Autographs of David Capel
David John Capel (6 February 1963 – 2 September 2020) was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club and the English cricket team. Cricket writer Colin Bateman noted that "Capel was one of those unfortunate cricketers who became tagged as being the next all-rounder to fill Ian Botham's boots". He was well known for his long stint with Northamptonshire as a player as well as coach for nearly 32 years. He died on 2 September 2020, at the age of 57, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2018.
An irrepressible enthusiast, Capel was a batsman who bowled but, because of his dual role, found himself pushed down the order. He joined Northamptonshire in 1980 as an "apprentice cricketer" without much experience and made his first-class debut in 1981 against the visiting Sri Lankans. He played in 313 first-class matches, scoring 12,202 runs and taking 546 wickets. Capel also featured in 345 List A matches scoring 7,011 runs and taking 237 wickets. He spent most of his playing career with Northamptonshire, representing the club in 270 first-class matches and 300 List A matches, and helping them to win the NatWest Trophy in 1992. He retired from first-class cricket in 1998.
He made his international Test match debut against Pakistan in 1987 at Headingley, becoming the first Northamptonshire-born cricketer in 77 years to represent England in test cricket after George Thompson. He walked to the crease when England were at 31 for 5 and scored a fifty against Imran Khan and Wasim Akram. He eventually top scored in England's first innings total of 136 with 53 off 161 balls. He registered his career best of 98 in punishing conditions in Karachi against Pakistan in 1987–88, in his fourth Test match in his career. However, he followed it up with a string of poor scores and was discarded with a batting average below 20 and a bowling average close to 50 in both forms of the international game. He dismissed Viv Richards three times in his career, as well as forming part of the pace quartet which won in Jamaica in 1989–90. This was England's first Test victory over the West Indies for sixteen years, although it would be the only time in his Test career when he finished on the winning side. He ended up playing fifteen Tests and twenty-three One Day Internationals (ODIs) for England. He was part of the 1992-3 England "A" tour to Australia.
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Current items with a signature of David Capel
These are the most current items with a signature of David Capel that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | DAVID CAPEL - FORMER ENGLAND CRICKETER - EXCELLENT SIGNED PHOTO | £10.45 |  |
 | David Capel Hand Signed Photo England Cricket Autograph Memorabilia COA | £9.99 | |
Traded items with a signature of David Capel
The most expensive item with a signature of David Capel (DAVID CAPEL ( NORTHANTS / ENGLAND CRICKETER ) HAND SIGNED MOUNTED CLIP) was sold in December 2014 for £77.00 while the cheapest item (David Capel - England - Nicely Signed Page) found a new owner for £0.99 in April 2026. The month with the most items sold (3) was November 2012 with an average selling price of £2.42 for an autographed item of David Capel. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2019 with £75.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was April 2014. In average, an autographed item from David Capel is worth £3.19.
Most recently, these items with a signature of David Capel were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | David CAPEL , Northants & ENGLAND Cricketer, hand signed picture | £8.15 |  |
 | David Capel - England - Nicely Signed Page | £0.99 | |
 | David Capel - England- Nicely Signed "England Test Player" Autograph Card | £2.20 | |
| David Capel - English Former Cricket Player Signed Photo | £10.45 | |
| DAVID CAPEL - former England cricketer - GENUINELY AUTOGRAPHED Ltd Edition Print | £10.10 | |
 | David Capel - NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - Signed A4 Magazine Picture | £4.23 | |
| DAVID CAPEL - NORTHANTS & ENGLAND CRICKETER - SIGNED WHITE CARD | £10.45 | |
 | David Capel 1994 Benefit Year Signed Cricket Bat | £45.24 | |
| David Capel England International player signed card | £2.50 | |
| DAVID CAPEL ENGLAND TEST CRICKETER 1987-90 NORTHANTS CCC RARE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH | £11.22 | |
| David Capel Northamptonshire And England Cricket Signed Photocard | £10.89 | |
| David Capel Northamptonshire And England Cricketer Signed Postcard | £6.77 | |
 | David Capel Northamptonshire England Cricket Limited Edition Print 5/100 Signed | £67.94 | |
| David Capel Signed First Day Cover Northamptonshire 1994 | £11.20 | |
| ENGLAND / NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - DAVID CAPEL HAND SIGNED CRICKET TRADING CARD | £2.99 | |
