
27	RB Simpson	100	51	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
28	SM Gavaskar	205	73	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
29	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
30	GS Chappell	74	124	Aus	Win	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979
31	CH Lloyd	100	66	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981
32	LRD Mendis	111	94	Srl	Eng	Lord’s	23 Aug 1984
33	LRD Mendis	53	124	Srl	Ind	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
34	AR Border	140	114*	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986
35	AR Border	70	100*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
36	MW Gatting	61	150*	Eng	Pak	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
37	DI Gower	57	106	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	22 Jun 1989
38	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
39	GA Gooch	87	117	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
40	AR Border	106	78	Aus	Srl	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992
41	MD Crowe	140	61	NZl	Zim	Harare	07 Nov 1992
42	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
43	Saleem Malik	75	143	Pak	Aus	Lahore	01 Nov 1994
44	MA Atherton	94*	118	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997
45	SP Fleming	78	174*	NZl	Srl	Col-RPS	27 May 1998
46	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
47	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
48	AJ Stewart	107	52	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998
49	A Flower	74	129	Zim	Srl	Harare	26 Nov 1999
50	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
51	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
52	SP Fleming	274*	69*	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Apr 2003
53	GC Smith	277	85	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
54	MP Vaughan	52	105	Eng	Srl	Kandy	10 Dec 2003
55	BC Lara	115	86	Win	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
56	MP Vaughan	103	101*	Eng	Win	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
57	T Taibu	85*	153	Zim	Ban	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005
58	RT Ponting	105	86*	Aus	NZl	Auckland	26 Mar 2005
59	GC Smith	126	50*	SAF	Win	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
60	S Chanderpaul	92	153*	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	26 May 2005
61	Inzamam-ul-Haq	50	117*	Pak	Win	Kingston	03 Jun 2005
62	RT Ponting	149	104*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
63	Inzamam-ul-Haq	109	100*	Pak	Eng	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
64	RT Ponting	120	143*	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
65	RT Ponting	103	116	Aus	SAF	Durban	24 Mar 2006
66	M Jayawardene	61	119	Srl	Eng	Lord’s	11 May 2006
67	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
68	RT Ponting	196	60*	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
69	RR Sarwan	65	128	Win	Aus	North Sound	30 May 2008
70	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
71	KC Sangakkara	50	109	Srl	NZl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
72	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
73	BRM Taylor	71	105*	Zim	Ban	Harare	04 Aug 2011
74	BRM Taylor	50	117	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
75	GC Smith	53	115	SAF	NZl	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012
76	M Jayawardene	105	64	Srl	Eng	Col-PSS	03 Apr 2012
77	LRPL Taylor	142	74	NZl	Srl	Col-PSS	25 Nov 2012
78	BRM Taylor	171	102*	Zim	Ban	Harare	17 Apr 2013
79	AD Mathews	91	157*	Srl	Pak	Abu Dhabi	31 Dec 2013
80	Misbah-ul-Haq	101	101*	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
81	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
82	SPD Smith	117	71	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
83	Misbah-ul-Haq	102	87	Pak	Eng	Dubai-DSC	22 Oct 2015
84	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
85	SPD Smith	138	53*	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016
86	AN Cook	105	76*	Eng	Pak	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
87	KS Williamson	113	68*	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	06 Aug 2016
88	V Kohli	167	81	Ind	Eng	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
89	SPD Smith	130	63	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
90	KS Williamson	53	104*	NZl	Ban	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
91	V Kohli	243	50	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
92	SPD Smith	76	102*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

SPD Smith’s feat provides the 27^th occasion of an Australian captain accomplishing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HL Collins	114	60	Aus	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
2	DG Bradman	51	144*	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
3	DG Bradman	132	127*	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
4	RB Simpson	153	115	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
5	RB Simpson	55	103	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
6	IM Chappell	72	106*	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	09 Mar 1973
7	IM Chappell	145	121	Aus	NZl	Wellington	01 Mar 1974
8	GS Chappell	123	109*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975
9	GS Chappell	121	67	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
0	RB Simpson	100	51	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
11	GS Chappell	74	124	Aus	Win	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979
12	AR Border	140	114*	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986
13	AR Border	70	100*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
14	AR Border	106	78	Aus	Srl	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992
15	MA Taylor	334*	92	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
16	RT Ponting	105	86*	Aus	NZl	Auckland	26 Mar 2005
17	RT Ponting	149	104*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
18	RT Ponting	120	143*	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
19	RT Ponting	103	116	Aus	SAF	Durban	24 Mar 2006
20	RT Ponting	196	60*	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
21	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
22	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
23	SPD Smith	117	71	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
24	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
25	SPD Smith	138	53*	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016
26	SPD Smith	130	63	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
27	SPD Smith	76	102*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

