Background
Cursham was born in Wilford, Nottinghamshire, and played for N ottinghamshire County, as well as playing first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire. He was born in Wilford and died in Holme Pierrepont.
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Cursham was born in Wilford, Nottinghamshire, and played for N ottinghamshire County, as well as playing first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire. He was born in Wilford and died in Holme Pierrepont.
In a ten-year period, from 1877 to 1887, he scored 49. He got 48 in the Competition Proper and one in a Fourth Round Qualifying tie against Staveley. He is also County"s unofficial top goalscorer of all time scoring 208 goals between 1877-1878 and 1890-1891, but only 53 came in competitive games.
Cursham accrued eight caps for the England national football team, the first of which came in a 3-2 victory against Wales in 1880.
He scored another one in a 5-3 home defeat against Wales, and his final three came in a hat trick against Ireland on 23 February 1884. This was his final game for the national side.
Cursham"s first-class cricket career began in 1880. He debuted in a draw against Surrey.
His second and final match was against a team of touring South Africans, coming at the age of 44, some 24 years later.
Cursham was a lower-order batsman for the Nottinghamshire team Cursham"s brother, Arthur was also a first-class cricketer and football player, picking up six international caps.