- Bill Ashdown
William Henry Ashdown (
27 December 1898 –15 September 1979 ) was an Englishcricket er, and one of only a handful of players who played first-class cricket before the First World War and after the Second World War, another beingD. B. Deodhar , who played in theBombay Triangular in 1911 and theRanji Trophy in 1946.Ashdown was born in
Bromley ,Kent . He first played first-class cricket in 1914, playing forGerald Weigall 's XI againstOxford University inThe Parks , aged 15.He played for
Kent County Cricket Club after the First World War. He scored 39 centuries, including a highest score of 332 against Essex in 1934. He scored more than 1,000 runs in 11 seasons ofcounty cricket . He was also successful as a bowler, taking 602wicket s at abowling average of 32.47. He retired in 1937. However, he returned to play a final first-class match in 1947, aged 48, forMaurice Leyland 's XI against the Rest of England atHarrogate .He became an umpire after retiring from cricket, and stood in two Tests against New Zealand in 1949 and one against the West Indies in 1950. He died in Rugby,
Warwickshire , aged 80.References
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