Henry Hervey Aston
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Captain (later Colonel) Henry Hervey Aston (1759 – 1798) was an English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club. He was at different times a member of both the Hambledon Club and the MCC. A useful batsman, Aston made 13 known first-class appearances from 1786 to 1793 when his military duties took precedence.
In December 1793, Aston obtained a Lieutenant-colonelcy in the 12th Foot and afterwards went to Madras where in 1798 he fought a duel with Major Picton. Both fired into the air. Next day, in another duel, he was wounded by a new adversary, Major Allen, and after languishing about a week, he died on 23 December 1798.
External links
- Henry Hervey Aston at the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA)
- From Lads to Lord's – profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 October 2012)
References
- G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
- Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
- H T Waghorn, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906
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- English cricketers
- Hampshire cricketers
- Hambledon cricketers
- Middlesex cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- English cricketers of 1701 to 1786
- English cricketers of 1787 to 1825
- Suffolk Regiment officers
- Duelling fatalities
- 1759 births
- 1798 deaths
- Deaths by firearm in India
- Sussex cricketers
- White Conduit Club cricketers
- English cricket biography, 1750s birth stubs