Arthur Harry Ashwell (2 August 1908 – 19 August 1985) was an English cricketer who made four first-class cricket appearances for Kent County Cricket Club in 1933 and 1934. Ashwell was a right-arm fast-medium paced opening bowler.Ashwell, Arthur Harry, Obituaries in 1987, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1988. Retrieved 18 September 2018. He was born at Charing in Kent.Arthur Ashwell, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
Ashwell was a young professional on Kent's staff. He first played for the Second XI in 1931, making over 30 appearances for the team in the Minor Counties ChampionshipArthur Ashwell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2018. and taking 40 Second XI wickets in 1933 to "head the Second XI bowling averages". He made his first-class cricket debut for the Kent First XI in the same season against Nottinghamshire in the 1933 County Championship. In a total of four First XI matches for Kent he did not take a wicket and was considered to not be good enough to play regularly for Kent.
Ashwell moved to Merseyside and became the professional at Neston Cricket Club, playing in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition.Timeline 1881–2017, Neston Cricket Club. Retrieved 18 September 2018. He remained in the area and coached young players at the club for "decades". A room in the clubhouse at Parkgate Cricket Ground is named after him.Spacey C (2009) Neston Cricket Club's facilities nearly complete, About My Area, 9 May 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
Ashwell died at Bebington near Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula in August 1985 aged 77.
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