His obituary in Wisden called him "a fine, aggressive stroke-player" and praised his fielding ability at cover point.
[4] Wisden's obituary also praised his 36 for an England XI against Warwick Armstrong's Australians a year earlier, which gave the English hope after having been dismissed for 43 in the first innings, and helped lay the ground for a fine victory.
[1] After 1927, Ashton ceased to play even semi-regular county cricket, and indeed after that year he was to make only two more first-class appearances: against Northamptonshire in June 1934 and, finally, against Leicestershire in July 1936.
[5][6] He did, however, play a minor single-innings game for his county against the Royal Air Force aged 47 in 1944; he was lbw for nought.
Upon leaving the school, he served in the First World War in the Royal Field Artillery; it was at this time that he won his MC, the citation for which reads: For conspicuous gallantry in action.