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The Revered Ashes described in newspapers from 1883

The England national cricket team toured Australia and Ceylon in 1882–83.

The team, captained by Ivo Bligh, was on a quest "to recover those Ashes", a reference to the famous RIP notice that was published in the aftermath of England's defeat by Australia at The Oval during the previous English season.

Originally, three Tests were arranged and England won two of these after losing the first. Although the actual sequence of events has never been completely confirmed, it was after England won the third Test that Ivo Bligh was somehow presented with a small urn which is believed to contain the ashes of a burnt bail. He brought this back to England and it is now the most famous exhibit in the museum at Lord's Cricket Ground. England and Australia have been contesting these mythical Ashes ever since.

The "fourth Test" of this tour was arranged ad hoc after the original series had been completed.

Tour matches

Two/Three-day matches

10 – 11 November 1882
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Match drawn
  
 
128/7 (96 overs)
J Noel 37
Morley 3/17 (19 overs)
153 (113 overs)
EFS Tylecote 59
Quilty 6/60 (36 overs)
  • IFW Bligh's XI won the toss and elected to bat
  • South Australia had 15 players
22 – 23 November 1882
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Match Drawn
  
 
100 (114.2 overs)
GN Campbell 28
Steel 8/35 (40.2 overs)
117 (92 overs)
CFH Leslie 48*
Spargo 4/46 (40.1 overs)
Back Creek Ground, Bendigo
119 (92.3 overs)
G Mackay 29
Steel 10/35 (30 overs)
28/0 (11 overs)
GB Studd 19*
  • Sandhurst had 22 players
24 – 25 November 1882
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Match Drawn
  
 
136 (154.1 overs)
G Smith 41
Morley 8/45 (51 overs)
238 (125 overs)
Studd 52
Vick 2/0 (2 overs)
Wattle Flat, Castlemaine
22/8 (37 overs)
Dawes 10
Steel 2/0 (2 overs)
  • Castlemaine won the toss and elected to bat
  • Castlemaine had 22 players
6 – 7 December 1882
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IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 15 runs
  
 
49 (46.1 overs)
J McAlpine 15
Steel 8/25 (23 overs)
155 (88.1 overs)
W Barnes 25
McAlpine 3/44 (31 overs)
Albion Ground, West Maitland
91 (52.3 overs)
TA Onus 20
Studd 7/30 (17 overs)
  • IFW Bligh's XI won the toss and elected to bat
  • Maitland had 18 players
6 – 7 December 1882
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Match Drawn
  
 
67 (82.2 overs)
W Smith 13
Steel 7/36 (38 overs)
339 (246.2 overs)
WW Read 64
Ryder 3/70 (76 overs)
54/15 (75 overs)
J Rodgers 12
Steel 10/29 (38 overs)
  • Newcastle won the toss and elected to bat
  • Newcastle had 18 players
11 – 12 December 1882
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Match Abandoned
  
 
Tamworth No 1 Oval, Tamworth
  • No toss
26 – 28 December 1882
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Match Drawn
  
 
227 (151 overs)
P McGregor 53
Barnes 7/24 (16 overs)
272 (201 overs)
WW Read 55
Duffy 5/58 (52 overs)
176/14 (136 overs)
P Lewis 40
Steel 8/68 (43 overs)
  • Ballarat won the toss and elected to bat
  • Ballarat had 18 players
8 – 9 January 1883
Northern Tasmania CA Tasmania
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IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 75 runs
  
 
114 (99.2 overs)
OG Douglas 29
Barnes 6/25 (29 overs)
270 (176 overs)
CT Studd 99
Kendall 5/104 (85 overs)
81 (83 overs)
OG Douglas 16
Steel 10/33 (30 overs)
  • Northern Tasmania Cricket Association won the toss and elected to bat
  • Northern Tasmania Cricket Association had 18 players
12 – 13 January 1883
Southern Tasmania CA Tasmania
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IFW Bligh's XI won by 7 wickets
  
 
82 (83 overs)
JG Davies 23
Steel 6/42 (34 overs)
110 (103.1 overs)
IFW Bligh 32
Kendall 6/56 (48 overs)
95 (74 overs)
GH Arthur 14
Steel 7/41 (34 overs)
68/3 (44 overs)
Steel 30*
Bayley 2/12 (20 overs)
  • Southern Tasmania Cricket Association won the toss and elected to bat
  • Southern Tasmania Cricket Association had 18 players
2 – 3 February 1883
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IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 154 runs
  
 
62 (82.3 overs)
H Strickland 10*
Steel 10/28 (41.3 overs)
265 (115 overs)
WW Read 84
Wearne 5/79 (36 overs)
Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane
Umpires: MR Cobbett and RC Miller
49 (38.1 overs)
W Hobbs 9*
Steel 9/16 (19.1 overs)
  • IFW Bligh's XI won the toss and elected to bat
  • Queensland had 18 players
8 – 9 February 1883
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IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 58 runs
  
 
42 (55 overs)
JT Gaskell 11
Steel 8/14 (24 overs)
179 (87.3 overs)
WW Read 66
Roberts 6/62 (39.3 overs)
Showground Oval, Maryborough
Umpires: MR Cobbett and CF Gataker
79 (77 overs)
RS Warry 30
Steel 8/28 (34 overs)
  • Maryborough won the toss and elected to bat
  • Maryborough had 18 players

First-class Matches

17 – 20 November 1882
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IFW Bligh's XI won by 10 wickets
  
