2019 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 2019 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season marked the Wildcats' 120th season. They played their home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona (for the 91st year) and competed as members of the South Division (9th season) in the Pac-12 Conference (42nd overall season). They were led by second-year head coach Kevin Sumlin. They finished the season 4–8, 2–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place in the South Division.


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team
Defensive coordinator Marcel Yates was fired after eight games. He was hired to be the defensive backs coach at California in 2020.


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Previous season, Offseason
The Wildcats have 12 senior graduates only graduated players noted until spring practice. As well as one junior who would choose to forgo their senior season in pursuit of an early NFL career. The Wildcats would lose 14 more players from the 2018 team due to various reasons. Notable departures from the 2018 squad included.


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Previous season, Recruiting
The 2019 football recruiting cycle was the first in which the NCAA authorized two signing periods for high school seniors in that sport. In addition to the traditional spring period starting with National Signing Day in February 2019, a new early signing period was introduced, with the first such period falling from December 19, 2018.


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Previous season, Returning starters
† Indicates player was a starter in 2018 but missed all of 2019 due to injury.


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Previous season, Spring game
The 2019 Wildcats had spring practice in March 2019. The 2019 Arizona football spring game took place in Tucson, AZ on April 13, 2019 at 6:00 pm MT with the Defense team beating the Offense team 87–30.


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Preseason, Pac-12 Media Day
The 2019 Pac-12 Media Day was held on July 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. Arizona head coach Kevin Sumlin, quarterback Khalil Tate, and running back J. J. Taylor were in attendance to field questions from the media.


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Preseason, Pac-12 Media Day
In the 2019 Pac-12 preseason media poll, Arizona was voted to finish in fifth place in the South Division.


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Pac-12 teams
The Wildcats had 2 players at 2 positions selected to the preseason All-Pac-12 teams.


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Schedule
Arizona announced its 2019 football schedule on December 4, 2018. The 2019 Wildcats' schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games for the regular season. Arizona host 4 Pac-12 opponents  Oregon State, UCLA, Utah and Washington, host 5 Pac-12 opponents on the road to arch-rival Arizona State for the 92nd annual Territorial Cup to close out the regular season, Colorado, Oregon, Stanford and USC. Arizona is not scheduled to play Pac-12 North opponents California and Washington State for the 2019 Pac-12 regular season. The Wildcats has 3 bye weeks comes during Week 1 (on August 31), Week 4 (on September 21) and Week 11 (on November 9).


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Schedule
Arizona's out of conference opponents represent the Big Sky, Big 12 and Mountain West conferences. The Wildcats will host two non–conference games which are against Northern Arizona from the (Big Sky) and Texas Tech (Big 12) and travel to Hawaii from the (Mountain West).


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Offense
Note: G = Games played; ATT = Attempts; YDS = Yards; AVG = Average yard per carry; LG = Longest run; TD = Rushing touchdowns


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Offense
Note: G = Games played; COMP = Completions; ATT = Attempts; COMP % = Completion percentage; YDS = Passing yards; TD = Passing touchdowns; INT = Interceptions; EFF = Passing efficiency


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Offense
Note: G = Games played; REC = Receptions; YDS = Yards; AVG = Average yard per catch; LG = Longest catch; TD = Receiving touchdowns


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Defense
Note: G = Games played; Solo = Solo tackles; Ast = Assisted tackles; Total = Total tackles; TFL-Yds = Tackles for loss-yards lost; Sack = Sacks; INT = Interceptions; PD = Passes defended; FF = Forced fumbles; FR = Forced recoveries


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Special teams
Note: G = Games played; PR = Punt returns; PYDS = Punt return yards; PLG = Punt return long; KR = Kick returns; KYDS = Kick return yards; KLG = Kick return long; TD = Total return touchdowns


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Special teams
Note: G = Games played; FGM = Field goals made; FGA = Field goals attempted; LG = Field goal long; XPT = Extra points made; XPT ATT = XPT attempted; In20 = Kicking inside the 20; 20-29 = Kicking inside the 20-29; 30-39 = Kicking inside the 30-39; 40-49 = Kicking inside the 40-49; 50 = Kicking inside the 50; TP = Total points


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Statistics, Special teams
Note: G = Games played; P = Punts; YDS = Yards; AVG = Average per punt; LG = Punt long; In20 = Punts inside the 20; TB = Touchbacks


