| Richard Ashton | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Richard Lawrence Ashton |
| Birth Date: | 26 September 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Northampton, Northamptonshire |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club3: | Northamptonshire Cricket Board |
| Club2: | Bedfordshire |
| Year2: | 1991 |
| Club1: | Lincolnshire |
| Year1: | 1988 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | LA |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 8 |
| Bat Avg1: | 4.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 5 |
| Deliveries1: | 100 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 98.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/30 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
| Date: | 21 November |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8854.html Cricinfo |
Richard Lawrence Ashton (born 26 September 1963) is an English former cricketer. Ashton is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Northampton, Northamptonshire.
Pack made his debut in County Cricket for Lincolnshire by playing a single Minor Counties Championship match for them against Durham in 1988.
In 1991, he joined Bedfordshire, where during that season he played 3 Minor Counties Championship matches against Northumberland, Cumberland and Suffolk.[1] In his only season with the county, he also played a single List A match against Worcestershire in the 1991 NatWest Trophy.
Eight years later he represented the Northamptonshire Cricket Board, playing 2 List A matches for the Board against Wiltshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Northumberland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy.[2] In his career total of 3 List A matches, he scored 8 runs at a batting average of 4.00, with a high score of 5. In the field he took 2 catches, while with the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average of 98.00, with best figures of 1/30.
He currently plays club cricket for Northampton Saints Cricket Club in the Northamptonshire Cricket League.