The Ashes urn is a small urn made of terracotta and standing 10.5 cm (4.1 inches) high,[1] long believed to contain the ashes of a cricket bail or the burnt remains of a lady's veil.[2][3] It was presented to Ivo Bligh, the captain of the England cricket team, as a personal gift after a friendly match hosted at Rupertswood mansion in Sunbury during the 1882–83 tour in Australia. After his death the urn was presented to the Marylebone Cricket Club, which has it on display at Lord's cricket ground in London. The urn has come to be strongly associated with "The Ashes", the prize for which England and Australia are said to compete in Test series between the two countries.
^The Ashes Urn Lord's Cricket Ground Museum. Extracts from Marylebone Cricket Club minute books, page 2905. Reference code: MCC/SEC/1/6
^"T Rice: Romantic veil tale brings new twist to Ashes saga (6 May 1998)".
^"Ashes: Bligh brings back the Urn after brushes with calamity & cupid". 26 July 2013.
TheAshesurn is a small urn made of terracotta and standing 10.5 cm (4.1 inches) high, long believed to contain theashes of a cricket bail or the burnt...
won two of the three Tests on the tour, a small urn was presented to Bligh in Melbourne. The contents of theurn are reputed to be theashes of a wooden...
civilizations. After death, corpses are cremated, and theashes are collected and put in an urn. Pottery urns, dating from about 7000 BC, have been found in...
TheAshes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The series have varied in length, consisting of between one and seven Test matches...
in their biennial attempt to win theurn. In March, Australia captain Ricky Ponting said this Ashes series would be the closest since Australia's dominance...
Awarded to the FIBA World Cup champions Cricket World Cup Trophy – Awarded to the Winners of the ICC Cricket World Cup. TheAshesurn – Awarded to the winning...
creation of theAshesurn. The series of 1884–85 was the first to be held over five matches: England player Alfred Shaw, writing in 1901, considered the side...
English captain with an urn which they said contained theashes of a cricket bail; this gave rise to the name of ‘TheAshes’. Studd became an evangelist...
leaving the choice to individuals and families. Resources within the official ritual refer to the possible use of an urn and the interment of ashes. Some...
ashes was inspired by the Ashes urn awarded to the winner of series between Australia and England in cricket. The Soccer Ashes were created in 1923 after New...
north-northwest of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is well known as the birthplace of TheAshesurn which was humorously presented to English cricket captain Ivo...
representation of theAshesurn that is presented to the winners of the Test cricket series between England and Australia. The trophy for the Masters snooker...
sea. In those cases either the casket or urn is set to sea, or ashes scattered. The procedure is similar as that with the Anglican church. Some parishes...
Australia to their second 5–0 Ashes win as well as victory at the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and was also a member of the 1999 World Cup winning team...
and 2008, when it was the back cover picture, and in 2006, 2010 and 2023 when theAshesurn was depicted. Apart from those on the covers, there are no...
"Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a poem written by the English Romantic poet John Keats in May 1819, first published anonymously in Annals of the Fine Arts for 1819...
The 2015 Ashes series (named Investec Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons) was a series of Test cricket matches played between England and Australia...
The trophy is a replica Ashesurn set in volcanic basalt. Theurn contains ashes from every volcanic eruption in Iceland since the formation of the Icelandic...
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