2019 Arizona Wildcats football team, Postseason, 2020 NFL Draft
The 2020 NFL Draft will be held on April 23–25, 2020 in Paradise, Nevada.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team
The 2019 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team represents the University of Arkansas in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Razorbacks were coached by Dave Van Horn, in his 17th season with the Razorbacks, and played home games at Baum–Walker Stadium. Arkansas ended the 2018 season as runners-up in the College World Series (CWS). Five starting fielders and two starting pitchers from the 2018 team had moved on to professional baseball or graduation. Expectations were high for the 2019 team, picked to finished third in the SEC West and ranked between #12-25 in preseason polls.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team
Arkansas finished with a 46–18 (20–10 SEC) record, winning the SEC West and entering the postseason ranked #4-6 nationally. The Razorbacks swept the Fayetteville Regional and defeated Ole Miss in the Fayetteville Super Regional to clinch the school's tenth CWS, making back-to-back trips for the first time in school history. Arkansas lost two one-run games in Omaha.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, Preseason
Arkansas scheduled two preseason exhibition games in Fall 2018 following a rule change by the NCAA. The first was scheduled against Oklahoma at L. Dale Mitchell Park on September 22, but was cancelled due to rain. The Razorbacks played Wichita State (coached by longtime Arkansas assistant coach Todd Butler) at home on October 5, playing 14 innings. The Razorbacks traveled to Little Rock to play the Little Rock Trojans for a second exhibition game. The exhibition match-up at Gary Hogan Field was the first for the Razorbacks against an in-state opponent in program history. The final week of fall practice was a best-of-five annual intrasquad Fall World Series.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, Preseason
In November, it was announced pitching coach Wes Johnson has been hired by the Minnesota Twins. Arkansas hired Matt Hobbs, who had coached the previous four seasons at Wake Forest. Head coach Dave Van Horn was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in January 2019.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, Preseason, SEC media poll
The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Razorbacks predicted to finish in third place in the Western Division.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, Schedule and results
• Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Razorbacks played their home games at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with one home game at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Arkansas played as a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
On November 10, 2019, a day after the Razorbacks' loss to Western Kentucky, second-year head coach Chad Morris was fired. He finished at Arkansas with a record of 4–18, going 0–14 in SEC play. Tight ends coach Barry Lunney Jr. finished the season as interim head coach.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The Razorbacks lost their last nine games of the season and finished the season on a 19-game losing streak against SEC opponents, dating back to the 2017 season.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Previous season
The Razorbacks finished the 2018 season 2–10, 0–8 in SEC play to finish in last place in the Western Division. This was the worst season in program history, as the Razorbacks had never before lost ten games in one season.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Preseason, SEC media poll
The SEC media poll was released on July 19, 2019 with the Razorbacks predicted to finish in last place.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SEC teams
The Razorbacks had two players selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Schedule
The Razorbacks' 2019 schedule will consist of 7 home games, 4 away games, and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Razorbacks will host SEC foes Auburn and Mississippi State in Fayetteville, and Missouri in Little Rock. The Hogs will travel to face Ole Miss, Kentucky, Alabama, and LSU. Arkansas will face Texas A&M in Arlington, Texas for the sixth year in a row, and the ninth time in the last eleven games.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Schedule
Arkansas will host all four of its non-conference games: against Portland State from the Big Sky Conference, Colorado State and San Jose State from the Mountain West Conference, and Western Kentucky from Conference USA.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team
The 2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team represents the University of Arkansas during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This season is the 34th in program history. The Razorbacks play their home games at Razorback Field in Fayetteville and are led by eighth-year head coach Colby Hale.


2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team, Previous season
In 2018, the Razorbacks finished the regular season 11–4–3, 6–3–1 in SEC play, and were seeded fourth in the SEC Tournament, where they defeated 5-seed Ole Miss and 8-seed Florida en route to the championship game, where they fell in penalties to 7-seed LSU. The Razorbacks were selected as an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they defeated Little Rock in the first round of the North Carolina bracket before being defeated in extra time by Virginia Tech. The Hogs finished their season with a record of 14–6–3.


2019 Arkansas River floods
Between May and June 2019, an extended sequence of heavy rainfall events over the South Central United States caused historic flooding along the Arkansas River and its tributaries. Major and record river flooding occurred primarily in northeastern Oklahoma, and the elevated flows continued downstream into Arkansas where the caused additional inundation. Antecedent soil moisture levels and water levels in lakes and streams were already high from previous rains, priming the region for significant runoff and flooding.


2019 Arkansas River floods
The prolonged combination of high atmospheric moisture and a sustained weather pattern extending across the continental United States led to frequent high-yield rainfall over the Arkansas River watershed. The overarching weather pattern allowed moisture levels to quickly rebound after each sequential rainfall episode. With soils already saturated, the excess precipitation became surface runoff and flowed into the already elevated lakes and streams. Most rainfall occurred in connection with a series of repeated thunderstorms between May 19–21, which was then followed by additional rains that kept streams within flood stage.


2019 Arkansas River floods
Flooding in the Arkansas River basin caused an estimated $3 billion in damage and killed five people. The initial episode of torrential rainfall prompted the issuance of two flash flood emergencies for several counties in eastern Oklahoma on May 20, with numerous water rescues occurring during the event. Several reservoirs in eastern Oklahoma filled over capacity and reached record levels, requiring large releases of water to alleviate the dangerously high storage of water. Repeated rains continued to keep the reservoirs filled, necessitating further releases of water.


