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Cliff Ashton
Full name	Clifford Ashton
Date of birth	17 December 1932
Place of birth	Cwmavon, Wales
Date of death	29 March 2001 (aged 68)
Place of death	Newport, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Outside-half
International career
Years	Team
1959–62	Wales

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Clifford Ashton (17 December 1932 — 29 March 2001) was a Welsh international rugby union player.^[1]

Biography

Born in Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot, Ashton was an elusive outside-half and skilled drop-goal exponent, capped seven times for Wales from 1959 to 1962, while a Aberavon RFC player.^[2]^[3]

Ashton later played for Chepstow, soon after relocating to the town in 1962.^[4]

References

^ "Rugby Union". The Guardian. 3 April 2001.
^ "Cliff Ashton — that 'elusive pimpernel'". Neath Guardian. 5 September 1959.
^ "Ashton notches 140 with 11th dropped goal". South Wales Argus. 12 March 1966.
^ Scrivens, George (13 January 1962). "Cliff Ashton gives up serious rugby". South Wales Argus.

External links

Cliff Ashton at ESPNscrum

[1] "Rugby Union". The Guardian. 3 April 2001.

[2] "Cliff Ashton — that 'elusive pimpernel'". Neath Guardian. 5 September 1959.

[3] "Ashton notches 140 with 11th dropped goal". South Wales Argus. 12 March 1966.

[4] Scrivens, George (13 January 1962). "Cliff Ashton gives up serious rugby". South Wales Argus.

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-'''Clifford Ashton''' (17 December 1932 — 29 March 2001) was a Welsh international [[rugby union]] player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rugby Union |url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/259509576 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 April 2001}}</ref>
+'''Clifford Ashton''' (17 December 1932 — 29 March 2001) was a Welsh international [[rugby union]] player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rugby Union |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259509576 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 April 2001}}</ref>
 ==Biography==
-Born in [[Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot]], Ashton was an elusive outside-half and skilled drop-goal exponent, capped seven times for [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] from 1959 to 1962, while a [[Aberavon RFC]] player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cliff Ashton — that 'elusive pimpernel' |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003431/19590925/158/0012 |work=[[Neath Guardian]] |date=5 September 1959}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ashton notches 140 with 11th dropped goal |url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/1056505495 |work=[[South Wales Argus]] |date=12 March 1966}}</ref>
+Born in [[Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot]], Ashton was an elusive outside-half and skilled drop-goal exponent, capped seven times for [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] from 1959 to 1962, while a [[Aberavon RFC]] player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cliff Ashton — that 'elusive pimpernel' |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003431/19590925/158/0012 |work=[[Neath Guardian]] |date=5 September 1959}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ashton notches 140 with 11th dropped goal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1056505495 |work=[[South Wales Argus]] |date=12 March 1966}}</ref>
-Ashton later played for [[Chepstow RFC|Chepstow]], soon after relocating to the town in 1962.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scrivens |first1=George |title=Cliff Ashton gives up serious rugby |url=https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/1057131534 |work=South Wales Argus |date=13 January 1962}}</ref>
+Ashton later played for [[Chepstow RFC|Chepstow]], soon after relocating to the town in 1962.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scrivens |first1=George |title=Cliff Ashton gives up serious rugby |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1057131534 |work=South Wales Argus |date=13 January 1962}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 [[Category:Welsh rugby union players]]
 [[Category:Wales international rugby union players]]
+[[Category:Aberavon RFC players]]
+[[Category:Rugby union players from Neath Port Talbot]]
+[[Category:Rugby union fly-halves]]