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Name
  
Fred Ashworth

Role
  
Commanding officer


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Died
  
December 3, 2005, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Spouse
  
Ercie Bell Ashworth (m. ?–2005)

Education
  
United States Naval Academy

Battles and wars
  
World War II, New Georgia Campaign, Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, Operation Crossroads

Service/branch
  
United States Navy

Commands held
  
United States Sixth Fleet

Frederick "Fred" William Ashworth (birth registered January→March 1907 — death unknown) born at Aspatria, Cumbria, was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, and 1930s, playing at representative level for Cumberland, and at club level for Oldham, as a Forward, after retiring as a player he served Oldham as a member of the club's committee.

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Aspatria Rugby Union Club

Ashworth (or ‘Basher’ as he was known to his friends and colleagues) came to prominence when at the age of fourteen, he played in the local school team that won the Cumberland Silver Shield, a knockout competition open to boys aged sixteen and under. In 1924 the majority of the team were runners-up in the Cumberland Under 18’s Challenge Cup, after they were narrowly defeated by Silloth. In 1925, Ashworth captained the side that won the same competition, defeating Egremont by 11 points to nil. By 1925 he was a regular member of the senior squad and won a runners-up medal in that years Challenge Cup, when Aspatria were narrowly defeated by Workington.

In 1926, Ashworth, along with T. E Holliday signed professional forms for Oldham.

County honours

Ashworth represented Cumberland.

Challenge Final appearances

Ashworth played in Oldham's 26-7 victory over Swinton in the 1927 Challenge Cup Final during the 1926-27 season at Central Park, Wigan, in front of a crowd of 33,448.

Honoured at Oldham

Ashworth is an Oldham Hall Of Fame Inductee.

References

Fred Ashworth Wikipedia


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