As well as an ardent Boro fan, Ive always loved my cricket too, and all the tradition that goes with it. You may notice that on the England cricket shirts underneath the 3 lions theres an unique number. This denotes the chronological order in which that player has played for his country. This got me thinking about doing a similar list of Boro players?

What does the list tell us? Well it tells us the grand total of 766 players have worn our shirt in competitive action. If 2 or more players made their debuts in the same game then the lowest shirt number took priority. Numbers of note include Billy Woof! at 500, 666 aptly is Vladimir Kinder and Boros Ian Botham (474) is the legendary Willie Maddren.

Please find underneath, if the B17 powers to be can find room that is (ed: just!), the full list…

1. George Smith - 50. Alex McCowie
51. John Eckford - 100. George Reid
101. Thomas Murray - 150. Bill Flint
151. Harry Boardman - 200. Jack Curtis
201. Reuben Butler - 250. Norman Gowland
251. George Camsell - 300. John Smith
301. Ernie Coleman - 350. Stan Rickaby
351. Martin Reagan - 400. Ronnie Burbeck
401. Carl Taylor - 450. Stan Anderson
451. Des McPartland - 500. Billy Woof
501. Tom Paterson - 550. Gary Hamilton
551. Andy Crawford - 600. Andy Dibble
601. Ian Arnold - 650. Viv Anderson
651. Jan-Aage Fjortoft - 700. Dean Windass
701. Gareth Southgate - 750. Tom Craddock
751. Julio Arca - 766. Afonso Alves

1. George Smith
2. Bill Shaw
3. Andy Ramsay
4. Harry Allport
5. John McNally
6. Peter McCracken
7. Bob Wanless
8. Geoff Longstaffe
9. Joe Gettins
10. Bob Page
11. Eddie Pugh
12. Fergus Osbourne
13. Martin Hughes
14. J Redfern
15. James Callaghan
16. Michael Murphy
17. Nobby Bell
18. Richard Pratt
19. Robert Eglington
20. Jimmy Stott
21. Thomas Lamb
22. Frank Piercy
23. Robert Gray
24. Luke Raisbeck
25. Ernie Clark
26. George Reid
27. Joe Murphy
28. James Cowan
29. Douglas McCorquodale
30. Jimmy Jones
31. Bob Piercy
32. Seth Buckley
33. George Madden
34. RW Evans
35. Tom Linton
36. Joe Clark
37. Jack Ostler
38. Tom Niblo
39. Willie Wardrope
40. Joe Frail
41. John Dow
42. James Millar
43. Bill Higgins
44. Andy Davidson
45. Martin Moran
46. Sandy Robertson
47. John Wilkie
48. James Brown
49. John Brown
50. Alex McCowie
51. John Eckford
52. Chris Carrick
53. Tom Doig
54. George Hodgson
55. Dave Smith
56. Thomas MacFarlane
57. Alexander Thompson
58. Michael Cochrane
59. Jack Brearley
60. Abe Jones
61. Joe Cassidy
62. Peter Turner
63. Jim Tennant
64. James Leslie
65. Joe Blackett
66. Jimmy Crawford
67. Bob Watson
68. Tim Williamson
69. Rab Macfarlane
70. William MacAulay
71. John Muir
72. James Robertson
73. John Hogg
74. William Muir
75. Len Goodson
76. William Godley
77. Harry Douglas
78. Robert Currie
79. Edward Gettins
80. Willie White
81. Sandy Brown
82. Bobby Atherton
83. Sam Aitken
84. Jimmy Suddick
85. Andrew McGuigan
86. Harold Boddington
87. Dicky Roberts
88. Fred Featherstone
89. Billy Agnew
90. Harry Astley
91. Jimmy Thackeray
92. James Bell
93. Thomas Craig
94. Donald McCallum
95. William Davies
96. Charles Hewitt
