Jim Ashton
South Melbourne
AFL career
4 games0 goals
- Debut
- R3 1917 v CAR26 May 1917
- Most recent
- R8 1917 v CAR30 June 1917
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the local South Melbourne Districts, Jim Ashton was a mature-age debutant who earned his opportunity with South Melbourne during the player-starved wartime season of 1917. With the VFL ranks depleted by enlistments for the Great War, the 26-year-old was called up to the senior side to provide much-needed depth for the Bloods. He featured in four matches that year, part of a rotating cast of district players who filled the void to keep the competition running, though he failed to trouble the scorers during his brief tenure. Ashton did not retain his place beyond that solitary season, returning to obscurity as one of the many short-term contributors who defined the makeshift nature of football during the war years.
Profile
- Born
- 12 Apr 1891
- Died
- 06 Sept 1961 (aged 70y 147d)
- Birthplace
- Port Melbourne, VIC
- Deathplace
- Coburg, VIC
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the local South Melbourne Districts, Jim Ashton was a mature-age debutant who earned his opportunity with South Melbourne during the player-starved wartime season of 1917. With the VFL ranks depleted by enlistments for the Great War, the 26-year-old was called up to the senior side to provide much-needed depth for the Bloods. He featured in four matches that year, part of a rotating cast of district players who filled the void to keep the competition running, though he failed to trouble the scorers during his brief tenure. Ashton did not retain his place beyond that solitary season, returning to obscurity as one of the many short-term contributors who defined the makeshift nature of football during the war years.