Arthur Cursham	Notts County FC two captaincies, one goal P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 4: A 8 50% successful 1878-79 full appearances: six minutes as captain: 150
	Arthur William Cursham
Birth	Monday, 14 March 1853 in St. Peters, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
	registered in Nottingham January-March 1853
Death	Christmas Eve, Wednesday, 24 December 1884 at Wilford Grove, Peru, Florida
aged 31 years 285 days	no registration found
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Represented Nottingham in 1875 in their match against London, and played for the Notts County club from 1875 up until his benefit match on 3 April 1884 against Queen's Park, who defeated them 3-0, but had earned Arthur with £284 to emigrate with, becoming club captain. In his last season with Notts County, he was known as R.H. Venables. He also helped Nottingham Forest FC in their 1879-80 campaign. Throughout, he assisted other clubs, such as Oakham School, Nottingham Law club, Nottingham Thursday Wanderers FC and Sheffield FC. Played occasionally for Grantham Town between 1876-79. Later in his career, represented both London and Sheffield. In all, he played over 300 matches.
Club honours	None
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	Also played first-class cricket with Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Height/Weight	not known.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
Captain Career
Captain number	Sixth player to captain England.
Player number	One of nine who became the 34th player (42) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Forward
First captaincy	No. 7, 2 March 1878, Scotland 7 England 2, a friendly match at The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Partick, Glasgow, aged 24 years 353 days.75
Last captaincy 319 days	No. 8, 18 January 1879, England 2 Wales 1, a friendly match at The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged 25 years 310 days. Match lasted only for an hour.
Individual honours	England's joint-Top Goalscorer (one 1878). Only the second player to be awarded the captaincy twice, the first to retain it.
Distinctions	Older brother of Harry Cursham. Brother-in-law of Harold Morse. The youngest captain to score until Francis Sparks in 1880.

Captain Record

capts	match	match details	comp	res.	appearance	pos

Age 24
1	7	2 March 1878 - Scotland 7 England 2 Hampden Park, Glasgow	Fr	AL	third app 75	f

Age 25
2	8	match lasted sixty minutes 18 January 1879 - England 2 Wales 1 The Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington	Fr	HW	fourth app	f