Gobo Ashley facts for kids
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William Hare Ashley
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| Born | 7 April 1878 Mowbray, Cape Town, Cape Colony |
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| Died | 14 July 1930 (aged 52) Plumtree, Southern Rhodesia |
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| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 12) | 25 March 1889 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1890–91 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Hare "Gobo" Ashley (10 February 1862 – 14 July 1930) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1889, the second Test ever played by his country.
A left-arm medium-paced bowler, Ashley took 7 for 95 in the only Test innings he bowled in, becoming the second South African to take a five-wicket haul after Albert Rose-Innes during that inaugural South African Test earlier in the year. Ashley later played three first-class matches for a Cape Town Clubs team and Western Province in South African domestic cricket in 1890 and 1891, taking 13 wickets. He was a member of Western Province team that won the 1890–91 Champion Bat Tournament, when he opened the bowling with Voltelin van der Bijl.
See also
- List of South Africa cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
- One Test Wonder
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