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Alec Ashcroft

1887 – 1963

Rugby player

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Lived 1887 – 1963 (aged 75). Alec Ashcroft was a military personnel and rugby union player.

Alec Hutchinson Ashcroft (18 October 1887 – 18 April 1963) was an English international rugby union player.

Biography Ashcroft was born in West Derby, Liverpool, and attended Birkenhead School. He went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, on a classical scholarship and was awarded blues for rugby.

A versatile back, Ashcroft made his solitary England appearance partnering Rupert Williamson at half-back, as one of ten new caps introduced against the touring 1908–09 Wallabies in Blackheath. He also played for Blackheath FC, Birkenhead Park FC, Cheshire and Edinburgh Wanderers over the course of his career.

Ashcroft served with the 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment during World War I. He was mentioned in dispatches three times and as a temporary major in 1919 received the Distinguished Service Order.

Having been an assistant master before the war, Ashcroft took over as headmaster of Fettes College in 1919 and remained in the role until being succeeded by Donald Crichton-Miller in 1945. One of his two sons, David, became headmaster of Cheltenham College.

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Who was Alec Ashcroft?

rugby player

When was Alec Ashcroft born?

Alec Ashcroft was born on 18 October 1887.

When did Alec Ashcroft die?

Alec Ashcroft died on 18 April 1963.

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Alec Ashcroft was a military personnel and rugby union player.

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