1889, in County's 2–1 victory over West Bromwich Albion, this time playing as a centre forward. He appeared in eight of the 22 league matches played by Notts County that season, five at full back and three at centre forward, scoring twice. Cursham made one more league appearance in the 1890–91 season, ending his league career with nine appearances and two goals. Final years and retirement Cursham appeared in twice in the 1888-89 FA Cup, scoring one goal, then wrote to the Notts County board in January 1889 announcing his intention to retire. He did not play in the 1889–90 season, but returned in 1890–91 with two more first–team appearances, one in the league and one in the FA Cup, before retiring again. He ended his career with an FA Cup record of 44 games and 49 goals over 12 seasons. , this remains the highest number of goals scored by a player in the FA Cup. Cursham was an advocate for and exponent of dribbling the ball. He was critical of the emphasis on passing tactics that emerged in the Combination Game, which became popular in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1904 he gave an interview to the Football Post, in which he stated that "Individual play was being too greatly sacrificed to the cry of combination." Cricket career Cursham also played county cricket for Nottinghamshire, as a lower order batsman. His first class debut was in 1880, in a draw with Surrey. Business commitments (he was an insurance broker) prevented Cursham from taking up a career in cricket, which would have required a much greater time commitment than football. He made only one more appearance for Nottinghamshire, 24 years later in 1904 at the age of 44, against a touring South Africa team. His brother, Arthur Cursham was also a first class cricketer. In the handling code, he was good enough to represent Nottinghamshire against Bedfordshire in February 1892. References External links Henry Cursham at Cricket Archive 1859 births 1941 deaths Corinthian F.C. players Grantham Town F.C. players English cricketers English footballers England international footballers Nottinghamshire cricketers Notts County F.C. players People from Nottingham (district) Footballers from Nottinghamshire Cricketers from Nottinghamshire Association football forwards