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Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Ivo Bligh Ivo Bligh, who in 1900 became the 8th Earl of Darnley, was an extremely talented sportsman who won Blues at racquets and tennis as well as cricket. Bligh was successful in his quest, for, meeting Murdoch's men in three matches the Englishmen, after losing the first by nine wickets, won the second by an innings and 27 runs and the third by 69 runs. Bligh's interest in cricket remained as great as ever after he had dropped out of first-class matches, and he was President of the M.C.C. in 1900 and of the Kent County C.C. in 1892 and 1902. content-aus.cricinfo.com /england/content/player/9127.html   (952 words)

Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley (born 13 March 1859 in London, died 10 April 1927 in Shorne, Kent), 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. Ivo is commemorated by the poem inscribed on the side of the urn: Bligh also played for Cambridge University and Kent County Cricket Club in a first-class cricket career that lasted from 1877 to 1883. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ivo_Bligh   (444 words)

bligh - pafg20.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File BLIGH Alice Beatrice-101963 (Bertie Ivo, Richard John Blakeney, Richard John, Elizabeth, William, Francis, Richard, John, Richard, James, Richard, John, Progenitor for output) was born on 21 Aug 1913 in Australia. BLIGH Irene-73405 (Bertie Ivo, Richard John Blakeney, Richard John, Elizabeth, William, Francis, Richard, John, Richard, James, Richard, John, Progenitor for output) was born on 28 Nov 1918 in Australia. BLIGH Kathleen-90494 (Bertie Ivo, Richard John Blakeney, Richard John, Elizabeth, William, Francis, Richard, John, Richard, James, Richard, John, Progenitor for output) was born on 10 Nov 1922 in Australia. www.merchantnetworks.com.au /genealogy/web/bligh/pafg20.htm   (1629 words)

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ivo Bligh 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. Ivo Bligh was presented with a small wooden urn containing some ashes. The Honourable Ivo Bligh led the expedition to Australia to "recover the Ashes" for England. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ivo-Bligh   (306 words)

bligh - pafg17.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File BLIGH William Richard-125716 (Richard John Blakeney, Richard John, Elizabeth, William, Francis, Richard, John, Richard, James, Richard, John, Progenitor for output) was born on 23 Jan 1881 in Dalby, QLD, Australia. BLIGH Bertie Ivo-27470 (Richard John Blakeney, Richard John, Elizabeth, William, Francis, Richard, John, Richard, James, Richard, John, Progenitor for output) was born on 31 Aug 1889 in Charleville, QLD, Australia. BLIGH Betty-76324 was born on 28 Jun 1929. www.merchantnetworks.com.au /genealogy/web/bligh/pafg17.htm   (959 words)

betham - pafg15.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File BLIGH Alice Beatrice-101963 (Bertie Ivo BLIGH, Richard John Blakeney BLIGH, Richard John BLIGH, Elizabeth BLIGH, Elizabeth BETHAM, Richard, Richard, John, Edward, Progenitor) was born on 21 Aug 1913 in Australia. BLIGH Irene-73405 (Bertie Ivo BLIGH, Richard John Blakeney BLIGH, Richard John BLIGH, Elizabeth BLIGH, Elizabeth BETHAM, Richard, Richard, John, Edward, Progenitor) was born on 28 Nov 1918 in Australia. BLIGH Kathleen-90494 (Bertie Ivo BLIGH, Richard John Blakeney BLIGH, Richard John BLIGH, Elizabeth BLIGH, Elizabeth BETHAM, Richard, Richard, John, Edward, Progenitor) was born on 10 Nov 1922 in Australia. www.merchantnetworks.com.au /genealogy/web/betham/pafg15.htm   (1139 words)

