English cricket team in Australia in 1882–83
The England 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. Four separate wickets were used in the Test match, one for each innings.[1]
Tour matches[]
Two/Three-day matches[]
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10 – 11 November 1882
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South Australia
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22 – 23 November 1882
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Sandhurst
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24 – 25 November 1882
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Castlemaine
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6 – 7 December 1882
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Maitland
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IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 15 runs
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6 – 7 December 1882
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Newcastle
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11 – 12 December 1882
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Tamworth
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26 – 28 December 1882
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Ballarat
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8 – 9 January 1883
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Northern Tasmania CA
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IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 75 runs
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12 – 13 January 1883
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Southern Tasmania CA
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IFW Bligh's XI won by 7 wickets
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2 – 3 February 1883
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Queensland
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IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 154 runs
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8 – 9 February 1883
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Maryborough
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IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 58 runs
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First-class Matches[]
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17 – 20 November 1882[citation needed]
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Victoria
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IFW Bligh's XI won by 10 wickets
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17 – 20 November 1882[citation needed]
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IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 144 runs
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9 – 12 March 1883
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Victoria
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Victoria won by an innings and 73 runs
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Test matches[]
First Test[]
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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) | |
169 (f/o) (99.1 overs)
EFS Tylecote 38 G Giffen 4/38 (20 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 31 December 1882 was taken as a rest day.
- Hon. IFW Bligh, CFH Leslie, WW Read, GB Studd, EFS Tylecote and GF Vernon (all Eng) made their Test debuts.
Second Test[]
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294 (183.3 overs)
WW Read 75 GE Palmer 5/103 (66.3 overs) |
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- 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[]
England
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247 (143 overs)
WW Read 66 FR Spofforth 4/73 (51 overs) |
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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 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.
4th Test[]
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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) | |
199/6 (163.1 overs)
AC Bannerman 63 AG Steel 3/49 (43 overs) |
- 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.
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13 – 14 October 1882
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Europeans
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23 October 1882
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Royal Dublin Fusiliers
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References[]
- ^ "South Africa's Superman". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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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- 1882 in Ceylon
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- Australian cricket seasons from 1850–51 to 1889–90
- English cricket tours of Australia
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- International cricket competitions from 1844 to 1888
- The Ashes
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