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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 |
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Timeline |
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Arthur William Cursham |
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Birth |
Monday,
14 March 1853 in St. Peters, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [registered in
Nottingham, March 1853]. |
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Death |
Christmas Eve,
Wednesday, 24 December 1884
at Wilford Grove, Peru, Florida,
aged 31 years 285 days
[not registered in UK]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing Career |
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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. |
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Club honours |
None |
| Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Also played
first-class cricket with Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. |
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Height/Weight |
not known. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Captain Career |
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Captain number |
Sixth player to captain England. |
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Player number |
One of
nine who became the 34th player
(42) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Forward |
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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 |
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Last captaincy |
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. |
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Individual honours |
England's
joint-Top Goalscorer (one 1878). Only the second player to be
awarded the captaincy twice, the first to retain it. |
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Distinctions |
Older brother
of
Harry Cursham.
Brother-in-law of
Harold Morse.
The youngest captain to score until
Francis Sparks in 1880. |
Captain Record
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2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
-4 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
4.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Venue &
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Home |
Friendly match |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
7.00 |
00.0 |
-1 |
Captain History
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Club:
Notts County F.C.
- two captaincies (150 min), one goal |
F.A. Committee (Charles Alcock) - two
captaincies (150 min)x
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Notes
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