1) The term Ashes was used in a mock obituary to English cricket after England lost to Australia for the first time on home soil in August 1882. Name the newspaper that carried this obituary.
The Sporting Times
2) Name the English captain of the infamous 1932-33 Bodyline series who said - "I've not travelled 6,000 miles to make friends. I'm here to win the Ashes"
Douglas Jardine
3) Don Bradman playing his final innings for Australia in the Fifth Test at The Oval in 1948 needed to score only four runs to end with a career batting average of exactly 100. However, Bradman made a second ball duck. Who bowled him?
Eric Hollies
4) There have been 9 instances of a hat trick in an Ashes Test. Name the Australian bowler who achieved this feat twice.
Hugh Trumble
5) What was remarkable about the result of the Centenary Test in 1977?
Australia won by the same margin of 45 runs as the first test in 1877.
6) What nickname was earned by the Australian team that toured England in 1948 since they did not lose a single match?
The Invincibles
7) In the 1956 Old Trafford test Jim Laker took 19 Australian wickets. Who took the 20th wicket?
Tony Locke
8) Name the English captain who wrote the book “How We Recovered the Ashes” after their successful tour of Australia in 1903-04?
Pelham Warner
9) Who were the rival captains in the 1882 test that gave birth to the legend of the Ashes?
Billy Murdoch (Australia) and Monkey Hornby (England)
10) Which English captain reclaimed the Ashes in 1883 from a group of Melbourne women?
Ivo Bligh
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