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

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Scyld Berry, Scyld Peploe Berry, Berry Scyld & Peploe Rupert, Rupert Peploe
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2008
• EAN: 9780413776631
• ISBN: 978-0-413-77663-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; England, Australia, cricket, SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cricket, Sporting events and management, Sporting events & management