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.
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| 30 December 1882 – 2 January 1883 Scorecard |
Australia 291 (169 overs) |
v | England 177 (107.2 overs) |
Australia won by 9 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: EH Elliott and JS Swift |
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| GJ Bonnor 85 CFH Leslie 3/31 [11] |
EFS Tylecote 33 GE Palmer 7/65 [52.2] |
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| 58/1 (53.1 overs) | 169 (f/o) (99.1 overs) | ||||
| WL Murdoch 33* W Barnes 1/6 [13] |
EFS Tylecote 38 G Giffen 4/38 [20] |
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| 19 – 22 January 1883 Scorecard |
England 294 (183.3 overs) |
v | Australia 114 (98.2 overs) |
England won by an innings and 27 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: EH Elliott and JS Swift |
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| WW Read 75 GE Palmer 5/103 [66.3] |
HH Massie 43 W Bates 7/28 [26.2] |
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| 153 (f/o) (69 overs) | |||||
| GJ Bonnor 34 W Bates 7/74 [33] |
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| 26 – 30 January 1883 Scorecard |
England 247 (143 overs) |
v | Australia 218 (179.1 overs) |
England won by 69 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: EH Elliott and JS Swift |
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| WW Read 66 FR Spofforth 4/73 [51] |
AC Bannerman 94 W Bates 7/28 [26.2] |
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| 123 (80.1 overs) | 83 (69.2 overs) | ||||
| CT Studd 25 FR Spofforth 7/44 [41.1] |
JM Blackham 26 RG Barlow 7/40 [34.2] |
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| 17 – 21 February 1883 Scorecard |
England 263 (155 overs) |
v | Australia 262 (146 overs) |
Australia won by 4 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: EH Elliott and JS Swift |
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| AG Steel 135 HF Boyle 3/52 [40] |
GJ Bonnor 87 AG Steel 3/34 [18] |
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| 197 (126.3 overs) | 199/6 (163.1 overs) | ||||
| W Bates 48* TP Horan 2/15 [9] |
AC Bannerman 63 AG Steel 3/49 [43] |
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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 the "Demon Bowler" himself, the man who primarily embodied the Ashes ideal, Fred Spofforth.
The team used Colombo as a stopover during its long sea voyage and played against local sides that were not first-class. This was the first time that an English cricket team had visited Ceylon.
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