| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Richard Gerald Alfred Ashman | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1899 Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 May 1965 (aged 65) Bloemfontein, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Umpire | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1931–1932 | Orange Free State | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 21 December 1931 Orange Free State v Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 16 December 1932 Orange Free State v Griqualand West | ||||||||||||||
| Umpiring information | |||||||||||||||
| Tests umpired | 14 (1935–1949) | ||||||||||||||
| FC umpired | 24 (1931–1949) | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 June 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Richard Gerald Alfred Ashman (24 November 1899 – 15 May 1965) was a South African cricketer and cricket umpire.
In domestic first-class cricket, Ashman played six games as a wicket-keeper for Orange Free State from December 1931 to December 1932.
Ashman umpired 24 first-class matches in South Africa between 1931 and 1950.[1] His Test umpiring career commenced in 1935 when he officiated in the second South Africa–Australia Test at Johannesburg in December.[2] His fourteenth and final Test as umpire was in January 1950, another match between South Africa and Australia.[3]
References
- ^ "Richard Ashman as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "2nd Test, Johannesburg, December 24 - 28, 1935, Australia tour of South Africa". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "2nd Test, Cape Town, December 31, 1949 - January 04, 1950, Australia tour of South Africa". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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