SPD Smith’s feat provides the 20th occasion of a captain accomplishing such a feat against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HL Collins	114	60	Aus	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
2	DG Bradman	51	144*	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
3	A Melville	78	103	SAF	Eng	Durban	03 Mar 1939
4	A Melville	189	104*	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
5	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
6	TL Goddard	60	112	SAF	Eng	Johannesburg	22 Jan 1965
7	MAK Pataudi	64	148	Ind	Eng	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
8	GS Sobers	152	95*	Win	Eng	Georgetown	28 Mar 1968
9	CH Lloyd	100	66	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981
0	LRD Mendis	111	94	Srl	Eng	Lord’s	23 Aug 1984
11	AR Border	70	100*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
12	WJ Cronje	126	67	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998
13	GC Smith	277	85	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
14	Inzamam-ul-Haq	109	100*	Pak	Eng	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005
15	M Jayawardene	61	119	Srl	Eng	Lord’s	11 May 2006
16	RT Ponting	196	60*	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
17	M Jayawardene	105	64	Srl	Eng	Col-PSS	03 Apr 2012
18	Misbah-ul-Haq	102	87	Pak	Eng	Dubai-DSC	22 Oct 2015
19	V Kohli	167	81	Ind	Eng	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
20	SPD Smith	76	102*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

SPD Smith’s feat provides the fifth occasion of an Australian captain accomplishing such a feat against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HL Collins	114	60	Aus	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
2	DG Bradman	51	144*	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
3	AR Border	70	100*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
4	RT Ponting	196	60*	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
5	SPD Smith	76	102*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

The following table lists the 23 occasions of a captain scoring a century and a half century {including twin centuries} in a test match.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC MacLaren	109	50*	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
2	HL Collins	114	60	Aus	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
3	DG Bradman	132	127*	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
4	Hanif Mohd	104	93	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
5	RB Simpson	55	103	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
6	GS Sobers	110	52	Win	Aus	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969
7	GS Chappell	123	109*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975
8	GS Chappell	121	67	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
9	RB Simpson	100	51	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
0	GS Chappell	74	124	Aus	Win	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979
11	AR Border	70	100*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
12	GA Gooch	87	117	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
13	AJ Stewart	107	52	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998
14	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
15	RT Ponting	149	104*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
16	RT Ponting	120	143*	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
17	RT Ponting	196	60*	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
18	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
19	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
20	SPD Smith	117	71	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
21	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
22	SPD Smith	130	63	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
23	SPD Smith	76	102*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

Melbourne has witnessed eight occasions of a captain scoring a century and a half century  {including twin centuries} in a test. All such occasions are tabulated. It is noted with interest that SPD Smith is the only captain to accomplish such a feat on two occasions at Melbourne.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Bradman	132	127*	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
2	Hanif Mohd	104	93	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
3	GS Chappell	121	67	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
4	AJ Stewart	107	52	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998
5	SR Tendulkar	116	52	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999
6	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
7	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
8	SPD Smith	76	102*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

AR Border, BC Lara, BRM Taylor, GA Gooch, GC Smith, GS Chappell, JR Reid, RB Simpson and V Kohli are the  nine captain who  have accomplished the feat of scoring a century and a half century {including twin centuries} in a test  on  three separate occasions. The feats of  these nine captains are furnished below

No	No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	AR Border	140	114*	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986
	2	AR Border	70	100*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
	3	AR Border	106	78	Aus	Srl	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992
2	1	BC Lara	91	122	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
	2	BC Lara	115	86	Win	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
	3	BC Lara	61	122	Win	Pak	Lahore	11 Nov 2006
3	1	BRM Taylor	71	105*	Zim	Ban	Harare	04 Aug 2011
	2	BRM Taylor	50	117	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
	3	BRM Taylor	171	102*	Zim	Ban	Harare	17 Apr 2013
4	1	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
	2	GA Gooch	87	117	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
	3	GA Gooch	65	133	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
5	1	GC Smith	277	85	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
	2	GC Smith	126	50*	SAF	Win	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
	3	GC Smith	53	115	SAF	NZl	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012
6	1	GS Chappell	123	109*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975
	2	GS Chappell	121	67	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
	3	GS Chappell	74	124	Aus	Win	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979
7	1	JR Reid	60	142	NZl	SAF	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962
	2	JR Reid	74	100	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963
	3	JR Reid	128	76	NZl	Pak	Karachi	09 Apr 1965
8	1	RB Simpson	153	115	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
	2	RB Simpson	55	103	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
	3	RB Simpson	100	51	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
9	1	V Kohli	115	141	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
	2	V Kohli	167	81	Ind	Eng	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
	3	V Kohli	243	50	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017

RT Ponting {07} and SPD Smith {05} are the two  captains  who have accomplished the feat on five or  more occasions. The performances of these two captains are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	105	86*	Aus	NZl	Auckland	26 Mar 2005
2	RT Ponting	149	104*	Aus	Win	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
3	RT Ponting	120	143*	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
4	RT Ponting	103	116	Aus	SAF	Durban	24 Mar 2006
5	RT Ponting	196	60*	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
6	RT Ponting	101	99	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
7	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
1	SPD Smith	117	71	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
2	SPD Smith	134*	70*	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
3	SPD Smith	138	53*	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016
4	SPD Smith	130	63	Aus	Pak	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
5	SPD Smith	76	102*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017

SM Gavaskar, GA Gooch, GC Smith, RT Ponting  and V Kohli  are  the five captain who have scored a double century and a half century {including a double century and a century} in a test. GA Gooch remains the only captain to score a triple century  and a century in a test. He scored 333 and 123 against  India at Lord’s in Jul 1990

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	205	73	Ind	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
2	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
3	GC Smith	277	85	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
4	RT Ponting	209	89	Aus	Pak	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
5	V Kohli	243	50	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017