Studd brothers
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The Studd brothers, Sir John Edward Kynaston, George and Charles, were Victorian gentleman cricketers, educated at Eton and Cambridge. These three brothers represented Eton in the Eton v Harrow annual
Kynaston Studd (left), Charles Studd (centre) and George Studd (right)
The Ashes urn
The Ashes urn
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The Ashes urn is a small urn made of terracotta and standing 10.5 cm high, long believed to contain the ashes of a cricket bail or the burnt remains of a lady's veil. It was presented to Ivo Bligh, th
Studd brothers
…N.B.-THE BODY WILL BE CREMATED AND THE ASHES TAKEN TO AUSTRALIA. Longer-lasting fame continues for the brothers in the form of the inscription on the Ashes' urn, which reads: When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn; Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return; The welkin will ring loud, The great crowd…
The death notice that appeared in The Sporting Times
The English Cricket Team that toured Australia in 1882–83. They were captained by Ivo Bligh. Standing: William Barnes, Frederick Morley, Charles Thomas Studd, George Frederick Vernon, Charles Frederick Henry Leslie. Centre Row: George Browne Studd, Edward Ferdinando Sutton Tylecote, Ivo Bligh (captain), Allan Gibson Steel, Walter William Read. Front Row: Richard Gorton Barlow, Willie Bates.
Rupertswood, where the Ashes urn originated