Cricket's Burning Passion: Ivo Bligh and the Story of the Ashes

After England's cricketers famously lost to Australia at the Oval in August 1882 a mock obituary notice was published in the "Sporting Times", announcing that 'the body [of English cricket] would be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia'. It was this announcement that brought 'the Ashes' into existence.

• | Author: Berry Scyld & Peploe Rupert
• | Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 15, 2008
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780413776631
• | ISBN-10: 0413776638