334notout's Online Store with Amazon - Cricket's Burning Passion: Ivo Bligh and the Story of The Ashes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) Ivo Bligh, later Earl of Darnley, won the Test series 2-1. It will describe events of the 1882/83 tour but importantly will describe the role played by Florence, Countess of Darnley, who, in 1882, was 21 years of age and seeking her fortune. Rupert Peploe, the great grandson of Ivo Bligh, has had access to previously unseen diaries of Bligh and his wife as well as hundreds of letters and family memorabilia. astore.amazon.co.uk /334notoutthea-21/detail/0413776271/000-0000000-0000000   (244 words)

History of Test Cricket (to 1883) Encyclopedia Article @ Overtook.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) 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". 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. www.overtook.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Test_cricket_(to_1883)   (4570 words)

SMH - Travel 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. www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/01/17/1042520765966.html   (903 words)

Telegraph | Entertainment | The insider Most eligible of all was their captain, the Hon Ivo Bligh, who was to become the Eighth Earl of Darnley with a seat at the magnificent Cobham Hall, in Kent. Bligh had met Florence only a month earlier, when he went to Rupertswood for dinner the day after landing in Australia. The older woman was 'very much astonished', and although she praised the young governess's beauty and 'unselfish devotion to her duty', she pointed out that the girl was 'very poor' and his parents might not approve. telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/10/22/svinsider22.xml   (789 words)

thePeerage.com - Philippa Janice Victoria Craxton and others He was the son of Esme Ivo Bligh, 9th Earl of Darnley and Daphne Rachel Mulholland. She is the daughter of Esme Ivo Bligh, 9th Earl of Darnley and Rosemary Potter. She is the daughter of Esme Ivo Bligh, 9th Earl of Darnley and Daphne Rachel Mulholland. www.thepeerage.com /p8097.htm   (858 words)

Ashes for Oz, come what must, the urn belongs to us | Louise Evans | The Australian The little Ashes urn was, of course, first presented to rampaging English cricket captain Ivo Bligh during the 1882-83 cricket tour to Australia. Bligh, 23, arrived in Australia declaring he'd come to regain the Ashes after Australia defeated England at the Oval, the first Test loss by England at home. Among the ladies was the Clarkes' music teacher Florence Morphy, and Bligh began the tradition of womanising cricketers by scoring with her. theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20632681-38940,00.html   (958 words)

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. It was largely due to their sponsorship that Bligh`s aristocratic family back in England eventually approved the marriage. In 1900, Bligh inherited the Earldom and became the eighth Lord Darnley and Florence became his Countess. www.rupertswood.com /docs/history.html   (613 words)

Cricinfo - One-dayers without the Waughs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) Was Ivo Bligh, the England captain who regained the original Ashes, any relation of William Bligh, the ex-captain of the Bounty? The Honourable Ivo Bligh, who captained England in Australia in 1882-83, and famously regained "The Ashes of English Cricket" which had been surrendered at The Oval in 1882, later became the eighth Earl of Darnley, and his family lived in Kent for generations. William Bligh, the man who famously provoked the Mutiny on the HMS Bounty, was born in Plymouth - his father was a Customs and Excise officer - and went to sea at 15, which would have been an unusual departure for someone with aristocratic connections at that time. content-usa.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/119460.html   (731 words)

The Ashes 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. www.victoria.org.au /The%20Ashes.htm   (1480 words)

Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Ivo Bligh Bligh was successful in his quest, for, meeting Murdoch's men in three matches the Englishmen, after losing the first by nine wickets, won the second by an innings and 27 runs and the third by 69 runs. It is true that in a fourth game later in the tour, Australia--not solely Murdoch's men--were successful by four wickets: still, the rubber having been gained against the side which had defeated us at the Oval, honours were considered to have been won by the Englishmen. Bligh's interest in cricket remained as great as ever after he had dropped out of first-class matches, and he was President of the M.C.C. in 1900 and of the Kent County C.C. in 1892 and 1902. www.icc-cricket.com /england/content/player/9127.html   (797 words)

