| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Ashley | |||
| Born | 27 October 1902 Axbridge, Somerset, England |
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| Died | 7 August 1974 (aged 71) Selsey, Sussex, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Unknown-arm fast-medium | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1932 | Somerset | |||
| 1937–38 | Mysore | |||
| 1938–40 | Europeans (India) | |||
| First-class debut | 1 June 1932 Somerset v Leicestershire | |||
| Last First-class | 15 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 (born 27 October 1902 in Axbridge, Somerset, died 7 August 1974 in Selsey, Sussex), is a former 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 in the Bombay Pentangular Tournament. He was a right-handed batsman and a fast-medium bowler.
Ashley made his first-class début for Somerset in June 1932, making 9 runs in his solitary innings and claiming bowling figures of 1/0 off two overs as Somerset drew with Leicestershire.[1] He appeared again at the end of the same month, making 16 runs and not bowling in the innings and 74 run victory over Essex at Leyton.[2]