Arthur Cumberlidge

Arthur Cumberlidge
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Leonard Cumberlidge
Date of birth	5 April 1914
Place of birth	Wolstanton, England
Date of death	20 April 1983 (aged 69)
Place of death	Middlewich, England
Position(s)	Left-half
Youth career
	Stoke City
Senior career*
Years	Team
1937–1946	Port Vale
	Northwich Victoria
Managerial career
1968	Northwich Victoria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Leonard Cumberlidge (5 April 1914 – 20 April 1983) was an English footballer who played at left-half for Port Vale and coached Northwich Victoria.

Career

Cumberlidge played for Stoke City before joining Port Vale as an amateur in October 1936.^[1] He made his debut in February 1937, and signed professional forms the following month.^[1] He made eight Third Division North appearances in the 1936–37 season, and played 23 league games in the 1937–38 season.^[1] He featured 35 times in the Third Division South in the 1938–39 campaign.^[1] He converted to left-half for the 1939–40 season, having previously been used as a left-back and inside-forward.^[1] After the conclusion of World War II, he was out of favour. He barely played before he was transferred to Northwich Victoria.^[1] He managed the "Vics" in the Cheshire County League in 1968.

Source:^[2]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1936–37	Third Division North	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
	1937–38	Third Division North	23	0	1	0	2	0	26	0
	1938–39	Third Division South	35	0	2	0	4	0	41	0
	1939–40		0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	Total		66	0	3	0	9	0	78	0

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 73. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Arthur Cumberlidge at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)