 
104 (95.1 overs)
E Turner 25
WW Read 4/28 (12 overs)
273 (126.2 overs)
CT Studd 56
WH Cooper 5/89 (35 overs)
169 (96.1 overs) (f/o)
W Bruce 40
RG Barlow 3/31 (16 overs)
4/0 (0.1 overs)
RG Barlow 0* (1)
  • IFW Bligh's XI won the toss and elected to bat
  • J Rosser, W Bruce and W Logan (Victoria) made their first-class debuts
17 – 20 November 1882
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IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 144 runs
  
 
152 (140.1 overs)
AP Marr 34
AG Steel 5/32 (28 overs)
461 (221 overs)
CFH Leslie 144
Edwin Evans 6/146 (85 overs)
Association Ground, Sydney
Umpires: WC Goddard and James Swift
165 (148 overs)
JJ Davis 85
RG Barlow 3/18 (26 overs)
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat
  • AP Marr, CTB Turner and JJC Callachor (NSW) made their first-class debuts
9 – 12 March 1883
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Victoria won by an innings and 73 runs
  
 
284 (219.2 overs)
WE Midwinter 92*
Barnes 5/70 (51.2 overs)
55 (31.1 overs)
CT Studd 11
Palmer 4/21 (15.1 overs)
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: WC Goddard and James Swift
156 (109 overs) (f/o)
AG Steel 76
Palmer 7/65 (48 overs)
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat

Test matches

First Test

30 December 1882 – 2 January 1883
Scorecard
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291 (169 overs)
GJ Bonnor 85
CFH Leslie 3/31 (11 overs)
177 (107.2 overs)
EFS Tylecote 33
GE Palmer 7/65 (52.2 overs)
58/1 (53.1 overs)
WL Murdoch 33*
W Barnes 1/6 (13 overs)
169 (f/o) (99.1 overs)
EFS Tylecote 38
G Giffen 4/38 (20 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: EH Elliott (Aus) and JS Swift (Aus)

Second Test

19–22 January 1883
Scorecard
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294 (183.3 overs)
WW Read 75
GE Palmer 5/103 (66.3 overs)
114 (98.2 overs)
HH Massie 43
W Bates 7/28 (26.2 overs)
153 (f/o) (69 overs)
GJ Bonnor 34
W Bates 7/74 (33 overs)
England won by an innings and 27 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: EH Elliott (Aus) and JS Swift (Aus)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 21 January was taken as a rest day.
  • This was the first Test match to be won by an innings margin.
  • W Bates became the first England player to take a Test hat-trick with the first-innings wickets of PS McDonnell, G Giffen and GJ Bonnor. He was also the first player in Test history to score a 50 and take 10 wickets in a match.

Third Test

26–30 January 1883
Scorecard
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247 (143 overs)
WW Read 66
FR Spofforth 4/73 (51 overs)
218 (179.1 overs)
AC Bannerman 94
W Bates 7/28 (26.2 overs)
123 (80.1 overs)
CT Studd 25
FR Spofforth 7/44 (41.1 overs)
83 (69.2 overs)
JM Blackham 26
RG Barlow 7/40 (34.2 overs)
England won by 69 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: EH Elliott (Aus) and JS Swift (Aus)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 28 January was taken as a rest day.
  • This match saw the creation of the Ashes urn; with England having won the series, some Australian ladies burnt a bail and put the ashes in an urn, which remains in the Memorial Gallery at Lord's.

"Extra" Test

17–21 February 1883
Scorecard
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263 (155 overs)
AG Steel 135
HF Boyle 3/52 (40 overs)
262 (146 overs)
GJ Bonnor 87
AG Steel 3/34 (18 overs)
197 (126.3 overs)
W Bates 48*
TP Horan 2/15 (9 overs)
199/6 (163.1 overs)
AC Bannerman 63
AG Steel 3/49 (43 overs)
Australia won by 4 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: EH Elliott (Aus) and JS Swift (Aus)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 18 February was taken as a rest day.

Players

England was captained by Ivo Bligh and had Edward Tylecote as its specialist wicket-keeper, the other players being Billy Bates, Dick Barlow, Allan Steel, Charles Leslie, Walter Read, Charles Studd, Fred Morley, Billy Barnes, George Vernon and George Studd.

Australia was captained by Billy Murdoch and had Jack Blackham as wicket-keeper. Other players to represent Australia were Billy Midwinter, Alec Bannerman, George Bonnor, Tom Horan, Percy McDonnell, George Giffen, Harry Boyle, Edwin Evans, Hugh Massie, Eugene Palmer, Tom Garrett and Fred Spofforth.

Ceylon

The team used Colombo as a stopover during its long sea voyage and played two matches against local sides in October 1882 that were not first-class. This was the first time that an overseas team visited Ceylon.

13 – 14 October 1882
Europeans
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Match drawn
  
 
92 (47 overs)
E Cave-Browne 19
Studd 5/21 (10 overs)
155/9 (73 overs) (d)
CFH Leslie 23
Jackson 4/27 (25 overs)
16/7 (14.4 overs)
Bird 7
Bates 6/8 (7.4 overs)
  • Europeans won the toss and elected to bat
  • Europeans had 18 players
23 October 1882
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Match drawn
  
 
24/9 (20 overs)
Bird 7
Bates 5/14 (10 overs)
184 (98.4 overs)
EFS Tylecote 44
Carr 3/32 (21.1 overs)
  • Royal Dublin Fusiliers had 18 players

External sources

Further reading

  • The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877–1978 by Bill Frindall
  • Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
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