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Topic: Honourable Ivo Bligh

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		Bligh, the 23 year-old second son of the Earl of Darnley, had vowed to bring back "the Ashes" to England.
		In Sydney Bligh was staying with the Fletchers in Paddington, and was given a velvet bag made by Mrs Annie Fletcher (nee Clarke), to "carry" the Ashes home.
		Following a final tour match against Victoria, Florence Morphy and her lady friends told Bligh that the velvet bag (made in Sydney!) was not grand enough for the Ashes, and he proposed to Florence Morphy at 'Rupertswood', and gave the Clarkes the silver tray.
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	Ashes series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ivo Bligh was presented with a small wooden urn containing some ashes.
		Whatever the origin, Bligh kept the urn and his widow donated it to the Marylebone Cricket Club after his death in 1927.
		The Honourable Ivo Bligh led the expedition to Australia to "recover the Ashes" for England.
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	Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley ( 13 March 1859 - 10 April 1927), known earlier in his life as The Honourable Ivo Bligh, was a cricketer who captained the English cricket team in the first ever Ashes series in Australia in 1882 / 3.
		Bligh's team was successful, winning the 3-match Ashes series 2-1, though a fourth game, not played for the Ashes, was lost.
		Bligh also played for Cambridge University and Kent County Cricket Club in a first-class cricket career that lasted from 1877 to 1883.
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		Bligh led a team of eight gentleman amateurs and four professionals to play two Tests in Melbourne and one in Sydney.
		Bligh now had to persuade his family that the lovely lass was no mere serving girl and was a fitting bride for the man who would become the eighth Earl of Darnley.
		Bligh counted the symbol as his most treasured possession and two years after his death in 1927 Dame Florence presented the Ashes to the MCC at a luncheon attended by the young Don Bradman.
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	Ashes_series encyclopedia and info, forum and guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After the third game of the 1882/83 tour, the English team, led by Ivo Bligh were guests of Sir William Clarke, at his property "Rupertswood" at Sunbury, Victoria.
		In 2002, Bligh's great-great-grandson (the heir-apparent Earl of Darnley) argued that the Ashes should not be returned to Australia as they were essentially the property of his family and only given to the MCC for safe-keeping.
		The Honourable Ivo Bligh led the expedition to Australia to "recover the Ashes" against the side that had beaten England earlier in 1882.
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	honour - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about honour
		Originating in the cursus honorum in Rome, a standard ‘course of honours&rsquo; through public office to the consulate, the concept of honour formerly held a dual sense of dignity and rank in aristocratic societies.
		The formal attributes of honour persisted in such phrases as ‘word of honour&rsquo; and ‘man of honour&rsquo; until the modern era, with duelling classed as an ‘affair of honour&rsquo;.
		Honour was also used of a woman's reputation, notably for chastity or fidelity.
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	The Ashes Cricket Series Since 1877 - 334 Not Out
		Bligh returned to Australia later in 1883 to marry Florence and on February 11th, 1884, the Argus reported the marriage of the "Honorable Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, second son of the Earl of Darnley..." and "Miss Florence Rose Morphy, youngest daughter of the late John Stephen Morphy".
		Bligh's father, the 6th Earl Darnley, died in 1896 and the eldest son, Edward Bligh succeeded him as Earl.
		But Ivo became the eighth Earl Darnley in 1900 on the death of his brother, and settled in the family home of Cobham Hall which has long associations with the game of cricket.
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	Australian Architecture Discussion :: View topic - Rupertswood
		Ivo Bligh, amateur cricketer and heir to his brother`s Earldom, was immediately approached to captain a team to Australia to re-instate English pride.
		Bligh now had to persuade his family that the lovely lass was no mere serving girl and was a fitting bride for the man who would become the eighth Earl of Darnley.
		Bligh counted the symbol as his most treasured possession and two years after his death in 1927 Dame Florence presented the Ashes to the MCC at a luncheon attended by the young Don Bradman.
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	Encyclopedia: The Ashes
		The Honourable Ivo Francis Walter Bligh (13 March 1859-10 April 1927) was a cricketer who captained the English cricket team in the first ever Ashes series in Australia in 1882/3.
		The Ashes urn itself is never physically awarded to either England or Australia, but is kept permanently in the MCC Cricket Museum at Lord's Cricket Ground, where it can be seen together with a specially-made red and gold velvet bag and the scorecard of the 1882 match.
		At the end of the third Test, the small wooden urn was presented to Bligh by some Melburnian ladies, England having been generally considered to have "won back the Ashes" 2â“1.
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	The Ashes - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At the end of the third test, the English captain Hon.
		Whatever the origin, Bligh kept the urn and his widow Florence (who was born in Australia) donated it to the Marylebone Cricket Club after his death in 1927.
		Publicity surrounding the series was intense, and it was at some time during this series that the Ashes urn was crafted and presented to Bligh.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /ashes_series.htm (1416 words)

	The Ashes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tradition has it that for a joke a bail was burned and presented to Bligh in a velvet bag as a memento of the tour.
		At Melbourne a group of ladies presented Bligh with a small urn in which to keep the ashes of the bail instead of the bag.
		When Bligh died, the urn containing the ashes was presented to the MCC and they have remained at Lord’s since then.
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	CNN/SI - Cricket - History favors Australia in Ashes series - Thursday October 22, 1998 10:07 AM
		LONDON (Reuters) -- Since the Honourable Ivo Bligh set sail in 1882 vowing to reclaim the Ashes of English cricket, generations of Englishmen have fought, flourished and frequently failed on the cricket fields of Australia.
		Bligh's promise followed a mock obituary notice in the Sporting Times after Australia defeated England by seven runs earlier that year at The Oval.
		Bligh made good his promise and as a bonus returned home with a velvet bag containing the ashes of a bail provided by the good ladies of Melbourne.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/1998/10/21/ashes_history (837 words)

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		Bligh, the 23 year-old second son of the Earl of Darnley, had vowed to bring back "the Ashes" to England.
		Following a final tour match against Victoria, Florence Morphy and her lady friends told Bligh that the velvet bag (made in Sydney) was not grand enough for The Ashes, and he proposed to Florence Morphy at Rupertswood, and gave the Clarkes the silver tray.
		The Blighs first child was born in Melbourne before they returned to England, and Bligh finally became the eighth Lord Darnley in 1900.
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	Cricket Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Whilst Bligh's team was strong, it did miss 3 or 4 of the leading English cricketers, most notably WG Grace.
		Bligh asked Barlow to change his shoes to calm down the situation, though later the English accused Spofforth of damaging the pitch too.
		Bligh had won the three match series 2-1, and English pride was restored..
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		Later in 1882, the Honourable Ivo Bligh led a team to Australia to recover them.
		Bligh originally intended to tour Australia in 1882/3 with a team comprising only Cambridge University cricketers.
		Bligh contracted to play three games against the same team that beat Monkey Hornby 's team in England, and responded to the joke about the Ashes at dinner parties by saying his team will "beard the kangaroo in his den and try and recover those ashes".
	cricketportal.com /index.php?title=History_of_Test_cricket_(to_1883) (4404 words)

	The Oval, London
		After a friendly match against their menfolk they presented some ashes (of what it is not known) to the tourists who then took them with them on their travels and back to England.
		Ivo Bligh returned to Australia later in 1883 to marry the Clarke's music teacher, Florence Morphy, one of the ladies who had presented the ashes.
		As Ivo was the second son of the Earl of Darnley (hence "the Hon."), and as his elder brother died before him, Ivo became the Earl of Darnley (usually shortened to "Lord Darnley") and Florence became Lady Darnley.
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