Ashley Winlaw

Ashley William Edgell Winlaw OBE (8 February 1914 – 13 February 1988) was an English cricketer, later a schoolteacher.

Ashley Winlaw

Personal information
Full name	Ashley William Edgell Winlaw
Born	8 February 1914 Sydenham, London, England
Died	13 March 1988 (aged 74) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Occasional wicket-keeper
Relations	Roger Winlaw (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1936	Minor Counties
1935–1939	Bedfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 13 Batting average 6.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 13 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2013

Early life

Winlaw was born at Sydenham, London, and educated at St Peter's School, Seaford, Winchester College and St John's College, Cambridge.[1]

Cricket

Winlaw was a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, who played the majority of his cricket in minor counties cricket, though he did make one appearance in first-class cricket.

He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire against Buckinghamshire in the 1935 Minor Counties Championship. He played minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1935 to 1939, making thirty appearances.[2] It was in 1936 he made his debut in first-class cricket, having been selected for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against the touring Indians at Lord's.[3] In a match which the Indians won by an innings and 74 runs, Winlaw scored 13 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings before he was dismissed by Amar Singh, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by Mohammad Nissar.[4]

His brother Roger Winlaw was also a first-class cricketer.

Schoolteacher

Winlaw taught at Aldenham School and Shrewsbury School, then served during World War II in the Intelligence Corps.[5] After the war he taught at several schools in various countries.[1] He was the Headmaster at Achimota College in then Gold Coast colony (modern day Ghana). For his service as headmaster of the Government Cadet College at Hasan Abdal, Pakistan, he was appointed OBE.[6]

Winlaw died at Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 13 February 1988.

References

1. WINLAW, Ashley William Edgell, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
2. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ashley Winlaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Ashley Winlaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
4. "Minor Counties v Indians, 1936". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
5. "No. 34969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1940. p. 6014.
6. "No. 44484". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1968. p. 22.

External links

• Ashley Winlaw at ESPNcricinfo
• Ashley Winlaw at CricketArchive