(March 2024) |
Personal information | |
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Full name | David Anthony Ashworth |
Born | Rani, Rajasthan, India | 18 July 1944
Batting | Right hand bat |
Bowling | Right arm off-break |
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1966–1967 | Oxford University |
Source:ESPNcricinfo,18 March 2017 |
David Anthony Ashworth (born 18 July 1944) is an English former cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Oxford University Cricket Club in 1966 and 1967. [1]
Educated at Uppingham School,Ashworth made two Second XI appearances for Middlesex in 1963, [2] before studying law at St Edmund Hall,Oxford. [3] In May 1966 he scored 120 playing for Free Foresters against Oxford University,prompting the University to give him a first-class debut against Middlesex a day later. [4] He made three appearances over the following fortnight and the following April played three further matches against county sides. [5] In his penultimate game he recorded his only first-class fifty in making 67 against Surrey. [6]
Ashworth played for Uppingham Rovers in The Cricketer Cup from 1968 to 1993, [7] this included captaining the side in the 1979 final against Old Tonbridgians [8] and taking 8/42 with his off-spin against St Edward's Martyrs in 1991. [9]
A keen golfer, [3] he was Director of Richmond Golf Club from 2017 to 2023. [10]
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