The Selection Committee

This was first set up in on 2 July 1946. It was charged with the duty of selecting all representative teams for international and other matches.

Last Updated: 27th Februry 2026

Year Chairman Committee Members
1946/47 Geoffrey Butler Harry St John Ingram, Ewart Kempson, Ralph Niman, Joel Tarlo
1947/48 Sydney Woodward Harry St John Ingram (Resigned Oct 1947), Geoffrey Butler, Edward Mayer, Edward Bruce Parker, Mrs L Hadfield
1948/49 Sydney Woodward Geoffrey Butler, Lewis Ellison, Bob Frith, Edward Bruce Parker, Joel Tarlo
1949/50 Sydney Woodward Geoffrey Butler, Lewis Ellison, JG Hartley, Edward Bruce Parker, JW Pearson, Joel Tarlo
1950/51 Rex Vincent Joel Tarlo, Lewis Ellison, Geoffrey Butler, Edward Bruce Parker, Bob Frith, JG Hartley
1951/52 Geoffrey Butler Harold Franklin, Lewis Ellison, JG Hartley, Phillip de R Pearse, Edward Bruce Parker
1952/53 Geoffrey Butler JW Pearson, Harold Franklin, JG Hartley, Philip de R Pearse, Rex Vincent, Bob Frith Terence Reese
1953/54 Edward Bruce Parker JW Pearson, Doreen Hopewell, Willie Morgan-Brown, Joe Pearlstone, Philip de R Pearse, Richard Preston, Rex Vincent, Geoffrey Butler (co-opted)
1954/55 Geoffrey Fell Geoffrey Butler, Harold Franklin, Doreen Hopewell, Willie Morgan-Brown, Joe Pearlstone, Rex Vincent, Philip de R Pearse
1955/56 Geoffrey Butler Frank Farrington, Harold Franklin, Willie Morgan-Brown, Joe Pearlstone, Geoffrey Fell, Rex Vincent, Philip de R Pearse
1956/57 Geoffrey Butler Dimmie Fleming, Reg Corwen, Arnold Elliott, Frank Farrington, Kenneth Konstam, Joe Lazarus, Willie Morgan-Brown, Louis Tarlo, Alan Truscott, Geoffrey Fell
1957/58 Geoffrey Butler Reg Corwen, Arnold Elliott, Frank Farrington, Geoffrey Fell, WH Hinton, Kenneth Konstam, Joe Lazarus, Willie Morgan-Brown, JW Pearson, Alan Truscott
1958/59 Geoffrey Butler Reg Corwen, Geoffrey Fell, Harold Franklin, Kenneth Konstam, Joe Lazarus, Tony Priday, Peter Richardson, Alan Truscott, Arnold Elliott JW Pearson
1959/60 Geoffrey Butler Reg Corwen, Geoffrey Fell, Harold Franklin, Pedro Juan, Joe Lazarus, Tony Priday, Peter Richardson, Alan Truscott
1960/61 Geoffrey Butler Harold Franklin, Maurice Harrison-Gray, Claude Lawson, Joe Lazarus, Tony Priday, Peter Richardson
1961/62 Geoffrey Butler Geoff Connell, Geoffrey Fell, Maurice Harrison-Gray, Tony Priday, Peter Richardson, Alan Truscott, Reg Corwen, Claude Lawson, Joe Lazarus
1962/63 Geoffrey Butler Maurice Harrison-Gray, Joe Lazarus, Graham Mathieson, Tony Priday, Geoffrey Fell, Reg Corwen, Claude Lawson
1963/64 Geoffrey Butler Eric Figgis, Graham Mathieson, Reg Corwen. Claude Lawson, Tony Priday, Peter Richardson
1964/65 Geoffrey Butler Harold Franklin, Tony Priday, Stephen Thomas, Reg Corwen, Claude Lawson, Eric Figgis
1965/66 Geoffrey Butler Harold Franklin, Maurice Harrison-Gray, Tony Priday, Reg Corwen, Geoffrey Fell, Stephen Thomas
1966/67 Geoffrey Butler Cyril Beach, WW Linnell Fearn, Geoffrey Fell, Maurice Harrison-Gray, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Reg Corwen
1967/68 Geoffrey Butler Cyril Beach, WW Linnell Fearn, Geoffrey Fell, Maurice Harrison-Gray, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Reg Corwen
1968/69 Geoffrey Butler Cyril Beach, WW Linnell Fearn, Geoffrey Fell, Eric Milnes, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Reg Corwen, Stephen Thomas
