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| name = Percy Ashton<br />
| birth_date = 27 February 1895<br />
| death_date = 18 September 1934<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = First-class cricketer<br />
}}<br />
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'''Percy Ashton''' (27 February 1895 – 18 September 1934) was an [[India]]n-born English [[first-class cricket]]er. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]. He was born in [[Calcutta]] and died in [[Bigbury-on-Sea]].<br />
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Ashton, who also played for [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] and Reigate Priory in miscellaneous matches in 1922 and 1928 respectively, made a single first-class appearance for Essex during the 1924 season, against [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]. From the lower-middle order, he scored 31 runs in the first innings in which he batted and 21 runs in the second.<br />
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Ashton took figures of 1-55 from a 12-over spell with the ball, taking the wicket of [[Patsy Hendren]].<br />
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==Family==<br />
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 Inglis|Julia Selina Thesiger]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria Alexandrina Inglis|url=http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6126&tree=Kings|publisher=Family Search|accessdate=17 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330202349/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6126&tree=Kings|archivedate=30 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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Ashton's brothers, [[Claude Ashton|Claude]], [[Hubert Ashton|Hubert]], and [[Gilbert Ashton]], and uncles [[Alfred Inglis|Alfred]] and [[John Inglis (cricketer, born 1853)|John Inglis]] also played first-class cricket.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4767/4767.html Percy Ashton] at Cricket Archive<br />
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