97. Tom Green
98. Tom Phillipson
99. Alf Common
100. George Reid
101. Thomas Murray
102. Tom Coxon
103. Chris Duffy
104. George Hedley
105. George Henderson
106. William Thompson
107. Robert Walker
108. Billy Barker
109. Otto Trechman
110. Herbert Hunter
111. Bill Worrall
112. Steve Bloomer
113. Billy Brawn
114. Fred Wilcox
115. Emor Ratcliffe
116. Alex Campbell
117. Hector Shand
118. William Hickling
119. Eddie Hanlon
120. Fred Barker
121. Fred Priest
122. John Tomlin
123. Charles O’Hagan
124. Jim Tyldesley
125. William Tucker
126. Jack Harkins
127. J Roberts
128. William Roberts
129. Andy Aitken
130. Sammy Cail
131. Bobby Brown
132. Jimmy Watson
133. Albert Groves
134. Alex McCulloch
135. Bert Hasell
136. Teddy Verrill
137. Tom Dixon
138. A Urquhart
139. Thomas Wilson
140. Fred Pentland
141. Jack Hall
142. David Gordon
143. Harry Kent
144. Don McLeod
145. Bob Young
146. Love Jones
147. George Elliott
148. George Burton
149. Simon Beaton
150. Bill Flint
151. Harry Boardman
152. Jimmy Weir
153. Andrew Jackson
154. Robert Gibson
155. Samuel McClure
156. Jim Nicholl
157. William Duguid
158. B Kelly
159. James Peggie
160. Alex Wardrope
161. Bill Davidson
162. Jacky Carr
163. Ben Davies
164. Henry Carr
165. Joe Crosier
166. Charles Best
167. Teddy Howling
168. Harry Leonard
169. Billy James
170. Willie Carr
171. Jock Stirling
172. Edmund Eyre
173. Arthur Layton
174. Jimmy Windridge
175. Allan McRobbie
176. Joe Hisbent
177. John Cook
178. John Haworth
179. Alec Fraser
180. Arthur Brown
181. Harry Cook
182. George Malcolm
183. John Walker
184. Stewart Davidson
185. Fred Kirby
186. Walter Tinsley
187. Tom Storey
188. Richard Healey
189. Wit Stage
190. Richard Wynn
191. Archie Wilson
192. Tommy Urwin
193. Albert Davies
194. Andy Wilson
195. Walter Holmes
196. Hugh Caig
197. Charlie Dixon
198. Bill Ellerington
199. Victor Fox
200. Jack Curtis
201. Reuben Butler
202. Harry Harrison
203. John Honeyman
204. George Carr
205. John Robinson
206. Jock Marshall
207. Joe Davison
208. Bob Pender
209. Evan Lloyd
210. Wallace Clarke
211. Jerry Poulton
212. Sam Jennings
213. Peter Donaghy
214. John Hastie
215. Jacky Mordue
216. Frank Chipperfield
217. Frank Dowson
218. Billy Birrell
219. Jim Gallagher
220. Tommy Brown
221. Ernest Young
222. Billy Murray
223. Maurice Webster
224. Charlie Slade
225. Walter Bottrill
226. Jack Clough
227. Joe Harris
228. Alex Cochrane
229. Bill Butler
230. Reg Freeman
231. Alf Maitland
232. Arthur Stevenson
233. Ian Dickson
234. Russell Wainscoat
235. Ernest Smith
236. Owen Williams
237. Morris Hick
238. James Bissett
239. Jesse Williams
240. Peter Dickinson
241. Hugh Good
242. Don Ashman
243. Jack French
244. William McAllister
245. Robert G Ferguson
246. Jimmy McClelland
247. John Wilson
248. Norman Thompson
249. George Jones
250. Norman Gowland
251. George Camsell
252. Norman Swales
253. Arnold Watson
254. Phil Cartwright
255. James Mathieson
256. Joe Miller
257. Billy Pease
258. John Smith
259. Frank Twine
260. Johnny McKay
261. Fred Kennedy
262. Joe Peacock
263. Wille Millar
264. Bobby Bruce
265. Syd Jarvis