1969/70 Geoffrey Butler Cyril Beach, WW Linnell Fearn, Geoffrey Fell, Eric Milnes, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Reg Corwen, Stephen Thomas, Paul Spurway
1970/71 Geoffrey Butler Cyril Beach, WW Linnell Fearn, Geoffrey Fell, Harold Franklin, Dudley Freshwater, Eric Milnes, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Reg Corwen, Paul Spurway
1971/72 Geoffrey Butler Cyril Beach, Maurice Blank, Graham Cooke, Jack Marx, Eric Milnes, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Stuart Staveley(co-opted)
1972/73 Geoffrey Butler Cyril Beach, Maurice Blank, Jack Marx, Eric Milnes, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Stuart Staveley(co-opted)
1973/74 Geoffrey Butler Maurice Blank, Graham Cooke, Jack Marx, Eric Milnes, Tony Priday, Paul Spurway, Keith Stanley, Stuart Staveley(co-opted)
1974/75 Geoffrey Butler Maurice Blank, Graham Cooke, Gerard Faulkner, Jack Marx, Eric Milnes, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Harry Scully
1975/76 Geoffrey Butler Maurice Blank, Gerard Faulkner, Jack Marx (co-opted), Eric Milnes, Bill Pencharz, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Harry Scully
1976/77 Geoffrey Butler Maurice Blank, Gerard Faulkner, Eric Milnes, Bill Pencharz, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Harry Scully
1977/78 Tony Priday Maurice Blank, Gerard Faulkner, Jeremy Flint, Eric Milnes, Bill Pencharz, Tony Priday, Keith Stanley, Harry Scully, Tony Sowter
1978/79 Tony Priday Grattan Endicott, Jeremy Flint, Eric Milnes, Bill Pencharz, Paul Spurway, Harry Scully
1979/80 Tony Priday Grattan Endicott, Eric Milnes, Keith Stanley, Tony Sowter, Peter Littlewood
1980/81 Tony Priday Grattan Endicott, Eric Milnes, Keith Stanley, Tony Sowter, Harry Scully
1981/82 Tony Priday Raymond Brock, Grattan Endicott, Gerard Faulkner, Eric Milnes, Keith Stanley, Tony Sowter
1982/83 Tony Priday Raymond Brock, Gerard Faulkner, Richard Fleet, Bill Pencharz, Bob Rowlands, Keith Stanley
1983/84 Tony Priday Richard Fleet, Sandra Landy, Mike Pomfrey, Bob Rowlands, Raymond Brock, Keith Stanley
1984/85 Tony Priday Gerard Faulkner, Richard Fleet, Mike Pomfrey, Bob Rowlands, Raymond Brock
1985/86 Tony Priday Gerard Faulkner, Richard Fleet, Sandra Landy, Mike Pomfrey, Bob Rowlands, Raymond Brock
1987/88 Tony Priday Gerard Faulkner, Richard Fleet, Sandra Landy, Mike Pomfrey, Mark Horton, Raymond Brock
1988/89 Tony Priday Gerard Faulkner, Richard Fleet, Sandra Landy, Mike Pomfrey, Bob Rowlands, Raymond Brock
1989/90 Gerard Faulkner Raymond Brock, Richard Fleet, Mark Horton, Sandra Landy, Mike Pomfrey, Bob Rowlands
1990/91 Gerard Faulkner Raymond Brock, Richard Fleet, Mark Horton, Sandra Landy, Jeff Morris, Bob Rowlands
1991/92 Gerard Faulkner Raymond Brock, Richard Fleet, Mark Horton, Sandra Landy, Jeff Morris, Bob Rowlands
1992/93 Gerard Faulkner John Carter, Richard Fleet, Mark Horton, Sandra Landy, Jeff Morris, Bob Rowlands
1993/94 Gerard Faulkner John Carter, Richard Fleet, Mark Horton, Sandra Landy, Jeff Morris, Bob Rowlands
1994/95 Gerard Faulkner John Carter, Paul Hackett, Richard Fleet, Sandra Landy, Bob Rowlands, Keith Stanley
1995/96 Richard Fleet Mike Allen, Gerard Faulkner, Paul Hackett, Sandra Landy, Bob Rowlands, Keith Stanley
1996/97 Keith Stanley Mike Allen, David Burn, Gerard Faulkner, Paul Hackett, Sandra Landy, Bob Rowlands
