Ashton Cricket Club are an English cricket team, based in the town of Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside, Greater Manchester. The club plays its home games at Rayner Lane, and competes in the Central Lancashire League. The club has been in continuous membership of the league since 1928, but has failed to win any major honour since 1965.
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