266. Allan Hall
267. George Emmerson
268. John Gardner
269. Jack MacFarlane
270. Kenny Cameron
271. Jack Elkes
272. Ernie Muttitt
273. Bert Watson
274. Billy Forrest
275. Joe Hillier
276. Jack Jennings
277. Freddy Warren
278. Billy Scott
279. Tom Freeman
280. Andy Carr
281. Johnny Holliday
282. Don McPhail
283. Billy Brown
284. Jack Surtees
285. Ted Marcroft
286. Joey Williams
287. Bobby Stuart
288. George Martin
289. Harold Blackmore
290. Arthur Rigby
291. Bobby Baxter
292. Fred Gibson
293. Tom Griffiths
294. Jack Martin
295. Micky Fenton
296. Charlie Ferguson
297. E Weightman
298. Cliff Chadwick
299. Benny Yorston
300. John Smith
301. Ernie Coleman
302. Joe Bell
303. Ralph Birkett
304. Arthur Cunliffe
305. Albert Ross
306. Ray Parkin
307. Harry Hawkins
308. Norman Higham
309. Bob Ferguson
310. Dave Cumming
311. Tom Cochrane
312. George Laking
313. Wilf Mannion
314. Ray Bryan
315. Harold Shepherdson
316. Paddy Nash
317. George Hardwick
318. Jacky Milne
319. George Wardle
320. Norman Fowler
321. Mick Murphy
322. Duncan McKenzie
323. Charlie Scrimshaw
324. Sammy Armes
325. Tom Butler
326. George Stobbart
327. Dicky Robinson
328. Harry Bell
329. Jimmy Gordon
330. Johnny Spuhler
331. George Dews
332. Geoff Walker
333. Eddie Murphy
334. Alec Linwood
335. Norman Robinson
336. Jimmy McCabe
337. John Douglas
338. Harry Mattinson
339. Harold Dobbie
340. Jimmy Maddison
341. Con Gallacher
342. Wally Briggs
343. Cec McCormack
344. Norman Malan
345. Gordon Hepple
346. Derwick Goodfellow
347. Bill Whitaker
348. Ronnie Dicks
349. Jack Hodgson
350. Stan Rickaby
351. Martin Reagan
352. Bob Anderson
353. Paddy Johnston
354. Rolando Ugolini
355. Tom Blenkinsopp
356. Alex McCrae
357. Andy Donaldson
358. Jimmy Hartnett
359. Peter McKennan
360. Joe Brown
361. Bill Linacre
362. Peter Desmond
363. Tom Woodward
364. Arthur Fitzsimons
365. Lindy Delapenha
366. Walter Auld
367. Neil Mochan
368. Ron Patterson
369. George Aitken
370. Sam Lawrie
371. Ray Barnard
372. Bobby Corbett
373. Eddie Russell
374. Frank Mulholland
375. Ray Bilcliff
376. Ollie Norris
377. Joe Rayment
378. Bill Edwards
379. John McMurray
380. Ken McPherson
381. Joe Birbeck
382. Seamus O’Connell
383. Derek Stonehouse
384. Bill Harris
385. Bill Watkin
386. John Robinson
387. Bert Mitchell
388. Tom Brown
389. Joe Scott
390. Charlie Wayman
391. William Robertson
392. Brian Phillips
393. Doug Cooper
394. Brian Clough
395. Billy Day
396. Peter Taylor
397. Alan Peacock
398. Derek McLean
399. Esmond Million
400. Ronnie Burbeck
401. Carl Taylor
402. Ray Henderson
403. Eddie Holliday
404. Ernie Walley
405. Alan Rodgerson
406. Brian Jordan
407. Willie Fernie
408. Ray Yeoman
409. Mick McNeil
410. Dennis Windross
411. Derrick Wilkie
412. Ken Thomson
413. Ronnie Waldock
414. Don Walker
415. Bob Appleby
416. Joe Livingstone
417. Arthur Kaye
418. Gordon Jones
419. Willie Hamilton
420. Billy Horner
421. Bill Gates
422. Dick Neal
423. Derek Weddle
424. Neville Chapman
425. Bryan Orritt
426. Ian Gibson
427. Arthur Lightening
428. Bobby Hume
429. Mel Nurse
430. Morris Emmerson
431. Bill Povey
