William Henry Ashdown (27 December 1898 – 15 September 1979) was an English professional cricketer.

[1] During World War I he served in a reserve battalion of the Rifle Brigade on home defence duties.

[8] He returned to play a final first-class match in 1947, aged 48, for Maurice Leyland's XI against the Rest of England at Harrogate when he scored 42 and 40 and took five wickets for 73 runs.

[7] He became an umpire after retiring from first-class cricket, and stood in two Tests against New Zealand in 1949 and one against the West Indies in 1950.

He stepped down from the umpire's list resume his playing career as captain of Leicestershire 2nd XI until he was 55, doubling up as their coach and scorer.