Percy Ashton MC (27 February 1895 – 18 September 1934) was an

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er. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for

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. He was born in

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and died in

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. Ashton, who also played for

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and Reigate Priory in miscellaneous matches in 1922 and 1928 respectively, made a single first-class appearance for Essex during the 1924 season, against

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. From the lower-middle order, he scored 31 runs in the first innings in which he batted and 21 runs in the second. Ashton took figures of 1-55 from a 12-over spell with the ball, taking the wicket of

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Family

Ashton's mother, Victoria Alexandrina Inglis, was the daughter of Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, who commanded the British forces at the Siege of Lucknow and Julia Selina Thesiger. Ashton's brothers, Claude,

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, and

Gilbert Ashton Gilbert Ashton MC (27 September 1896 – 6 February 1981) was an English cricketer who played 62 first-class matches between the wars, mostly for Cambridge University (whom he captained in 1921, and also captained at football) and Worcesters ...

, and uncles Alfred and John Inglis also played first-class cricket. Ashton was, like his brothers Gilbert and

, awarded the

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Percy Ashton
at Cricket Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashton, Percy 1895 births 1934 deaths English cricketers Essex cricketers British people in colonial India Cricketers from Kolkata Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers