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Alec Ashcroft

Alec Ashcroft
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Full nameAlec Hutchinson Ashcroft
Date of birth(1887-10-18)18 October 1887
Place of birthWest Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date of death18 April 1963(1963-04-18) (aged 75)
Place of deathBath, Somerset, England
SchoolBirkenhead School
UniversityGonville & Caius College
Occupation(s)Schoolmaster
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half-back
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1909 England 1 (0)

Alec Hutchinson Ashcroft (18 October 1887 – 18 April 1963) was an English international rugby union player.

Biography

Ashcroft was born in West Derby, Liverpool, and attended Birkenhead School. He went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, on a classical scholarship and was awarded blues for rugby.[1]

A versatile back, Ashcroft made his solitary England appearance partnering Rupert Williamson at half-back, as one of ten new caps introduced against the touring 1908–09 Wallabies in Blackheath. He also played for Blackheath FC, Birkenhead Park FC, Cheshire and Edinburgh Wanderers over the course of his career.[2]

Ashcroft served with the 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment during World War I. He was mentioned in dispatches three times and as a temporary major in 1919 received the Distinguished Service Order.[3]

Having been an assistant master before the war, Ashcroft took over as headmaster of Fettes College in 1919 and remained in the role until being succeeded by Donald Crichton-Miller in 1945. One of his two sons, David, became headmaster of Cheltenham College.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dr. A. H. Ashcroft". The Daily Telegraph. 19 April 1963.
  2. ^ "A. H. Ashcroft To Partner Williamson". Leicester Mercury. 5 January 1909.
  3. ^ a b "Former rugby cap dies". The Guardian Journal. 19 April 1963.
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