Gerald Aste

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Gerald Aste
country = India
dayofbirth = 30
monthofbirth = 7
yearofbirth = 1900
placeofbirth = Beckenham, Kent
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 17
monthofdeath = 9
yearofdeath = 1961
placeofdeath = Salisbury, Wiltshire
countryofdeath = England
role = Bowler
club1 = Delhi
year1 = 1936
clubnumber1 =
club2 = Cricket Club of India
year2 = 1936
clubnumber2 =
club3 = Sind
year3 = 1933
clubnumber3 =
club4 = Europeans (India)
year4 = 1922-1927
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 8 January
debutyear1 = 1922
debutfor1 = Europeans (India)
debutagainst1 = Indians
lastdate1 = 15 February
lastyear1 = 1936
lastfor1 = Delhi
lastagainst1 = Northern India
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 11
runs1 = 164
bat avg1 = 9.11
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 33
deliveries1 = 1214
wickets1 = 19
bowl avg1 = 27.05
fivefor1 = 1
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 27.05
catches/stumpings1 = 15/0
date = 16 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/12/12640/12640.html CricketArchive

Gerald Aste (30 July 1900 - 17 September 1961) was an English born Indian cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26416.html Cricinfo profile] ] He played eleven first-class matches for various teams in India between 1922 and 1936. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/12/12640/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Gerald Aste] at CricketArchive]

Career

Born in Beckenham, Kent, England, Aste made his first-class debut in January 1922, playing for the Europeans in the annual Madras Presidency Match. He also played in the fixture in the following four years until 1926, a year in which he played for the Europeans in the Bombay Quadrangular for the first time. He played in the final of that tournament in 1927.

He played twice for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in 1929 and 1931, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/12/12640/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Gerald Aste] at CricketArchive] before returning to India to finish his first-class career. He played for Sind against the MCC in 1933, and in 1936 played for the Cricket Club of India against Australia and for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy.

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