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Harry Cursham
Notts County FC & Corinthians FC

8 caps, 5 goals
63% successful
1880-84
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 720


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Harry Cursham Profile

Full name Henry Alfred Cursham
Popular name Harry Cursham
Born 27 November 1859, in Wilford, Nottinghamshire;
Died 6 August 1941, in Home Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, aged 81 years;
Height/Weight -

Club Career

Club(s) Attended Repton School and played with Grantham FC in 1877 and Thursday Wanderers FC; before he joined Notts County FC circa 1880, and played with the Corinthians FC team 1882-86;
League Appearances Notts County 12 apps, 3 goals;
Club honours None
Individual honours Cursham is the current FA Cup highest goalscorer.  From 1877 to 1887, he scored 49 FA Cup goals. He got 48 in the Competition Proper and one in a Qualifying tie;
Distinctions Played first class cricket with Nottinghamshire, in 1880 and 1904;

England Career

Player number One of six who became the 75th players to appear for England.
Position(s) Outside-left/right;
First match No. 11, 15 March 1880, Wales 2 England 3, friendly match at 'Y Cae Ras', The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham. Aged 20 years 109 days;
Last match No. 20, 23 February 1884, Ireland 1 England 8, a British Championship match at Ulster Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast. Aged 24 years 88 days;
Major tournaments British Championship 1883-84;
Team honours None.
Individual honours None.
Distinctions None.

Beyond England

Original Committee member of the Corinthians FC in 1882. He was an insurance broker by profession.  Was a law student according to the 1881 census. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1971). Hatton Press, p.83./FindMyPast.com

 

Harry Cursham - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps
Mins. Goals Gls Av. min Comp.
Goals
Capt. Disc.
8 8 1 720 5 144 min 3 None None

 

Harry Cursham - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 0 2 4.667 1.00 66.7 +1
Away 5 3 0 2 28 13 +15 0 1 5.60 2.60 60.0 +1
All 8 5 0 3 42 16 +26 0 3 5.25 2.00 62.5 +2

 

Harry Cursham - Match Record  - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 0 0 8.00 1.00 100.0 +1
Friendly 7 4 0 3 34 15 +19 0 3 4.857 2.143 57.1 +1
All 8 5 0 3 42 16 +26 0 3 5.25 2.00 62.5 +2

 

Harry Cursham - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championships
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1883-84 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 0 0 8.00 1.00 100.0 +1
All Tournaments
BC All 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 0 0 8.00 1.00 100.0 +1
All 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 0 0 8.00 1.00 100.0 +1

 

Harry Cursham - Match History
Club: Notts County F.C. - 1 cap
Coach: F.A. Committee - 8 caps
App No. Opponent Date Venue Type F A Res. Details Shirt
1 11 Wales 15-Mar-1880 'Y Cae Ras', The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham F 3 2 AW Start n/a
Club: Notts County F.C. & Corinthians F.C. - 7 caps
2 14 Ireland 18-Feb-1882 Knock Ground, Bloomfield, Belfast F 13 0 AW Start
n/a
3 15 Scotland 11-Mar-1882 Hampden Park, Hampden Terrace, Glasgow F 1 5 AL Start n/a
4 16 Wales 13-Mar-1882 'Y Cae Ras', The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham F 3 5 AL Start
n/a
5 17 Wales 03-Feb-1883 Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London F 5 0 HW Start n/a
6 18 Ireland 24-Feb-1883 Liverpool Cricket Ground, Aigburth Road, Aigburth, Liverpool F 7 0 HW Start n/a
7 19 Scotland 10-Mar-1883 Bramall Lane, Sheffield F 2 3 HL Start n/a
8 20 Ireland 23-Feb-1884 Ulster Ground, Ballynafeigh Park, Belfast BC 8 1 AW Start
n/a

Notes

[Biographical sketch to come]

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