2019 Arkansas River floods
The prolonged release of reservoir water combined with surface runoff to cause near-record to record flooding along the Arkansas River. Parts of the Tulsa metropolitan area and entire towns near swollen rivers were inundated. In some locations the Arkansas River backed upstream into its tributaries, causing major flooding. The bulge of elevated water levels that began in Oklahoma flowed downstream into Arkansas by May 23, breaching three levees along the Arkansas River and inundating numerous buildings. In Van Buren, the flood was assessed by the United States Geological Survey as a 1 in 200 year flood event. Federal major disaster declarations and statewide states of emergencies were declared for Oklahoma and Arkansas.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Meteorological history
Across the continental United States, 12 months preceding May 2019 were the wettest in 124 years of recordkeeping, in line with a longer-term trend of increasing precipitation and heavy rainfall events due to climate change. Soil moisture and water levels in lakes and streams across the Southern Plains were high heading into May. During the latter half of May 2019, an active weather pattern became established over the United States, characterized by the juxtaposition of pronounced trough over the western half of the country and ridging over the southern and southeastern United States.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Meteorological history
This configuration was favorable for frequent rainfalls over the Southern Plains, placing the jet stream in a position to draw the warm and moist air mass atop the Gulf of Mexico northward. Atmospheric moisture was also atypically high during this period, with precipitable water content persisting between 1.5–2 in (38–51 mm), thereby increasing the precipitation potential of each individual shower and thunderstorm. The first rains associated with the flood occurred on May 18, when a squall line moved across eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Additional showers immediately preceding and succeeding the squall enhanced rainfall totals.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Meteorological history
Between May 20–21, another storm system moved from the Rocky Mountains into Oklahoma. A warm front associated with the complex moved across the state during the daytime on May 20, followed by a cold front that swept eastwards across the state between the evening of May 20 into the following morning. This produced several episodes of severe thunderstorms enhanced by the confluence of the moist, warm, and unstable airmass ahead of the storm system.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Meteorological history
Initially isolated thunderstorms over eastern Oklahoma coalesced into a line, with new storm cells training repeatedly tracking over the same locations as the line slowly moved east. The complex combined with another cluster of storms over central Oklahoma and tracked northeast, causing further rainfall before dissipating. Another squall line was generated by the storm system as the associated upper-level low moved into Kansas, sweeping through eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas on the morning of May 21 with its heaviest rains overlapping the same areas affected by the earlier storms.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Meteorological history
Most of the rainfall associated with the flood event occurred during a 36-hour period between May 19–21 in a region spanning from northeastern Oklahoma to northwestern Arkansas. Lesser rainfall events followed the primary rainfall event, keeping rivers in flood stage into June 2019. On May 22, the approach of an upper-level trough allowed moisture levels to quickly rebound in the wake of the previous day's storms. Several thunderstorms rapidly organized along Interstate 44 in Oklahoma during the late afternoon and moved towards the east-northeast. A surge of warm air and strengthening low-level winds during the nighttime hours instigated additional storm formation over the same areas.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Meteorological history
Two rounds of showers and thunderstorms affected eastern Oklahoma and the Ozarks between May 24–25, reaping a moist atmosphere characterized by precipitable water levels at least two standard deviations above normal over north-central Oklahoma and south-central Kansas. Widespread 1.5–4 in (38–102 mm) rainfalls occurred across the upper Arkansas River basin. The dominant trough over the western United States persisted, maintaining a southwesterly wind across the Southern Plains along which storms would travel.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Meteorological history
In the pre-dawn hours of May 26, a bow echo tracked across Oklahoma into Kansas, primarily affecting areas north of Interstate 40 and the Tulsa metropolitan area with severe weather and 1–3 in (25–76 mm) of rainfall. Two more periods of rainfall occurred on May 26, producing 0.5–3 in (13–76 mm) of rainfall along the Kansas–Oklahoma border. More rain fell ahead of a slow-moving cold front between May 28–30 over Oklahoma and Arkansas, with localized totals of 2–4 in (51–102 mm); this event was concentrated further southeast of the earlier rains, primarily affecting southeastern and east-central Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath
The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) estimated that flooding in the Arkansas River basin caused $3 billion in damage, with a 95% confidence interval between $1.8–$5.3 billion. Five people were killed by the floods. Between May 18–30, 6–16 in (150–410 mm) of rain fell along and northwest of a line from Okmulgee, Oklahoma to near Bentonville, Arkansas, with 3–5 in (76–127 mm) of rain occurring at points southeast of this region. The rains also extended into southern Kansas and southwestern Missouri. Rainfall totals of 10–16 in (250–410 mm) were widespread across southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath
Some areas of Oklahoma received 22 in (560 mm) of rainfall in total, representing the highest accumulated rainfall during the flood event. Talala, Oklahoma, recorded more than twice its average May rainfall in a single week. While most of the contributing rains fell between May 19–21, river flood crests occurred between May 26–June 4. Within the warning region of the National Weather Service office in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at least one river was at flood stage between the evening of May 20 and the morning of June 13. Kansas and Missouri ultimately had their wettest Mays on record, with Oklahoma experiencing its second-highest May totals and Arkansas recording its ninth-highest.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
Six United States Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs in northeastern Oklahoma set records for water volume during the floods: Birch Lake, Lake Hudson, Kaw Lake, Keystone Lake, Oologah Lake, and Skiatook Lake. The National Weather Service cataloged 31 river flood events at 22 river forecast points in eastern Oklahoma. Two of these instances were at record flood stage, including the Arkansas River near Ponca City; 25 of the 31 flood events were classified as major floods.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
Several river gauges recorded flooding conditions lasting for more than a week; the longest flood was documented along the Arkansas River near Muskogee, which remained above flood stage for 22 days and 5 hours. Numerous state and U.S. highways were closed by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation at various points due to flooding. Over a thousand homes were affected by flooding associated with the Arkansas River. Throughout the state, 4 people were killed and 87 others were injured.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
Prior to the primary flood event, water levels along the Arkansas River at Muskogee had remained just below flood stage. The first round of rainfall on May 18 produced widespread totals of 0.5–1 in (13–25 mm) across eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas, raising the Arkansas River into flood stage. With the threat of flood and a tornado outbreak looming, many events scheduled for the evening of May 20 were cancelled or rescheduled.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
That evening, heavy and persistent rainfall from a slow-moving line of thunderstorms caused widespread flash flooding primarily along a line from Bristow to Miami and areas northwest, submerging roadways and leading to several evacuations and water rescues. At 11:14 p.m. CDT on May 20, National Weather Service Tulsa issued a flash flood emergency for southern Osage, Pawnee, northwestern Tulsa County, Oklahoma, and Washington counties. Another flash flood emergency was issued 30 minutes later for western Mayes, southeastern Osage, Rogers, northern Wagoner, and Tulsa counties.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
