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As early as 1873, Hughes and his brother, Hugh, are recorded as scoring three goals between them in a football match in
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was unknown and a single good player in a team counted a lot, so that
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was formed, after Arthur placed an advertisement in the local press seeking "Gentlemen wishing to join the (Aberystwyth
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where he played "soccer" for the school first eleven in 1872–73.
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