The game that started it all rises from the Ashes - Cricket - Sport - smh.com.au It was at Rupertswood, half-an-hour's spin from the MCG, that England's captain of the 1882-83 team to Australia, the Honourable Ivo Bligh, accepted a challenge from Sir William Clarke, his host at the stately manor house neighbouring the ground, to engage in a social game against guests and staff. Ivo, who became the eighth Earl of Darnley, accepted an invitation to stay at Rupertswood on Christmas eve following a voyage from England when his team and Sir William, all passengers aboard the good ship Peshawar, almost went down off Colombo following a collision with a sailing ship. Bligh's team led the series, two-one, and although Australia won a fourth Test, "Saint Ivo" proved as ruthless as Douglas Jardine, insisting on keeping the wooden trophy, claiming the additional Test was not programmed. smh.com.au /news/cricket/the-game-that-started-it-all-rises-from-the-ashes/2006/10/13/1160246327323.html   (1044 words)

Ivo Bligh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) After an English team led by Monkey Hornby lost to the Australians at the Oval in 1882, the Sporting Times newspaper wrote a mock obituary to English cricket, noting that the body would be cremated and the ashes sent to Australia. Bligh, Ivo Bligh, Ivo Bligh, Ivo Bligh, Ivo Bligh, Ivo Bligh, Ivo Bligh, Ivo Bligh, Ivo Bligh, Ivo I knew, too, that the two could prevail upon somebody to go voluntarily, there would be no would have nothing to do with an exchange, I did my best to get owners in Boston for six months' wages, and also all the clothes, home. www.choam.info /title/iv/ivo-bligh.html   (252 words)

The Ashes 2006/07 Australia 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. Later that year, the Honourable Ivo Bligh led a team of eight amateurs and four professionals to Australia to recover them, with the first two matches of the tour played at the MCG. A group of Melbourne women presented Bligh with a small urn and the Ashes tradition was then firmly established. www.travelplaces.co.uk /ashes-info.htm   (1728 words)

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. www.334notout.com /ashes/ashbegin.htm   (1490 words)

Lawson~Menzies - Auctioneers, Sydney and Melbourne Bligh, the 23 year-old second son of the Earl of Darnley, had vowed to bring back "the Ashes" to England. This was then presented to Bligh by Sir William Clarke, who acknowledged the ladies of the household's efforts in its creation, before the First Test in Melbourne on December 30, which Australia duly won. Bligh returned to Melbourne and had crafted a letter opener from a bail from this Test, and gave this item to Lady Clarke. www.lawsonmenzies.com.au /pr15.html   (721 words)

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)

Bligh's family want Ashes ban - theage.com.au The grandson of Ivo Bligh, the English cricket captain who was presented with the urn by a group of Melbourne women in 1883, has told the Marylebone Cricket Club the Ashes are not a trophy but are a "personal and romantic keepsake" of his grandparents. Lord Darnley said removing the urn from the MCC at Lord's cricket ground in London would be "out of order" and would go against the wishes of his grandparents. The MCC had planned to take the Ashes on a tour of Australia this season but postponed the trip for a year after experts advised that there were cracks in the urn which might not survive the travel. www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/12/23/1040510997661.html   (285 words)

cricket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) LONDON -- The true origin of the Ashes -- which English and Australian cricket teams have contested since 1882 -- is not an incinerated cricket ball, as had been widely believed, but the remains of a woman's veil, a report said yesterday. The London Evening Standard newspaper said the veil had been worn by Australian society beauty Florence Murphy, and was burned as a sign of affection for the England captain Ivo Bligh, whom she later married. A few months later, under Ivo Blight, England went to Australia and won the series by two to one. www.dispatch.co.za /1998/04/16/sport/CRICKET.HTM   (208 words)

Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) 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. In 1900 he became the eighth Earl of Darnley on the death of his father. It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license. www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/iv/Ivo%20Bligh%2C%208th%20Earl%20of%20Darnley.htm   (360 words)

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