Arthur Ashwell (cricketer, born 1908)
Arthur Harry Ashwell (2 August 1908 – 19 August 1985) was an English cricketer who made four first-class cricket appearances for Kent County Cricket Club in 1933 and 1934. Ashwell was a right-arm fast-medium paced opening bowler.[1] He was born at Charing in Kent.[2]
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Full name | Arthur Harry Ashwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Charing, Kent | 2 August 1908||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 August 1985 77) Bebington, Cheshire | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1933–1934 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 3 February 2012 |
Ashwell was a young professional on Kent's staff. He first played for the Second XI in 1931, making over 30 appearances for the team in the Minor Counties Championship[3] and taking 40 Second XI wickets in 1933 to "head the Second XI bowling averages".[1] He made his first-class cricket debut for the Kent First XI in the same season against Nottinghamshire in the 1933 County Championship. In a total of four First XI matches for Kent he did not take a wicket and was considered to not be good enough to play regularly for Kent.[1]
Ashwell moved to Merseyside and became the professional at Neston Cricket Club, playing in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition.[3][4] He remained in the area and coached young players at the club for "decades".[4] A room in the clubhouse at Parkgate Cricket Ground is named after him.[5]
Ashwell died at Bebington near Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula in August 1985 aged 77.[1][2][3]
References
- Ashwell, Arthur Harry, Obituaries in 1987, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1988. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- Arthur Ashwell, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- Arthur Ashwell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- Timeline 1881–2017, Neston Cricket Club. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- Spacey C (2009) Neston Cricket Club's facilities nearly complete, About My Area, 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2018-09-18.