By 7 a.m. CDT on May 21 between 4–8 in (100–200 mm) had fallen across north-central and northeastern Oklahoma. A station in Pawnee recorded the highest 24-hour total with 9.52 in (242 mm). More than 6 in (150 mm) of rain fell in a 24-hour period of May 21 over parts of Tulsa and Stillwater. Atop saturated soils, the rainfall became surface runoff which flowed into streams and the United States Army Corps of Engineers's flood control pools. Flooding affected the watersheds of the upper Arkansas, Neosho, and Verdigris rivers, which all reach a confluence in Muskogee.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
The submarine USS Batfish (SS-310) at the Muskogee War Memorial Park briefly took on water due to the swollen Arkansas River. Flash flooding and broader areal flooding caused Bird Creek to inundate areas around Skiatook. Near Avant, the creek rose 30.5 ft (9.3 m) in 12 hours, cresting at 36.52 ft (11.13 m) on the morning of May 21. Water releases were necessary to relieve dangerously high lake levels in the absence of surcharge capacity, worsening flooding downstream of Pensacola Dam and Kerr Dam.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
Residents were forced to evacuate Webbers Falls on May 22 as the flooded river began to overtake homes. A voluntary evacuation was declared for residents of Broken Arrow living within the 100-year floodplain near the Arkansas River. Flash flooding following 6 in (150 mm) of rain in El Reno led to six water rescues.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
The water levels in Kaw, Keystone, and Oologah lakes began to exceed their flood control limits after the May 22–23 rainfall. Kaw Lake's depth reached 112.16% of its flood pool capacity on May 24, causing the associated surcharge pool to completely fill; similar circumstances were present at Keystone and Ooologah lakes, prompting releases of the excess water downstream. Releases at the Keystone Dam into the Arkansas River reached flow rates more than double the flow rates at Niagara Falls.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
The Keystone Dam water release was its second largest on record and contributed to the Arkansas River reaching major flood stage in Tulsa during the afternoon of May 23. Tulsa city officials recommended that people living west of Downtown Tulsa evacuate in acknowledgement of the old age of the levees protecting the city from the swollen Arkansas River. The town of Braggs, approximately 55 mi (89 km) southeast of Tulsa, lost power and was fully enveloped by floodwaters.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
Widespread flooding occurred across numerous streams as the May 22–23 rains further exacerbated the elevated river stages from the earlier extreme rainfall event. The entire stretch of the Arkansas River within the warning region of National Weather Service Tulsa—spanning 396 mi (637 km)–experienced a major flood. All barge traffic along the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System was suspended on May 22. Two unoccupied barges tethered together broke free from their moorings at the Port of Muskogee that evening, haphazardly floating downstream.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
They were briefly obstructed by rocks before continuing downstream as the river rose, eventually colliding with the lock and dam system at Webbers Falls Lake and capsizing at around noon on May 23. All residents in Moffett along the Arkansas River were ordered to evacuate on May 24. The Neosho River crested at 25.5 ft (7.8 m) in Miami on May 24. Southern parts of the city were submerged, with some roads under 4 ft (1.2 m) underwater. Thirty water rescues took place in Miami during the floods.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
By May 25, the excess surface runoff flowing into the Arkansas River caused the river to begin piling water upstream into its tributaries. The Poteau River flooded in this manner near Panama and rises were documented upstream to Lake Wister. Lake Hudson reached a record height on May 24 despite concurrent water releases at Kerr Dam. Fort Gibson Lake crested a day later while excess water was being released via Fort Gibson Dam. Widespread runoff from the May 26 caused Keystone Lake to rise further, reaching a record elevation of 757.19 ft (230.79 m) two days later.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
A second water release from the dam took place on May 29, causing a 23.41 ft (7.14 m)-crest on the Arkansas River in Tulsa; this was the river's second highest crest in the city on record. A neighborhood on the western side of Sand Springs were flooded by both water releases from Keystone Lake. Homes in southern Tulsa and Bixby were also inundated. Two people drowned in Tulsa on May 26 to the floodwaters along the Arkansas River. Other locations along the Arkansas River downstream also set records or near-records for river heights.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
In addition to Keystone, six other lakes crested between May 25–27, with three setting new pools of record. Releases from Oologah Lake caused major flooding along the Verdigris River near Claremore. Saturated soils and high river levels quickened the development of flash flooding, leading to the issuance of a flash flood emergency for northwestern Muskogee, central Okfuskee, and Okmulgee counties on May 29 following another round of heavy rainfall. Although some lakes and streams had begun to recede, the new rains caused water levels to rise once more along the Arkansas River and Poteau River. Birch Lake exceeded its flood control pool for a second time while Lake Eufaula did so for its first time, requiring another water release into the Arkansas River.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Oklahoma
Governor of Oklahoma Kevin Stitt declared a state of emergency for all 77 counties on May 24, augmenting an earlier state of emergency that had been in place for 52 counties since the beginning of the month. U.S. President Donald Trump approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Oklahoma on June 1 with an incident period from May 7–June 9. United States National Guard helicopters dropped 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) sandbags to reinforce strained levees. The City of Tulsa began allowing flood-stricken evacuees back to their homes on June 1, following over a week of displacement.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Arkansas
The swollen streams in northeastern Oklahoma led to record flows in Arkansas throughout the Arkansas River Valley as the elevated bulge of water moved downstream, combining both surface runoff and large releases of water from upstream dams. On May 22, officials from the Army Corps of Engineers warned of potentially record-breaking flood levels and flow rates in Arkansas, and urged people in floodplains and other flood-prone areas to relocate livestock and other belongings. The floods reached Fort Smith along the Arkansas–Oklahoma border on May 23.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Arkansas
Six of seven streamgages along the Arkansas River surveyed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Arkansas recorded their highest streamflows on record. The flooding was considered a 1 in 200 year event near Van Buren, Arkansas, where the river reached a peak streamflow of 570,000 cu ft/s (16,000 m3/s). The river at Van Buren reached 40.79 in (1.036 m), topping the previous record of 38.1 ft (11.6 m). Water from the Arkansas River backed upstream into Lee Creek, causing major flooding. At Dardanelle, the flooding reached magnitudes with return periods exceeding 200 years.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Arkansas
At least three levees were breached along the Arkansas River between Fort Smith and Little Rock, with another five sustaining substantial damage. The breach of a 40 ft (12 m)-section of levee near Dardanelle in Yell County prompted evacuations, threatening 300–400 homes and 5,700 people. While the homes were ultimately not affected, the flooding significantly impacted adjacent farmland. Arkansas Highway 155 sustained major damage. Other highways were also flooded, including Arkansas Highway 22, where one person died on May 28 after circumnavigating a flood barricade. Highway 22 remained closed until June 4, three days after the Arkansas River initially crested. Parks, homes, and businesses in Fort Smith were overtaken by the river, leaving parts of the city accessible only by boat. In total, 500 homes in Fort Smith were affected.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Arkansas
Evacuations occurred in Faulkner County due to the rise of Lake Conway and the potential breach of the Lollie Levee. The lake flooded shoreline homes while the Lollie Levee maintained integrity. Mandatory evacuations were also ordered in parts of Jefferson County. On May 28, a partition of levee 80 ft (24 m) wide and 12 ft (3.7 m) high in Crawford County slumped against the rising Arkansas River, threatening 250 people in 152 residences; the levee remained intact as the river crested on June 1.


