English cricket team in Australia in 1882–83

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	South Australia	v	IFW Bligh's XI	Match drawn
Scorecard	128/7 (96 overs) J Noel 37 Morley 3/17 (19 overs)		153 (113 overs) EFS Tylecote 59 Quilty 6/60 (36 overs)	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Scorecard				Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
IFW Bligh's XI won the toss and elected to bat South Australia had 15 players

22 – 23 November 1882	Sandhurst	v	IFW Bligh's XI	Match Drawn
Scorecard	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
Scorecard	119 (92.3 overs) G Mackay 29 Steel 10/35 (30 overs)		28/0 (11 overs) GB Studd 19*	Back Creek Ground, Bendigo
Sandhurst had 22 players

24 – 25 November 1882	Castlemaine	v	IFW Bligh's XI	Match Drawn
Scorecard	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
Scorecard	22/8 (37 overs) Dawes 10 Steel 2/0 (2 overs)			Wattle Flat, Castlemaine
Castlemaine won the toss and elected to bat Castlemaine had 22 players

6 – 7 December 1882	Maitland	v	IFW Bligh's XI	IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 15 runs
Scorecard	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
Scorecard	91 (52.3 overs) TA Onus 20 Studd 7/30 (17 overs)			Albion Ground, West Maitland
IFW Bligh's XI won the toss and elected to bat Maitland had 18 players

6 – 7 December 1882	Newcastle	v	IFW Bligh's XI	Match Drawn
Scorecard	67 (82.2 overs) W Smith 13 Steel 7/36 (38 overs)		339 (246.2 overs) WW Read 64 Ryder 3/70 (76 overs)	Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle
Scorecard	54/15 (75 overs) J Rodgers 12 Steel 10/29 (38 overs)			Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle
Newcastle won the toss and elected to bat Newcastle had 18 players

11 – 12 December 1882	Tamworth	v	IFW Bligh's XI	Match Abandoned
Scorecard				Tamworth No 1 Oval, Tamworth
Scorecard				Tamworth No 1 Oval, Tamworth
No toss

26 – 28 December 1882	Ballarat	v	IFW Bligh's XI	Match Drawn
Scorecard	227 (151 overs) P McGregor 53 Barnes 7/24 (16 overs)		272 (201 overs) WW Read 55 Duffy 5/58 (52 overs)	Eastern Oval, Ballarat
Scorecard	176/14 (136 overs) P Lewis 40 Steel 8/68 (43 overs)			Eastern Oval, Ballarat
Ballarat won the toss and elected to bat Ballarat had 18 players

8 – 9 January 1883	Northern Tasmania CA	v	IFW Bligh's XI	IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 75 runs
Scorecard	114 (99.2 overs) OG Douglas 29 Barnes 6/25 (29 overs)		270 (176 overs) CT Studd 99 Kendall 5/104 (85 overs)	NTCA Ground, Launceston
Scorecard	81 (83 overs) OG Douglas 16 Steel 10/33 (30 overs)			NTCA Ground, Launceston
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	v	IFW Bligh's XI	IFW Bligh's XI won by 7 wickets
Scorecard	82 (83 overs) JG Davies 23 Steel 6/42 (34 overs)		110 (103.1 overs) IFW Bligh 32 Kendall 6/56 (48 overs)	TCA Ground, Hobart
Scorecard	95 (74 overs) GH Arthur 14 Steel 7/41 (34 overs)		68/3 (44 overs) Steel 30* Bayley 2/12 (20 overs)	TCA Ground, Hobart
Southern Tasmania Cricket Association won the toss and elected to bat Southern Tasmania Cricket Association had 18 players

2 – 3 February 1883	Queensland	v	IFW Bligh's XI	IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 154 runs
Scorecard	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
Scorecard	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	Maryborough	v	IFW Bligh's XI	IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 58 runs
Scorecard	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
Scorecard	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	Victoria	v	IFW Bligh's XI	IFW Bligh's XI won by 10 wickets
Scorecard	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)	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Edward Elliott and JA Smith
Scorecard	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	New South Wales	v	IFW Bligh's XI	IFW Bligh's XI won by an innings and 144 runs
Scorecard	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
Scorecard	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	Victoria	v	IFW Bligh's XI	Victoria won by an innings and 73 runs
Scorecard	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
Scorecard			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

Australia	v	England
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)

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

19–22 January 1883
Scorecard

England	v	Australia
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

England	v	Australia
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

England	v	Australia
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	v	IFW Bligh's XI	Match drawn
Scorecard	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)	Galle Face, Colombo
Scorecard	16/7 (14.4 overs) Bird 7 Bates 6/8 (7.4 overs)			Galle Face, Colombo
Europeans won the toss and elected to bat Europeans had 18 players

23 October 1882	Royal Dublin Fusiliers	v	IFW Bligh's XI	Match drawn
Scorecard	24/9 (20 overs) Bird 7 Bates 5/14 (10 overs)		184 (98.4 overs) EFS Tylecote 44 Carr 3/32 (21.1 overs)	Colombo
Scorecard				Colombo
Royal Dublin Fusiliers had 18 players

External sources

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Australia squad – Ashes 1882–83
Murdoch (c) Bannerman Blackham (†) Bonnor Garrett Giffen Horan Massie McDonnell Palmer Spofforth
Boyle Evans Midwinter
Italics denotes player was selected for squad however did not play in any games