Charlie Alcock	Wanderers FC 1 cap, 1 goal P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F 2: A 2 50% successful 1870-76 disciplined: none captaincies: 1 minutes played: 90
Profile
Full name	Charles William Alcock
Born	2 December 1842 in Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland [registered in Sunderland, December 1842 as Charles Alcock].
Notes	According to the 1881 census, Charlie lived at 36 Somerleyton Road, Lambeth.  He is recorded as Chas Wm, husband of Eliza, and father of one son and five daughters.  He was a journalist and publisher.
Died	26 February 1907 in Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex, aged 64 [registered in Brighton, March 1907 as Charles Alcock]..  Buried at West Norwood Cemetery, South London.
Height/Weight	not known
Biographies	The Father of Modern Sport: The Life and Times of Charles W. Alcock, Keith Booth. Parrs Wood Press. 2002.
Sources	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Keith Booth's The Father of Modern Sport [2002].
Club Career
Club(s)	Educated at Harrow School, Alcock was a keen schoolboy footballer, and formed the Forest club with his elder brother, John, in 1859. He was then a prime mover in the 1863 foundation of Forest's more famous successor, Wanderers F.C., who were initially a predominantly Old Harrovian side.  Appears to have been a member of Upton Park FC between 1869 and 1872.
Club honours	FA Cup winner 1871-72;
Individual honours and distinctions	Early FA Committee member 1866-69, Honorary Secretary of the FA 1870-86, Honorary Treasurer of the FA 1877, FA Secretary 1887-95, FA Vice-President 1896-1907; Founding father of the FA Cup in 1871; FA Cup Final referee 1874-75, 1878-79; Also a first class cricketer with  Middlesex and Essex.  Then became secretary of Surrey, the Cricket Club that owned The Oval in Kennington, London.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Keith Booth's The Father of Modern Sport [2002].
England Career
Player number	One of six who became the 28th players to appear for England.
Position(s)	Forward;
First & last match	No. 4, 6 March 1875, England 2 Scotland 2, a friendly match at Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 32 years, 94 days.
Major tournaments	None.
Team honours	None.
Individual honours	None.
Distinctions	Founded the International Match, and headed the selection process for England's first 31 matches, 1872-1887. "After another second place in the Home Championship behind the Scots 1886/87, England finally triumphed in the 1887/88 season.  The season had begun with the introduction of the FA's new International Selection Committee and finished with outright victory in the Home Championship for the first time.  The old selection procedure had got out of hand as upwards of 70 players would turn up for the trials, making the process a logistical and bureaucratic nightmare for Alcock and his team..." Forever England: A History of the National Side, Mark Shaoul & Tony Williamson, 2000, page 19.
Beyond England
A sports journalist by profession, compiled the first Football Annual (1868) and edited the Cricket newspaper 1882-1905.  He had a close connection with the summer game having played for Essex and crack club sides, and serving as secretary of Surrey CCC 1872 to his death.  Was also chairman of the Richmond Athletic Association and vice-president of the Mid-Surrey Golf Club. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.9.

Charlie Alcock - Match History
Club:  Wanderers F.C. - 1 full cap Coach: F.A. Committee - 1 full capx
Age 27
-	u/o	19 February 1870 - England 1 Scotland 1, The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HD	Captain	n/a
-	u/o	19 November 1870 - England 1 Scotland 0, The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HW	Captain	n/a
Age 28
-	u/o	25 February 1871 - England 1 Scotland 1, The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HD	Captain	f
-	u/o	18 November 1871 - England 2 Scotland 1, The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HW	Captain	f
Age 29
-	u/o	24 February 1872 - England 1 Scotland 0, The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HW	probable Captain	f
-	1	30 November 1872 - Scotland 0 England 0, The West of Scotland Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	Fr	AD	withdrew - Umpire
Age 30
-	2	8 March 1873 -England 4 Scotland 2, The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HW	withdrew
Age 31
-	3	7 March 1874 - Scotland 2 England 1, The West of Scotland Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	Fr	AL	withdrew
Age 32
1	4	6 March 1875 - England 2 Scotland 2, The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HD	Captain 60	f
Age 33
-	5	4 March 1876 - Scotland 3 England 0, The West of Scotland Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	Fr	AL	withdrew

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