| Gobo Ashley | |
| Fullname: | William Hare Ashley |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1878 |
| Birth Place: | Mowbray, Cape Town, Cape Colony |
| Death Place: | Plumtree, Southern Rhodesia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm medium |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Tests |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 1 |
| Bat Avg1: | 0.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 1 |
| Deliveries1: | 173 |
| Wickets1: | 7 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 13.57 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/95 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 4 |
| Runs2: | 17 |
| Bat Avg2: | 4.25 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 15* |
| Deliveries2: | 833 |
| Wickets2: | 20 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 14.09 |
| Fivefor2: | 2 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 7/95 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/– |
| Club1: | Western Province |
| Year1: | 1890–91 |
| International: | true |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Onetest: | true |
| Testdebutfor: | South Africa |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testdebutdate: | 25 March |
| Testdebutyear: | 1889 |
| Testcap: | 12 |
| Lasttestdate: | 25 March |
| Lasttestyear: | 1889 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/43938.html Cricinfo |
William Hare "Gobo" Ashley (10 February 1862 – 14 July 1930) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1889,[1] 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,[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]