2019 Arkansas River floods, Impact and aftermath, Arkansas
Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson declared a state of emergency for the entire state on May 21. Hutchinson estimated that flooding caused the state economy to lose $23 million per day. On May 29, $350,000 in state financial assistance was committed towards flood mitigation. President Donald Trump approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Kansas on June 8 with an incident period from May 21–June 14. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development disbursed $9 million in recovery fund grants to twelve Arkansas counties in December 2019.


2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team
The 2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Wolves played their home games at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and competed in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by sixth-year head coach Blake Anderson.


2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Schedule
Arkansas State announced its 2019 football schedule on March 1, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season.


2019 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team
The 2019 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team represents the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Golden Lions are led by second-year head coach Cedric Thomas and play their home games at Simmons Bank Field in Pine Bluff, Arkansas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).


2019 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, Previous season
The Golden Lions finished the 2018 season 2–9, 1–6 in SWAC play to finish in a tie for last place in the West Division.


2019 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, Preseason, Preseason polls
The SWAC released their preseason poll on July 16, 2019. The Golden Lions were picked to finish in fifth place in the West Division.


2019 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, Preseason, Preseason all–SWAC teams
The Golden Lions placed four players on the preseason all–SWAC teams.


2019 Arlington mayoral election
A mayoral election took place in Arlington, Texas, on May 4, 2019. The election was officially non-partisan.


2019 Arlington mayoral election
Jeff Williams, the incumbent mayor, was elected to a third and final term in office.


2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election
Elections to Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.


2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election, Results by electoral area, Armagh
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain one seat from DUP


2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election, Results by electoral area, Banbridge
2014: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2019: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from SDLP


2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election, Results by electoral area, Craigavon
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2014-2019 Change: SDLP gain one seat from DUP


2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election, Results by electoral area, Cusher
2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent2019: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain one seat from SDLP


2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election, Results by electoral area, Lagan River
2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from UUP


2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election, Results by electoral area, Lurgan
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from DUP


2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election, Results by electoral area, Portadown
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UKIP2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2014-2019 Change: DUP and SDLP gain one seat each from UUP and UKIP


2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election, Changes during the term, – Suspensions
Current composition: see Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council


2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship
The 2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship is the 119th edition of Armagh GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The winners represent Armagh in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.


2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship
The championship begins with sixteen teams competing in four groups of four teams before proceeding to a knock-out format with the overall winners receiving the Gerry Fegan Cup.


2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship
Crossmaglen Rangers were the defending champions after they defeated Ballymacnab in the 2018 final. They successfully defended their title when defeating the same opposition in the final on 20 October at the Athletic Grounds to claim their record 45th title.


2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship
This was St. Peter's Lurgan's and Cullaville Blues' return to the senior grade after they claimed the 2017 I.F.C./I.A.F.L. titles and second in I.A.F.L., respectively.


2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship
High Moss Sarsfields and Cullaville Blues were relegated to the I.F.C. and I.A.F.L. for 2020 after they finished seventh and eighth in the S.B.F.L. respectively. They will be replaced by the I.F.C. champions Grange St. Colmcille's as well as I.A.F.L. champions Mullaghbawn Cuchulainn's.


2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019 championship season.


2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship, Group stage
All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the quarter-finals while the bottom team of each group enter the relegation playoffs. The team named first in each round listed below received home advantage.


2019 Armenian Cup Final
The 2019 Armenian Cup Final was the 28th Armenian Cup Final, and the final match of the 2018–19 Armenian Cup. It was played at the Banants Stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, on 8 May 2019, and was contested by Alashkert and Lori. It was Alashkert's second Cup final appearance, having lost on penalties to Gandzasar Kapan the previous year, whilst it was Lori's first appearance in the final. Alashkert defeated Noah 1–0 thanks to an own goal by Ubong Friday in the 65th minute.


2019 Armenian Cup Final, Match
The match was refereed by Spanish referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco, and his two assistants Iñigo Prieto López and Roberto Alonso Fernandez.


2019 Armenian Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Iñigo Prieto López (Spain)Roberto Alonso Fernandez (Spain)Fourth official:Erik Arevshatyan (Yerevan)


2019 Army Black Knights football team
The 2019 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy as an independent in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by sixth-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium. Due to playing an away game at Hawaii and the NCAA's "Hawaii Exemption", the Black Knights played a 13-game regular season in 2019. They finished the season with a record of 5–8, finishing in third place for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy following losses to Air Force and Navy, and missing out on a bowl game for the first time since the 2015 season.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Previous season
The Black Knights finished the 2018 season with a record of 11–2 and finished ranked No. 19 in the AP Poll and No. 20 in the Coaches' Poll.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Previous season
They won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for a second year in a row (first time ever), defeated archrival Navy for the third year in a row (first time since 1992-1996 seasons), played in and won their third straight bowl game (first time ever), finished with consecutive 10-win seasons (first time ever), finished with a second straight unbeaten record (6–0) at home to extend their home winning streak to 13 in a row, won the Lambert Trophy (first time since 1958), and finished with their first 11-win season ever.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Previous season
Quarterback Kelvin Hopkins Jr. tied the academy records for total number of rushing touchdowns (17) and total number of touchdowns responsible for (23), as well as becoming the first Army player to rush and pass for over 1,000 yards each in a single season (1,017 and 1,026 respectively). Coach Monken was awarded the George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award by the Maxwell Football Club, the Vince Lombardi College Football Coach of the Year Award by the Lombardi Foundation, and the President's Award by the Touchdown Club of Columbus.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Preseason, Offseason
Defensive coordinator Jay Bateman announced in December 2018 that he would be leaving to become the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at North Carolina under newly hired coach Mack Brown. Weeks later, head football strength and conditioning coach Brian Hess was announced as joining Bateman at North Carolina. Assistant football strength and conditioning coach Maurice Sims would also leave for North Carolina within the month. Safeties coach John Loose, after serving as the interim defensive coordinator for the 2018 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl victory over Houston, was announced as the full-time replacement at defensive coordinator on January 10, 2019.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Preseason, Offseason
On January 14, 2019, Army West Point announced a new multi-year contract extension for head coach Jeff Monken through the 2024 season. On the same day Army beat writer for the Times Herald-Record, Sal Interdonato, broke the news that Kansas Wesleyan head coach Matt Drinkall had joined the Army football staff as an offensive analyst. On January 18, Interdonato revealed that defensive line coach Chad Wilt had taken the same position with the Cincinnati Bearcats.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Preseason, Offseason
On January 31, the West Point athletics department announced that Matt Hachmann would be joining the football staff as the outside linebackers coach. He had spent the past two years as the linebackers coach at Stony Brook, and before that eight years as defensive coordinator at Towson. Because of his posting as linebackers coach, several defensive assistant coaches changed positions of responsibility. Coach Daryl Dixon, the former outside linebackers coach, is now responsible for cornerbacks, and Coach Christian-Young, the former cornerbacks coach, is now responsible for safeties.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Preseason, Offseason
Additionally, assistant strength and conditioning coach Conor Hughes was promoted to head football strength and conditioning coach. On February 5, Coach Monken's last assistant coach position was filled with the announcement of the hire of Kevin Lewis as defensive line coach. Lewis had spent the previous five seasons as the defensive line coach at William & Mary


