[1] While studying at Trinity, he played rugby union for Dublin University Football Club.
[1] His performances led to his selection for Ireland in 1908,[2] with him playing two Test matches in the Home Nations Championship against England at Richmond, and Wales at Belfast.
[1] After graduating from Trinity with an engineering degree, Aston's work took him to different parts of the British Empire.
He worked on reconstruction of the Mandalay Canal in Burma in 1917, and served in the British Indian Army during the First World War as a lieutenant in the cavalry reserve.
[1] He still played cricket when working in Burma, playing two first-class matches against the Marylebone Cricket Club in January 1927 at Rangoon; the first came for Rangoon Gymkhana at the Gymkhana Ground, while the second came for Burma at the BAA Ground.