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Claude Ashton

Corinthians FC & Old Wykehamists FC

 1 cap, 0 goals

P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F 0: A 0
50% successful
 1925

disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90

Profile
Full name Claude Thesiger Ashton B.A.
Born  19 February 1901 in Calcutta, Bengal, India

Notes

Youngest of four sons of Hubert Shorrock Ashton and of Victoria Alexandrina Ashton (nee Inglis).Married to Isabel Norman Ashton (nee Butler), of Ingatestone.
Died 31 October 1942, in Caernarvon, Wales, aged 41 years.  Killed on active service, losing his life in an air crash, buried in Ingatestone & Fryerning Cemetary, Essex.
Height/Weight not known

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Club Career
Club(s) Attended and played football at Winchester College between 1918-20.  Captain in 1920.  Went on to Cambridge University, and played between 1921 and 1923, captain in 1923, although did not play in the Varsity match.  Played with the Corinthians from 1920 until 1934, (145 goals in 208 appearances).  Also with Old Wykehamists from 1923.  Retired in 1934.
Club honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions First class cricketer with Essex CCC.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990],  Commonwealth War Graves Commission & ESPN Cricinfo.

England Career
Player number 499th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Centre-forward
First & last match No. 147, 24 October 1925, Northern Ireland 0 England 0, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Belfast, aged 24 years 247 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1925-26;
Team honours None.
Individual honours England amateurs (12 appearances)
Distinctions None

Beyond England

A utility player who appeared in most positions for the Corinthians. He won Blues for hockey and cricket.  On leaving football, Ashton assisted the Beckenham hockey club and played in England trials. A chartered accountant by profession, he later worked on the Stock Exchange.  He was Squadron Leader in the RAF (auxilliary), and pilot in WW II. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.14./Commonwealth War Graves Commission

 

Claude Ashton - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps		 Starts Mins. Goals Goals Av.min Comp.
Goals		 Capt. Disc.
1 1 1 1 90 0 0 min 0 1 None
Due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries, errors and substitutions.  The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

 

Claude Ashton - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Away 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
All 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0

 

Claude Ashton - Match Record  - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
All 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0

 

Claude Ashton - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1925-26 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
BC All 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 0 2 2.333 0.667 66.7 +2
All 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 0 2 2.333 0.667 66.7 +2

 

Claude Ashton - Match History
 Club:  Corinthians F.C. & Old Wykehamists - 1 full cap

Coach: FA Committee - 1 full capx

Age 24
1 147 24 October 1925 - Northern Ireland 0 England 0, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AD Start cf

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