432. Cyril Knowles
433. Peter Bryan
434. Eddie Connachan
435. Bobby Braithwaite
436. Arthur Horsfield
437. Harry Kirk
438. Don Ratcliffe
439. Jim Townsend
440. Frank Spraggon
441. Jim Irvine
442. Don Masson
443. Ian Davidson
444. Dick Le Flem
445. Dicky Rooks
446. Terry Garbett
447. Eric McMordie
448. Derrick Downing
449. Stan Marshall
450. Stan Anderson
451. Des McPartland
452. Alex Smith
453. Geoff Butler
454. Jim Lawson
455. Dave Chadwick
456. John O’Rourke
457. John Hickton
458. Ray Lugg
459. Willie Whigham
460. Bob Worthington
461. Johnny Crossan
462. David Smith
463. Mike Kear
464. Mike Allen
465. Alan McNeill
466. Peter Wilson
467. Joe Laidlaw
468. Maurice Short
469. Stan Webb
470. Brian Myton
471. George Kinnell
472. Alan Moody
473. George Smith
474. Willie Maddren
475. David Mills
476. Hugh McIlmoyle
477. Alan Murray
478. Harry Charlton
479. Johnny Vincent
480. Don Burluraux
481. Nobby Stiles
482. Stuart Boam
483. John Craggs
484. Jim Platt
485. John Stone
486. Pat Lynch
487. David Armstrong
488. Malcolm Smith
489. Peter Creamer
490. Peter Brine
491. Alan Foggon
492. Brian Taylor
493. Graeme Souness
494. Bobby Murdoch
495. Malcolm Poskett
496. Tony McAndrew
497. Jim Cochrane
498. Pat Cuff
499. Alan Willey
500. Billy Woof
501. Tom Paterson
502. Terry Cooper
503. Phil Boersma
504. Ian Bailey
505. Ted Coleman
506. Alan Ramage
507. Graeme Hedley
508. Alf Wood
509. Stan Cummins
510. John Mahoney
511. Billy Ashcroft
512. Craig Johnston
513. David Brown
514. Alan Walsh
515. Peter Johnson
516. David Shearer
517. Charlie Bell
518. Jim Stewart
519. Mark Proctor
520. David Hodgson
521. Micky Burns
522. Terry Cochrane
523. Bosco Jankovic
524. Irving Nattrass
525. Jeff Peters
526. Mick Angus
527. Billy Askew
528. Gary Macdonald
529. Colin Blackburn
530. Colin Ross
531. Keith Nobbs
532. Joe Bolton
533. Mick Baxter
534. Heine Otto
535. Andy McCreesh
536. Darren Wood
537. Bobby Thomson
538. Stephen Bell
539. Dave Thomas
540. David Currie
541. Mick Kennedy
542. John Brownlie
543. Tony Mowbray
544. Paul Ward
545. Ray Hankin
546. Alan Roberts
547. Kevin Beattie
548. Paul Sugrue
549. Kelham O’Hanlon
550. Gary Hamilton
551. Andy Crawford
552. Stephen Pears
553. Gary Gill
554. Mick Buckley
555. Geoff Scott
556. Mick Saxby
557. Peter Beagrie
558. Martin Thomas
559. John Kay
560. Stuart Ripley
561. Alan Kernaghan
562. Andrew Strong
563. Brian Laws
564. Archie Stephens
565. Steve Corden
566. Gary Pallister
567. Don O’Riordan
568. Gary Rowell
569. Pat Heard
570. Mitch Cook
571. Bernie Slaven
572. Eric McManus
573. Colin Cooper
574. Phil Kite
575. Lee Turnbull
576. Gary Parkinson
577. Paul Proudlock
578. Ronnie Coyle
579. Paul Kerr
580. Steve Spriggs
581. Dean Glover
582. Mark Burke
583. Kevin Poole
584. Trevor Senior
585. Mark Brennan
586. Peter Davenport
587. Nicky Mohan
588. Mark Barham
589. Trevor Putney
590. Alan Comfort
591. Simon Coleman
592. Owen McGee
593. Ian Baird
594. Jimmy Phillips
595. John Wark
596. Robbie Mustoe
597. John Hendrie
598. Martin Russell
599. Colin Walsh
600. Andy Dibble
601. Ian Arnold
602. Jamie Pollock
603. Willie Falconer
604. Paul Wilkinson
605. Curtis Fleming
606. Rab Shannon
607. John Hewitt
608. Brian Marwood
609. Michael Young
610. Andy Payton
611. Andy Peake
612. Jon Gittens
613. Ian Ironside
614. Chris Morris
615. Derek Whyte
616. Tommy Wright
617. Brian Horne
618. Graham Kavanagh
619. Craig Hignett
620. Chris Kamara
621. Dwight Marshall
622. Alan Moore
623. Andy Collett
624. Richard Liburd
625. Anthony Barness
626. Phil Stamp
627. Mark Taylor
628. Michael Barron
629. Ian Johnson
630. John Gannon
631. Neil Illman
632. Michael Oliver
633. Paul Forrester
634. Steve Vickers
635. Andy Todd
636. David Winnie
637. Alan Miller
638. Neil Cox
639. Nigel Pearson
640. Clayton Blackmore
641. Bryan Robson
642. Jaime Moreno
643. Ben Roberts
644. Wesley Byrne
645. Alan White
646. Paul Richardson
647. Paul Norton
648. Uwe Fuchs
649. Keith O’Halloran
650. Viv Anderson
651. Jan-Aage Fjortoft
652. Craig Liddle
653. Chris Freestone
654. Nick Barmby
655. Phil Whelan
656. Gary Walsh
657. Juninho
658. Branco
659. Andy Campbell
660. Mark Summerbell
661. Emerson
662. Fabrizio Ravanelli
663. Mikkel Beck
664. Gianluca Festa
665. Mark Schwarzer
666. Vladimir Kinder
667. Paul Merson
668. Andy Townsend
669. Anthony Ormerod
670. Craig Harrison
671. Steve Baker
672. Fabio Moreira
673. Neil Maddison
674. Robbie Stockdale
675. Michael Thomas
676. Alun Armstrong
677. Marco Branca
678. Marlon Beresford
679. Hamilton Ricard
680. Paul Gascoigne
681. Dean Gordon
682. Brian Deane
683. Keith O’Neill
684. Jason Gavin
685. Michael Cummins
686. Christian Ziege
687. Paul Ince
688. Carlos Marinelli
689. Sean Kilgannon
690. Christian Karembeu
691. Joseph-Desire Job
692. Alen Boksic
693. Noel Whelan
694. Paul Okon
695. Chris Bennion
696. Stuart Parnaby
697. Mark Crossley
698. Ugo Ehiogu
699. Mark Hudson
700. Dean Windass
701. Gareth Southgate
702. Jonathan Greening
703. Mark Wilson
704. Szilard Nemeth
705. Allan Johnston
706. David Murphy
707. Franck Queudrue
708. Benito Carbone
709. Luke Wilkshire
710. Mickael Debeve
711. Stewart Downing
712. George Boateng
713. Geremi
714. Massimo Maccarone
715. Tony Vidmar
716. Craig Dove
717. Andrew Davies
718. Brian Close
719. Jamie Cade
720. Chris Riggott
721. Michael Ricketts
722. Malcolm Christie
723. John Eustace
724. Doriva
725. Alan Wright
726. Gaizka Mendieta
727. Danny Mills
728. Bolo Zenden
729. Carlo Nash
730. Brad Jones
731. James Morrison
732. Michael Reiziger
733. Ray Parlour
734. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
735. Mark Viduka
736. Tony McMahon
737. Danny Graham
738. Matthew Bates
739. Adam Johnson
740. David Wheater
741. Jason Kennedy
742. Yakubu
743. Emanuel Pogatetz
744. Abel Xavier
745. Fabio Rochemback
746. Lee Cattermole
747. Andrew Taylor
748. Ross Turnbull
749. Josh Walker
750. Tom Craddock
751. Julio Arca
752. Jonathan Woodgate
753. Jason Euell
754. Robert Huth
755. Sebastian Hines
756. Lee Dong-Gook
757. Jeremie Aliadiere
758. Tuncay Sanli
759. Mido
760. Luke Young
761. Gary O’Neil
762. Mohamed Shawky
763. Graeme Owens
764. Ben Hutchinson
765. Jonathan Grounds
766. Afonso Alves