1997/98 Keith Stanley Mike Allen, David Burn, Richard Fleet, Gerard Faulkner, Paul Hackett, Bob Rowlands
1998/99 Richard Fleet Mike Allen, David Burn, Gerard Faulkner, Paul Hackett, Bob Rowlands, Keith Stanley
1999/00 Richard Fleet Mike Allen, David Burn, Pat Davies, Chris Dixon, Gerard Faulkner, Paul Hackett, Bob Rowlands
2000/01 Richard Fleet David Burn, Pat Davies, Heather Dhondy, Chris Dixon, Paul Hackett, Bob Rowlands
2001/02 Richard Fleet David Burn, Pat Davies, Heather Dhondy, Chris Dixon, Paul Hackett, Bob Rowlands
2002/03 Chris Dixon David Burn, Pat Davies, Richard Fleet, Paul Hackett, Bob Rowlands, Heather Dhondy
2003/04 Chris Dixon Richard Fleet, Roger Amey, Raymond Brock, Pat Davies, Bob Rowlands
2004/05 Chris Dixon Richard Fleet, Roger Amey, Raymond Brock, Pat Davies, Gerard Faulkner
2005/06 Gerard Faulkner Richard Fleet, Pat Davies, Steve Eginton, Sandra Landy, Clive Owen, Bob Rowlands
2006/07 Gerard Faulkner Raymond Brock, Steve Eginton, Peter Hasenson, Sandra Landy, David Muller
2007/08 Steve Eginton Gerard Faulkner, Heather Dhondy, Paul Hackett, Sandra Landy, David Muller
2008/09 Heather Dhondy Simon Cocheme, David Burn, Paul Hackett, Tom Townsend, Steve Eginton
2009/10 Heather Dhondy Simon Cocheme, Sally Brock, David Burn, Paul Hackett, Tom Townsend, Peter Baxter
2010/11 Heather Dhondy Simon Cocheme, Sally Brock, David Burn, Paul Hackett, Tom Townsend, Peter Baxter
2011/12 Heather Dhondy Heather Bakhshi, Simon Cocheme, Paul Hackett, Nick Smith, Peter Baxter, Tom Townsend
2012/13 Heather Dhondy Heather Bakhshi, Max Bavin, Simon Cochemé, Paul Hackett, Nick Smith, Peter Baxter, Tom Townsend
2013/14 Andy Bowles David Burn, Simon Cochemé, Paul Hackett, Nick Smith, Tom Townsend, Heather Dhondy
2014/15 Andy Bowles David Burn, Gillian Fawcett, Paul Hackett, David Price, Nick Smith, Tom Townsend
2015/16 Gillian Fawcett David Burn, Paul Hackett, Peter Hasenson, David Price, Nick Smith, Tom Townsend
2016/17 Gillian Fawcett Oliver Burgess (resigned Apr 17), David Burn, Paul Hackett (resigned Feb 17), Anthony Golding, Peter Hasenson, Alan Mould, Gordon Rainsford, Nick Smith, Tom Townsend, Paul Barden (appointed Jun 17) Alan Shillitoe, (appointed Jun 17)
2017/18 Gillian Fawcett David Bakhshi, Paul Barden, David Burn, Anthony Golding (resigned May 2018), Peter Hasenson, Alan Mould, Jeremy Willans
2018/19 Gillian Fawcett David Bakhshi, Paul Barden, David Burn, Alan Mould, Jeremy Willans, Mike Bell
2019/20 Alan Mould David Bakhshi, Paul Barden, Mike Bell, David Burn, Jeremy Willans
2020/21 Alan Mould (resigned June 2021) Jeremy Willans (Vice Chair), David Bakhshi, Paul Barden, Mike Bell, David Burn, Claire Robinson
2021/22 Paul Barden Alan Wilson, Abbey Smith, Claire Robinson, David Bakhshi, David Burn, Ian Payn, Jeremy Willans, Patrick Shields
2022/23 Paul Barden Alan Wilson, Abbey Smith, Claire Robinson, David Bakhshi, David Burn, Ian Payn, Jeremy Willans, Patrick Shields
2023/24 David Bakhshi Alan Wilson, Abbey Smith, Claire Robinson, Paul Barden, David Burn, Jeremy Willans, Patrick Shields, Adrian Darnell, Tony Russ
2024/25 Michael Hornung Alan Mould (Vice Chair), Patrick Shields, Abbey Smith (resigned June 2025), Gerard Thompson, Jeremy Willans, Alan Wilson (resigned November 2025), Pat Davies (appointed September 2025)