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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Ernie Ashton
Personal information
Full name Ernest Albert Ashton
Date of birth (1883-07-07)7 July 1883
Place of birth Campbell Town, Tasmania
Date of death 1 August 1955(1955-08-01) (aged 72)
Place of death Richmond, Victoria
Original team(s) Gaffney's Creek
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1904 Carlton 1 (0)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ernest Albert Ashton (7 July 1883 – 1 August 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of John Ashton (1829-1889), and Ellen Ashton (1855-1931), née Brown, née Hughes, later, Mrs. William Henry Deakin, Ernest Albert Ashton was born at Campbell Town, Tasmania on 7 July 1883.

He married Isabel Jessie White (1895-1981) in 1928.

Football

Recruited from Gaffneys Creek, Ashton only played in one senior match for Carlton, against Collingwood, at Victoria Park, on 20 August 1904, when he was a replacement for the team's captain, Joe McShane, who had been injured during the week at a team practice session.

Death

He died at Richmond, Victoria on 1 August 1955.

Notes

  1. This Ernest Albert Ashton, who played for Carlton in 1904, is an entirely different individual from the Ernest Graham Ashton (1870-1946) who played 55 games (11 goals) for Collingwood in the VFA from 1892 to 1895 (see: Ernie Ashton, at Collingwood Forever).

Footnotes

  1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p. 31.
  2. Hospital Board: Surgeon-Superintendent's Report, The Launceston Examiner, (Friday, 22 February 18890, p. 3.
  3. Death: Deakin, The (Burnie) Advocate, (Tuesday, 24 February 1931), p. 2.
  4. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.8361/1928.
  5. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.7333/1981.
  6. Collingwood (8.11) beat Carlton (7.7), (Monday, 22 August 1904), p. 8.
  7. 'Follower', "Football Gossip", The Leader, (Saturday, 27 August 1904), p. 16.
  8. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.8631/1955.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

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