Ambrose Askin
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ambrose Askin | |||||
| Born | January→March 1909 Pontefract district, England | |||||
| Died | January 1979 (aged 69)[1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1931–37 | Castleford | 89 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 1937–39 | Keighley Cougars | |||||
| 1939–≥39 | Featherstone Rovers | 0 | ||||
| Total | 89 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Ambrose Askin (birth registered January→March 1909 – January 1979) was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, playing at club level for Castleford, Keighley Cougars, and Featherstone Rovers, as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.[2] He was born in Pontefract district.[3] Ambrose Askin's funeral took place at St Botolph's Church, Knottingley.[4][5][6]
Playing career
Challenge Cup final appearances
Askin played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5, and scored a try in Castleford's 11-8 victory over Huddersfield in the 1935 Challenge Cup final during the 1934–35 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1935.[7]
County League appearances
Ambrose Askin played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire League during the 1932–33 season.
Club career
Ambrose Askin signed for Featherstone Rovers in 1939, but the outbreak of World War II meant he didn't have the opportunity play for them, and injuries sustained in the Battle of Dunkirk ended his rugby career.
Outside of rugby league
After the end of World War II, Ambrose Askin became a fish fryer in Knottingley, living at 4 Cardwell Terrace, Foundry Lane, Knottingley. Cardwell Terrace being named after Ambrose Askin's older brother Thomas Cardwell Askin.
Genealogical information
Askin's marriage to Mary Ann Burden (birth registered April→June 1915 in Pontefract district) was registered during January→March 1934 in Pontefract district[8] They had three daughters; Mary E. (birth registered July→September 1934 in Pontefract district), Ellen (birth registered October→December 1936 in Pontefract district), and Stephanie L. (birth registered July→September 1944 in Pontefract district). Ambrose Askin was the younger brother of the rugby league footballer, Tom Askin, and the uncle of Tom Askin's son, the rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s for Castleford, Maurice Askin.
References
- ↑ Ambrose Askin's obituary
- ↑ "Profile at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957
- ↑ "Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Sat 4th May 1935 - Challenge Cup - Neutral Ground - 39,000". thecastlefordtigers ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Search for "Askin" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Profile at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 May 2012)