Maynard Ashcroft

Maynard Ashcroft

Personal information
Full name	Edward Maynard Ashcroft
Born	27 September 1875(1875-09-27) Longsight. Manchester, England
Died	26 February 1955(1955-02-26) (aged 79) Upton-by-Chester, England
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right arm off-break bowler
Role	Derbyshire captain 1904
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1897–1906	Derbyshire
First-class debut	24 May 1897 Derbyshire v Surrey
Last First-class	23 August 1906 Derbyshire v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition	First-class
Matches	101
Runs scored	4581
Batting average	29.17
100s/50s	8/29
Top score	162
Balls bowled	1949
Wickets	24
Bowling average	49.41
5 wickets in innings	1
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	5-18
Catches/stumpings	33/–
Source: [1], 8 February 2010

Edward Maynard Ashcroft (27 September 1875 – 26 February 1955) was an English doctor and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1906 and captained the Derbyshire team in 1904.

Early life

Ashcroft was born at Longsight, Manchester, son of Henry N Ashcroft, a Manchester merchant and his wife Charlotte. They lived at 14 Birch Side Moss Side.^[1] Ashcroft studied medicine at Owens College, Manchester, and became RMO at Dewsbury Smallpox Hospital. He later became assistant MOH at Derby.^[2]

Cricket career

Ashcroft made his cricket debut for Derbyshire in 1897 and remained with the team until 1906. Ashcroft captained Derbyshire for part of 1904 although Albert Lawton who was captain in the preceding and succeeding years also captained games. Ashcroft was a right hand batsman who played 170 innings in 101 first class matches. His highest score was 162 and his average 29.17. He was a right arm off-break bowler who took 24 wickets with an average of 49.41. While he was captain, Derbyshire ended the season at 10th in the table.^[3] Wisden described him as "a free-scoring batsman" who "drove and cut specially well".^[4]

Later life

Ashcroft was later Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for Levenshulme. He died at Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire aged 80

References

1. ^ British Census 1881
2. ^ John Rylands University Library Manchester ELGAR: Electronic Gateway to Archives at Rylands
3. ^ Maynard Ashcroft at Cricket Archive
4. ^ Wisden Obituaries 1955

External links

• - Run Crazy Derbyshire A Cricket Record

Sporting positions
Preceded by Albert Lawton	Derbyshire cricket captains 1904	Succeeded by Albert Lawton

Persondata
Name	Ashcroft, Edward
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	27 September 1875
Place of birth	Longsight. Manchester
Date of death	26 February 1955
Place of death	Upton-by-Chester