Gerald Aste

Gerald Aste (30 July 1900 – 17 September 1961) was an English cricketer based in India for many years, whose first-class career spanned the 1921/22 to 1935/36 Indian seasons.

Born in Beckenham, Kent, Aste was educated at Felsted School near Great Dunmow, in Essex.

[1] On 22 August 1917, he played at Lord's Cricket Ground, in St John's Wood, for a Public Schools team against one representing the Grenadier Guards.

[3] By the end of 1921, Aste had relocated to India where he made his first-class debut in January 1922, playing for the Europeans against the Indians in the annual Madras Presidency Match at Chepauk Stadium.

In 1936, he played for the Cricket Club of India against Australia and, in his final match, for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy.