John Aston (20 November 1882 – 9 January 1951) was an Irish

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his debut for the Gentlemen of Ireland on their tour of North America in 1909, playing against a team representing New York City. He then played two

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against Philadelphia on the same tour. He later played two first-class matches for Ireland in 1925, one against Scotland and the other against Wales in addition to a match against the MCC at

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. His brother,

Herbert Aston Herbert Reid Aston (15 May 1885 – 27 January 1968) was an Irish first-class cricketer and rugby union international. Born at Dublin in May 1885, Aston was educated in the city at Wesley College, before going up to Trinity College to stu ...

, was also a first-class cricketer and played international rugby union.

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