Ernie Ashton Explained

Ernie Ashton
Fullname:	Ernest Albert Ashton
Birth Date:	7 July 1883
Birth Place:	Campbell Town, Tasmania
Death Place:	Richmond, Victoria
Originalteam:	Gaffney's Creek
Statsend:	1904
Years1:	1904
Games Goals1:	1 (0)

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

Family

The son of John Ashton (1829-1889),^[2] and Ellen Ashton (1855-1931), née Brown, née Hughes, later, Mrs. William Henry Deakin,^[3] Ernest Albert Ashton was born at Campbell Town, Tasmania on 7 July 1883.

He married Isabel Jessie White (1895-1981) in 1928.^[4] ^[5]

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.^[6] ^[7]

Death

He died at Richmond, Victoria on 1 August 1955.^[8]

References

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

External links

- - Ernie Ashton's profile at Blueseum

Notes and References

Holmesby & Main (2009), p. 31.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38344117 Hospital Board: Surgeon-Superintendent's Report, The Launceston Examiner, (Friday, 22 February 18890, p. 3.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67703942 Death: Deakin, The (Burnie) Advocate, (Tuesday, 24 February 1931), p. 2.
Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.8361/1928.
Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.7333/1981.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201656508 Collingwood (8.11) beat Carlton (7.7), (Monday, 22 August 1904), p. 8.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196719250 'Follower', "Football Gossip", The Leader, (Saturday, 27 August 1904), p. 16.
Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Deaths Registration no.8631/1955.