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: one minutes played: 90
Profile
Full name	Charles William Alcock
Census Notes	2 December 1842 at 10 Norfolk Street (left), Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland [registered in Sunderland, December 1842 as Charles Alcock]. Attended Walter Todd Preparatory School, Woodford and Harrow School.
	According to the 1851 census, The second son of five, to parents Charles and Elizabeth Alcock. Still at school, living at 17 John Street, Sunderland. They have three servants.
	According to the 1861 census, he was an unmarried Ship Broker in his father's business, living in Sunny Side, Chingford in Essex. Still living with his parents. They have two servants.
	According to the 1871 census, he lived at Grassendale House in Rosendale Road, Lambeth. He is recorded as Chas Wm, a journalist, husband of Eliza, and father of one son, William E.F. and two daughters, Elizabeth M. and Florence C.. They have two servants.
	According to the 1881 census, Chas Wm. lived at 36 Somerleyton Road, Lambeth. He is a journalist and publisher. Still married now with three more daughters, Helen M., Marion F. and Violet May. They have two servants.
	According to the 1891 census, Charles W. was earning his trade as a Journalist and Author, living alongside his wife and four of his daughters, and three servants, at Heathlands, Kew Road, Richmond in London.
	According to the 1901 census, Charles was still a journalist and now a JP in Surrey. Living with his wife, three daughters, and two servants, at Hazelwood, 16 Ennerdale Road, Richmond in London. Charles was the sole recipient in Sir Frederick Marshall's will, according to the GWR shareholders on 9 April 1903, Charles was stated as living in Kennington.
	According to the 1911 census, Eliza, now a widow and living by private means, remains with two of her daughters, Florence and Marion and a single servant, at Hazelwood.
Married	to Eliza Caroline Ovenden [registered in Islington, December 1864].
Died	26 February 1907 at 7 Arundel Road, Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex, aged 64 years, 86 days [registered in Brighton, March 1907]. Buried at West Norwood Cemetery, South London. He left £3186 in his estate
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] & FindMyPast.co.uk
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 FC, who were initially a predominantly Old Harrovian side.  Appears to have been a member of Upton Park FC between 1869 and 1872.
	FA Cup winner 1871-72;
	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.
	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 seven who became the 28th players (31) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Forward;
Only 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	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.
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. Select Committee - 1 full capx
Age 27
-	u/o	5 March 1870 - England 1 Scotland 1, Surrey Cricket Ground,The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HD	Captain	n/a
-	u/o	19 November 1870 - England 1 Scotland 0, Surrey Cricket Ground,The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HW	Captain	n/a
Age 28
-	u/o	25 February 1871 - England 1 Scotland 1, Surrey Cricket Ground,The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HD	Captain	f
-	u/o	18 November 1871 - England 2 Scotland 1, Surrey Cricket Ground,The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HW	Captain	f
Age 29
-	u/o	24 February 1872 - England 1 Scotland 0, Surrey Cricket Ground,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, Surrey Cricket Ground,The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HW	Umpire
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, Surrey Cricket Ground,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
Age 36
-	8	18 January 1879 - England 2 Wales 1, The Oval, Kennington, London	Fr	HW	Umpire

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