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Arthur Cursham
Notts County FC

 

6 caps 2 goals
33% successful
1876-83
disciplined: none
captaincies: 1 - possibly 2
minutes played: 510


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Arthur Cursham Profile

Full name Arthur William Cursham
Popular name Arthur Cursham
Born 14 March 1853 in Wilford, Nottingham.
Died 24 December 1884, died of Yellow Fever and Malaria, in Pera, Florida, USA, aged 31 years.
Height/Weight -

Club Career

Club(s) Notts County FC 1875-84, but also played for Oakham School, Nottingham Law club and Sheffield FC.  Played occasionally for Grantham Town between 1876-79.
Club honours None.
Individual honours None.
Distinctions Also played first-class cricket with Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

England Career

Player number One of nine who became the 34th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Forward;
First match No. 5, 4 March 1876, Scotland 3 England 0, friendly match at The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow.  Aged 22 years, 355 days.
Last match No. 19, 10 March 1883, England 2 Scotland 3, friendly match at Bramall Lane, Sheffield.  Aged 29 years, 361 days.
Major tournaments None.
Team honours None.
Individual honours None.
Notes Newspaper reports of 1879 conflict on who was the actual captain against Wales.  Three reports, The Field, The Sportsman and Football Annual give the captaincy to Arthur Cursham, whilst The London Times, Athletic News and Bell's Life, gives it to Henry Wace.  The fact that Charles Alcock's own Football Annual lists Cursham makes us favour the Notts County forward, but one can never be sure and we will not commit ourselves with any degree of certainty.
Distinctions Brother of Henry Cursham.

Beyond England

Colliery Proprietor/Manager in Ambergate, Derbyshire, according to the 1881 census. Emigrated to America in 1884, and died shortly after. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1971). Hatton Press, p.83/FindMyPast.com

 

Arthur Cursham - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Mins. Goals Gls Av. min Capt. Disc.
6 6 510 2 255 min 1 - poss. 2 None

 

Arthur Cursham - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 4 2 0 2 10 7 +3 0 1 2.50 1.75 50.0 =0
Away 2 0 0 2 2 10 -8 1 0 1.00 5.00 00.0 -2
All 6 2 0 4 12 17 -5 1 1 2.00 2.83 33.3 -2

 

Arthur Cursham - Match Record  - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Friendly 6 2 0 4 12 17 -5 1 1 2.00 2.83 33.3 -2
All 6 2 0 4 12 17 -5 1 1 2.00 2.83 33.3 -2

 

Arthur Cursham - Match History
Club: Notts County F.C. - 6 caps
Coach: F.A. Committee - 6 caps
App No. Opponent Date Venue Type F A Res. Details Shirt
1 5 Scotland 04-Mar-1876 The West of Scotland Cricket Ground, Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow F 0 3 AL Start n/a
2 6 Scotland 03-Mar-1877 Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London F 1 3 HL Start n/a
3 7 Scotland 02-Mar-1878 Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow F 2 7 AL Captain
n/a
4 8 Wales 18-Jan-1879 Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London F 2 1 HW Possible Capt. - match lasted 60 min. n/a
Newspaper reports of the time conflict on who was the actual captain against Wales.  Three reports, The Field, The Sportsman and Football Annual give the captaincy to Arthur Cursham, whilst The London Times, Athletic News and Bell's Life, gives it to Henry Wace.  The fact that Charles Alcock's own Football Annual lists Cursham makes us favour the Notts County forward, but one can never be sure and we will not commit ourselves with any degree of certainty.
5 17 Wales 03-Feb-1883 Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London F 5 0 HW Start
n/a
6 19 Scotland 10-Mar-1883 Bramall Lane, Sheffield F 2 3 HL Start n/a

Notes

[Biographical sketch to come]

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