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What's the origin of the phrase 'Ashes to ashes, dust to dust'? ‘Ashes to ashes’ derives from the English Burial Service . The text of that service is adapted from the Biblical text, Genesis 3:19 ( King James Version ):
- Why Is It called The Ashes?
- ‘In Affectionate Remembrance of English Cricket’
- ‘When Ivo Goes Back with The Urn’
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England and Australia are cricket’s oldest foes, contesting the very first Test match at Melbourne in 1877, with the Australians winning by 45 runs thanks to a century from opener Charles Bannerman. However, it wasn’t until five years later that the Ashes legend was born. In 1882, Australia toured England and played a solitary Test match, the ninth...
The calamitous result sent shockwaves through the press, with one particularly poetic analysis appearing in Punch magazine. Speculating as to why the visitors “whipt us,” it mused: “Kangaroo Land’s ‘Demon’, or our own… Want of ‘devil’, coolness, nerve, backbone?” The most famous printed response, however, came in the form of an an ironic obituary p...
Such was the notoriety of the mock death notice that, when England embarked upon a tour of Australia that winter, the captain Ivo Bligh (who later became Lord Darnley) promised that he would “recover those Ashes”. In response, his counterpart WL Murdoch vowed to defend them. England won that three-Test 1882/3 series 2-1, thus becoming the first hol...
In the documentary On The Edge,ebullient England spin bowler Graeme Swann admitted that upon regaining the Ashes in 2009, he suffered a moment of rare disillusionment. Holding the treasured urn aloft, he says he glanced skyward and saw, on the precious trophy’s base, a small sticker: “Lord’s shop, £4.99.” One of the idiosyncratic things about the u...
The term 'Ashes' was first used after England lost to Australia - for the first time on home soil - at The Oval on 29th August 1882. A day later, the Sporting Times carried a mock obituary of English cricket which concluded that: "The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia".
Jun 16, 2023 · England and Australia are cricket’s oldest foes. They contested the very first test match at Melbourne in 1877, with the Australians winning by 45 runs thanks to a century from opener Charles...
Jun 14, 2023 · The Ashes, played between Australia and England, is one of the oldest, biggest and fiercest cricketing rivalries. There have been 340 matches played so far in the series in which Australia...
The Ashes is a men's Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil.
Ashes to ashes. But as it turns out the 'obituary' that named the series was more than a mere mockery. It has a fascinating family link between its author and a cause close to his late...
