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Charlie
Alcock |
Wanderers FC
one captaincy, one goal
P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F 2:
A 2
50% successful
1875
full appearances: one
minutes as captain: 90
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Timeline |
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Charles William
Alcock |
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Birth |
Friday,
2 December 1842
at 10 Norfolk Street (left), Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham [registered in Sunderland, December 1842 as
Charles Alcock]. |
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Death |
Tuesday, 26 February
1907 at 7 Arundel Road, Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex, aged 64
years 86
days [registered in
Brighton, March 1907]. |
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Sources |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Keith Booth's The Father
of Modern Sport [2002] & |
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Playing Career |
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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
FC, who were initially a predominantly Old Harrovian side. Appears
to have been a member of Upton Park FC between 1869 and 1872. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners
1871-72; |
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Individual honours |
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 cricket ground in
Kennington, London. |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Sources |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Keith Booth's
The Father
of Modern Sport [2002]. |
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Captain
Career |
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Captain number |
Third
player to captain England. |
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Player number |
One of
six who became the 28th players
(31) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Forward |
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Only captaincy |
No. 4, 6 March 1875,
England 2
Scotland 2, a friendly match at The
Surrey Cricket Ground,
The Oval, Kennington, London,
aged 32 years 94 days. 60min |
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Individual honours |
Also captained the five unofficial internationals, and would have been the
first ever captain, but for injury. |
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Distinctions |
One of the many
committee members that founded the International Match (Alcock
himself, never took the credit), 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./First Elevens: The Birth of International
Football, Andy Mitchell, 2012, page 16.
England's
oldest goalscorer from March 1875 until March 1896....and the oldest
goalscoring captain until.... |
Captain Record
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Venue &
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home
venue
Friendly match |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Captain History
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Club:
Wanderers F.C. -
one captaincy (90 min), one goal |
F.A. Committee
-
one captaincy (90 min), one goalx
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Notes
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