About William Ashford
Lived 1871 – 1954 (aged 82–83). William Ashford was a rugby union player.
William Ashford (18 December 1871 – 1 January 1954) was an English international rugby union player.
Ashford was born in Woodbury, Devon, and attended Mount Radford School in Exeter.
A forward, Ashford was capped four times for England and played much of his rugby in London, with Richmond and St Thomas's Hospital, during his medical studies. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Devon.
Ashford served as a surgeon for the British forces during the Second Boer War.
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William Ashford was born on 18 December 1871.
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William Ashford died in 1954.
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William Ashford was a rugby union player.
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