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Preseason, Offseason
On February 19 it was announced that Rusty Whitt and GC Yerry had been hired to serve as the two assistant football strength and conditioning coaches, filling out the remaining open positions on Monken's staff. Whitt joined the staff after serving as the head football strength and conditioning coach at Texas Tech from 2016−2018, while Yerry joined after serving as the director of athletic performance at Stony Brook, also from 2016−2018.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Preseason, Offseason
On March 19, the West Point athletics department announced that Jim Collins would join the staff as the new Director of Player Personnel. Collins brings 25 years of head coaching experience at the Division II and Division III levels, including tenures as the head coach at the University of Dubuque from 1994−1996, Capital University (OH) from 1997−2007, and most recently at Saginaw Valley State from 2008−2018.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Preseason, Offseason
The Black Knights began their spring football session on March 7 and concluded it on April 12th with the annual Black and Gold Spring Game, where the Black team completed a fourth quarter comeback to win 35−28 in overtime. Following the conclusion of spring ball, rising firsties  Kelvin Hopkins Jr. and Elijah Riley were named team captains in addition to returning 2018 captain Cole Christiansen.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Preseason, Offseason
The Black Knights' fall camp began on August 1 and consisted of 14 practices, finishing on August 17 with an intrasquad scrimmage in Michie Stadium. Following the completion of camp, the Black Knights shifted their preparation to their Week 1 matchup with Rice. During August, the Black Knights received votes for the preseason AP and Coaches Polls, just missing out on starting within the Top 25 for the first time since 1959. They received a total of 94 points in the AP Poll and 91 points in the Coaches Poll, placing 2nd and 5th respectively in each poll's 'Also Receiving Votes' category.


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Personnel, Roster
The Army football roster for the Week 1 game versus Rice (as of August 26, 2019):


2019 Army Black Knights football team, Personnel, Depth chart
The Army football depth chart for the 120th Army-Navy Game (as of December 9, 2019):


2019 Arnold Palmer Cup
The 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from June 7–9, 2019 at  Alotian Golf Club, Roland, Arkansas. It was the 23rd time the event had been contested and the second under the new format in which women golfers played in addition to men and an international team, representing the rest of the world, replaced the European team. The international team won the match 33½–26½.


2019 Arnold Palmer Cup, Format
The contest was played over three days. On Friday, there were 12 mixed four-ball matches. On Saturday there were 12 mixed foursomes matches in the morning and 12 fourball matches in the afternoon, six all-women matches and six all-men matches. 24 singles matches were played on Sunday. In all, 60 matches were played.


2019 Arnold Palmer Cup, Format
Each of the 60 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole, each side earned half a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 30½ points won the competition.


2019 Arnold Palmer Cup, Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were Alex Scott and Leonie Harm.


2019 Arnold Strongman Classic
The 2019 Arnold Strongman Classic was a strongman contest that took place in Ohio, Columbus from 1–2 March 2019 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The Arnold Strongman Classic is the finale of the Arnold Strongman Tour and is seen as one of the biggest and most prestigious strongmen events on the circuit.


2019 Arnold Strongman Classic, Qualifying
To qualify for the Arnold Strongman Classic athletes have to either win a sanctioned event on the Arnold Classic Tour or gain enough points to be invited through a wildcard system. Athletes that qualified and their method for qualification are as follows:


2019 Arnold Strongman Classic, Event Results, Event 1: Elephant Bar Deadlift
^ Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson's lift of 474 kilograms (1,045 lb) is a new world record for the elephant deadlift bar.


2019 Arnold Strongman Classic, Event Results, Event 1: Elephant Bar Deadlift
^ JF Caron sustained an injury in this event and took no further part in the competition.


2019 Arnold Strongman Classic, Event Results, Event 1: Elephant Bar Deadlift
^ Brian Shaw sustained an injury in this event however he completed all further events in the competition.


2019 Arnold Strongman Classic, Event Results, Event 4: Austrian Oak
^ Oleksii Novikov sustained an injury in this event however he completed the remaining event.


2019 Arnold Strongman Classic, Event Results, Event 5: Stone to Shoulder
^ Brian Shaw did not take part in this event because of an injury he sustained earlier in the competition.


2019 Arnold Strongman Classic, Event Results, Event 5: Stone to Shoulder
^ Jerry Pritchett did not take part in this event because of an injury.


2019 Artsakh Football League
The 2019 Artsakh Football League is the 2nd official professional season of the Artsakh Football League. It started on the March 9th, 2019 and is composed of twelve clubs which will compete for the title.


