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Full name | Richard Gerald Alfred Ashman | ||||||||||||||
Born | Westminster, London, England | 24 November 1899||||||||||||||
Died | 15 May 1965 Bloemfontein, South Africa | (aged 65)||||||||||||||
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]