Richard Ashley (cricketer)

Richard Ashley
Personal information
Full name
Richard Ashley
Born(1902-10-27)27 October 1902
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Died7 August 1974(1974-08-07) (aged 71)
Bognor Regis, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1932Somerset
1937–1938Mysore
1938–1940Europeans (India)
First-class debut1 June 1932 Somerset v Leicestershire
Last First-class15 November 1939 Europeans (India) v Hindus
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 61
Batting average 10.16
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 17
Balls bowled 307
Wickets 8
Bowling average 22.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/26
Catches/stumpings 1/–
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]

  1. ^ Stephen Hill; Barry Phillips (18 September 2017). Somerset Cricketers, 1919–1939 (2017 ed.). Halsgrove. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-85704-306-1.