2019 Artsakh Football League, Participants
Twelve teams will take part in this year's competition. No team was relegated in the previous season, but 4 more were added this year.


2019 Artsakh Football League, Results
The league will be played in two stages, one home and one away, for a total of 22 matches played per team.


2019 Arun District Council election
The Arun District Council elections, 2019 took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, electing all 54 members of the council, and taking place alongside the other local elections in England and Northern Ireland.


2019 Arun District Council election, Ward results, Aldwick West
Martin Smith was previously elected at a by-election, gaining one of the Conservative seats.


2019 Arun District Council election, Ward results, Courtwick with Toddington
Victoria Rhodes was elected in 2015 as a UKIP councillor.


2019 Arun District Council election, Ward results, Marine
Matthew Stanley was previously elected in a by-election, gaining the Conservative seat.


2019 Arun District Council election, Ward results, Yapton
Derek Ambler was elected in 2015 as a UKIP councillor.


2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Arunachal Pradesh on April 11 to elect the 60 members of Legislative Assembly. The term of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly ends on June 1, 2019. This results in a landslide victory for Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies. Pema Khandu took oath as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister on 29 May 2019.


2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Results, By constituency
Three-member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Phurpa Tsering from Dirang, Taba Tedir from Yachuli and Kento Jini from Along East were elected unopposed after others' candidature was rejected or the candidates withdrew themselves.


2019 Ascension general election
General elections were held on Ascension Island on 26 September 2019 to elect the Island Council, following the dissolution of the previous Council on 1 September. Seven candidates ran for five available Councillor positions.


2019 Ascension general election, Electoral system
The Island Council consists of either five or seven elected members, depending on the number of candidates. If there are eight or more candidates, seven members would be elected; if there were fewer than eight candidates, only five would be elected. With only seven candidates running, five seats were available.


2019 Ascension general election, Electoral system
The five seats were elected for three years terms by first-past-the-post plurality-at-large voting. Voters were able to cast up to five votes.


2019 Ashes series
The 2019 Ashes series (officially the Specsavers Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons) was a series of Test cricket matches played between England and Australia for The Ashes in August and September 2019. The venues were Edgbaston, Lord's, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval. Australia were the defending holders of the Ashes going into the series, having won in 2017–18. It was the first Test series of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. During the second Test match a concussion substitute was used for the first time in international cricket. Ben Stokes' game-winning 135* in the third Test has been hailed by many as the greatest Test innings of all time. Australia retained the Ashes after winning the fourth Test, with England levelling the series 2–2 in the final test, resulting in the first drawn Ashes series since 1972.


2019 Ashes series, Background
The 2019 Ashes series began with Australia leading England by 33 series to 32, with five drawn series. Australia had won four of the last 10 Ashes series, including winning the most recent series 4–0 in 2017–18, but the 2015 series, the most recent to be held in England, was won 3–2 by the home side.


2019 Ashes series, Background
No visiting team had won an Ashes series and/or retained the Ashes since England defeated Australia 3–1 away in 2010–11. Furthermore, Australia last won an Ashes series in England in 2001. The two teams previously met in one warm-up game and two ODI matches in the Cricket World Cup held in England and Wales in the previous months, with Australia winning the warm-up game at the Rose Bowl by 12 runs and the group stage match convincingly by 64 runs at Lord's. In their semi final rematch, England had their own convincing win by eight wickets with 107 balls to spare, en route to winning the tournament for the first time.


2019 Ashes series, Background
Australia's last two Test series before the Ashes were played against India and Sri Lanka during the home summer season of 2018–19. Although India won their tour series 2–1, the first time India had won a Test series in Australia, Australia recovered to win the Test series against Sri Lanka 2–0.


2019 Ashes series, Background
Prior to the Ashes series, Australia had its top-order batsmen David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft available for international selection, who were banned from playing international cricket for 9–12 months due to the 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town against South Africa. All three cricketers were named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Ashes.


2019 Ashes series, Background
Meanwhile, England warmed up for the 2019 Ashes with a Test series earlier in the year against the West Indies and a one-off Test against Ireland in July. The tour of the West Indies comprised three matches and was won 2–1 by the West Indies. England then improved to win the one-off Test against Ireland, by 143 runs.


2019 Ashes series, Background
Ahead of the series, it was announced that the second day of the Lord's Test would benefit the Ruth Strauss Foundation to fight cancer. Born Ruth Macdonald in Australia, and the wife of England's Ashes-winning captain Andrew Strauss, had died on 29 December 2018 from a rare form of lung cancer. Both teams wore red caps, with the stumps also red, and fans were also encouraged to wear red.


2019 Ashes series, Background
Australia already had a similar tradition – the Jane McGrath Day is the third day of the Sydney Test during the traditional New Years Test time slot, in honour of the English-born wife of Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath, who died from breast cancer, only with pink replacing red, and the proceeds benefiting the McGrath Foundation.


2019 Ashes series, Squads
On 26 July 2019, Australia announced a 17-man touring party for the Ashes series. England announced their squad for the first Test on 27 July.


