Arthur A. Cashmore (30 October 1891 – 7 April 1943) was an English professional
footballer. His regular position was as a
forward
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Career
Born in
Birmingham, Cashmore had previously played for local sides Sparkhill Avondale,
Bromsgrove Rovers
Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. was a non-League football club from the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. The peak of the club's success was in 1993 when Rovers finished runner-up in the Football Conference. They went into administration during the ...
and
Stourbridge when he joined
Manchester United
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in June 1913. He made his debut for the club on 13 September 1913 in a 1–0 defeat to
Bolton Wanderers
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but went on to make just two more appearances for the club before being sold to
Oldham Athletic at the end of the 1913–14 season for £100. In his first season at
Boundary Park he scored eight goals in 16 games as he helped Oldham to a second-place finish in
Division One.
However, Cashmore was later hampered by injuries and left the club, playing for non-league side
Darlaston. Following the resumption of league football at the end of the
First World War, Cashmore joined
Southern Football League
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side
Cardiff City
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, finishing his first season as the club's top scorer with 14 goals. He remained with the club on their entry into
The Football League the following year, forming a partnership with
Jimmy Gill and playing in their first Football League match, a 5–2 win over
Stockport County, as well as later becoming the first player to score a Football League goal at
Ninian Park in the return fixture between the two teams on 4 September 1920.
He left Cardiff in 1921 to join
Notts County where he finished his league career.
References
External links
MUFCInfo.com profile
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1893 births
1969 deaths
Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
English men's footballers
Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. players
Stourbridge F.C. players
Manchester United F.C. players
Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
Cardiff City F.C. players
Notts County F.C. players
Nuneaton Borough F.C. players
English Football League players
Men's association football forwards