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Full name | Richard Ashley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England | 27 October 1902||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 August 1974 Bognor Regis, Sussex, England | (aged 71)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1932 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1937–1938 | Mysore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1938–1940 | Europeans (India) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 1 June 1932 Somerset v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 15 November 1939 Europeans (India) v Hindus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 24 November 2009 |
Richard Ashley (27 October 1902 – 7 August 1974) was a first-class cricketer who played two matches for Somerset County Cricket Club in 1932. He also appeared in two first-class matches in India in the late 1930s, playing for Mysore in the Ranji Trophy and for the Europeans (India) in the Bombay Pentangular Tournament. He was a right-handed batsman and a fast-medium bowler, though it is not known whether he bowled with his right or left hand. A 2017 book states that he was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and died in Bognor Regis, West Sussex; previously it had been thought that he was born at Axbridge and died at Selsey.[1]