The International Select Committee	195 matches in charge P 195 W 124 D 32 L 39 F 577: A 232 72% successful 1888-1939 discipline: 0 0 players managed: 515
Profile
Full name	The International Selection Committee of the National Association
Established	1887-88
England Career
England tenure	The International Selection Committee, a committee initially made up of seven men had sole responsibility for selecting the England team from 1888 through the last match before the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.
First match	No. 32, 4 February 1888, Wales 1 England 5, a retrospective British Championship match at Alexandra Recreation Ground, Nantwich Road in Crewe, Cheshire.
Last match	No. 226, 24 May 1939, Romania 0 England 2, friendly match at Stadionul ANEF in Bucharest.
Major tournaments	The FA declined to join the World Cup Finals 1930, 1934 and 1938; British Championships from 1887-88 through to 1938-39.
Team honours	British Championship winners 1887-88, 1890-91, 1891-92, 1892-93, 1894-95, 1897-98, 1898-99, 1900-01, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1937-38, shared 1885-86, 1889-90, 1902-03, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1911-12, 1926-27, 1930-31, 1934-35, 1938-39.
Individual honours	None
Backroom Staff	Various trainers have been employed. Herbert Chapman and Thomas Whittaker were two of the popular choices from the 1930's.
Selectors	The first ever selection committee included Monty Betts, J.Henderson, Richard Gregson, Pa Jackson, W.H. Jope, R.J. Smith and Officers

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Match History

Matches in which the International Select Committee were in charge of England
32-40	1888-1890	41-70	1890-1900	71-119	1900-1914	120-172	1919-1930	173-226	1930-1939
England's first thirty-one matches were overseen by the FA's founding father, Charles Alcock.

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