cricket season Ashton joined the Burmah Oil Company, and his appearances thereafter were sporadic. He played for India and for Burma against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) side led by Arthur Gilligan that toured India in 1926–27; he reappeared for several Essex matches in 1927; and there were a handful of first-class games across the 1930s, the last in 1939. Football career Ashton was also an accomplished footballer, playing as an amateur for all his footballing career, which began with the Corinthians and then, during the 1919–20 season, West Bromwich Albion. He made his only appearance in the Football League in May 1925 for Bristol Rovers against Reading. He joined Clapton Orient in August 1926, making five appearances for them during the 1926–27 season, and then joined Gillingham in May 1927 but shortly afterwards retired from football to focus on his cricketing career. Post-cricket and political career Ashton later pursued a different career, first in cricket administration, as president of Essex from 1941, and then in national UK politics. He served as High Sheriff of Essex in 1943 and was then elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Chelmsford at the 1950 general elections and held the seat at three further UK general elections, before retiring in 1964. In the 1959 Birthday Honours, Ashton was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) for political and public services, and it was as Sir Hubert Ashton that he became MCC president in 1960–61. Ashton died in South Weald, Essex on 17 June 1979. Personal life In 1927 Ashton married Dorothy Gaitskell, sister of Hugh Gaitskell. They had two sons and two daughters. References External links English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Essex cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen cricketers North v South cricketers Free Foresters cricketers Rangoon Gymkhana cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire British Army personnel of World War I Royal Field Artillery officers Recipients of the Military Cross 1898 births 1979 deaths English footballers Corinthian F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 English Football League players High Sheriffs of Essex People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Burmah-Castrol Cricketers from Kolkata