2019 Ashes series, Squads
1 Jack Leach was added to England's squad for the second Test, with Moeen Ali being dropped.


2019 Ashes series, Squads
2 Ahead of the fourth Test, James Anderson was ruled out of England's squad for the rest of the series, with Craig Overton named as replacement.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day one
The first morning of the Ashes saw Stuart Broad take the wickets of both openers, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, who (along with Steve Smith) were returning to the Test format for the first time since their suspension for a ball-tampering incident in 2018. Warner was the first gone, leg before wicket in the fourth over, while Bancroft was caught behind just four overs later.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day one
Despite the early breakthrough, all was not tidy for England as James Anderson, recovering from an injury, bowled only four overs in the session, and while he came back onto the field, it was reported at the lunch interval that he was suffering from tightness in his right calf, and he left the field for a scan in the afternoon. Usman Khawaja was given out after drinks thanks to a review, caught by Bairstow off a thin edge. Despite this setback, Steve Smith and Travis Head managed to hold on until lunch, leaving Australia 83/3 at the break.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day one
The first hour after lunch saw the fall of four wickets, due to good efforts by Broad and Woakes, with Head the first to go, leg before wicket to Woakes after a not out decision was referred to the third umpire, the fourth-wicket partnership having stood for 64 runs. Matthew Wade was the next man in, but he was soon dismissed in similar fashion. Tim Paine was caught at deep square leg after a "horror shot", and James Pattinson fell two balls later for a duck, leaving Australia 112/7 at the end of the 40th over. Pat Cummins fell shortly thereafter with the total at 122, but Australia scampered through to tea at 154/8, Smith unbeaten on 66.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day one
The final session's start was delayed by 20 minutes because of the weather. Peter Siddle and Smith then shared an 88-run partnership, before Siddle was dismissed six runs short of a half-century.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day one
Smith then managed to keep the strike for the better part of a dozen overs, reaching a century in the process as the fielders were spread out on the boundary, but he was dismissed with the first over of the new ball, having reached 144 runs on his return to Test cricket, lifting Australia to a respectable 284 all out after being 122/8, with Nathan Lyon unbeaten on 12.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day one
This left England's openers two overs to navigate before the close of play, which they batted out to a score of 10 without loss.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day two
The morning of the second day saw the wicket of Jason Roy fall, caught behind in the slips off a delivery from Pattinson. Joe Root and Rory Burns managed to play out the rest of the session without loss, despite a scare after drinks, as Root was beaten by a ball that hit his off stump but failed to dislodge the bails; he was initially given out after the ball was caught behind, but a review showed the only contact was with the stump. This left England on 71/1 at the break, wearing down Australia's bowlers but getting little return for their troubles in terms of runs.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day two
After lunch, both English batsmen piled on the runs on a pitch that was becoming more batsman-friendly. Root was then given out leg before wicket to Siddle, but the review this time showed he made contact, and the on-field decision was overturned. Burns soon reached a half-century, Root following suit shortly afterwards. He was finally out caught and bowled to Siddle before tea, having stood for a 132-run third-wicket partnership. The new man in, Joe Denly, stuck around until the end of the session, England reaching 170/2 with Burns 18 runs away from a maiden Test century.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day two
The evening session saw the umpires decide to replace the ball after the 60th over. The replacement ball saw off Denly and Buttler, England now 194/4. A few overs later, Burns reached his century, becoming the first English opener to score a hundred in the first Test of an Ashes series since Graham Gooch in 1993.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day two
Burns and Ben Stokes survived the remainder of the extended final session, building a 73-run partnership, as Travis Head and Matthew Wade were brought in to bowl a few overs before the new ball, which claimed no victims by the close of play; England were 267/4, trailing Australia by 17 runs.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day three
As play resumed on the third morning, England caught up to Australia's total, Stokes reaching a half-century before edging to the wicket-keeper on the next ball he faced from Cummins, the fifth wicket having stood for 88 runs. Shortly after drinks, Nathan Lyon was the next man to strike for Australia, taking Burns' wicket and dismissing Moeen Ali for a duck in the same over. Bairstow was out to Siddle in the next over, Australia having taken three wickets in the space of 11 balls. Woakes and Broad survived the half-hour left until lunch to put England on 328/8, the game in the balance as Australia had limited their first-innings deficit to only 44 runs at that point.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day three
During the break, there was good news for England, as it was confirmed that Anderson, injured on the first day, would be able to bat, and had bowled in the nets during the interval. Broad and Woakes built a 65-run partnership, surviving until drinks, after which Broad was caught on a short delivery from Cummins. Anderson came in to bat, but made just three runs, England all out for 374 (a lead of 90), leading to an early tea interval. Concerns over Anderson's fitness were again apparent as he "wasn't moving well between the wickets", and when the teams returned to the field for the final session, he was absent.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day three
With 44 overs scheduled, the evening session began with the early wicket of Warner, after a review saw him caught behind off Broad in the third over; his aggregate total of 10 runs for the match was his third-lowest in Tests when batting twice. Ali was the next to strike, removing Bancroft and almost getting Khawaja in the same over, only for the latter to be dropped by Jos Buttler at second slip.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day three
Khawaja was finally out off Ben Stokes' second ball, having stood for a 48-run third-wicket partnership with Smith, who again looked in top form despite being struck by a bouncer later on, which prompted the intervention of team doctors in light of new concussion protocols. Bad light stopped play just after 6 p.m., 31 overs having been bowled, with Australia 124/3 at the close, leading by 34 runs with Smith unbeaten on 46 and Travis Head also contributing 21 runs to the total.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day four
The following morning saw a good session for Australia as Smith and Head put up a century partnership before drinks, Smith already with a half-century. England's potential chase became more and more uncomfortable throughout the session, despite a few scares for the batsmen. Head fell just before lunch, having put up a half-century of his own in the 130-run fourth-wicket stand.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day four
England's bowling attack, lacking Anderson, who was out of it for the remainder of the match, did not pick up another wicket by the interval and Australia were in a strong position at 231/4, having extended their lead to 141 runs, and Smith two runs short of a second century in the match.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day four
The afternoon session began with Smith reaching his century, becoming only the fifth Australian to get two in an Ashes Test. With the 80th over approaching, Wade managed his own half-century as England was "out of options", with Root, Denly and Ali having spells that resulted in a few close calls, and a leg before wicket appeal against Smith that was deemed not out after an England review. In the first over of the new ball, Wade was given out, but his successful review saw the decision overturned.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day four
Australia finally lost a wicket in the next over as Smith was caught for 142, becoming only the fourth batsmen to score more than 140 in both innings of a Test. The fifth wicket having stood for 126 runs, skipper Tim Paine was the man in for the few overs left until tea, by which point Australia were 356/5, giving them a comfortable lead of 266.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day four
The evening session saw Wade get a century of his own, the Australian lead now extended to over 300 runs. Paine was found not out after an England review for leg before wicket, but the sixth-wicket partnership, having stood for 76 runs, was broken in the next over as Wade was caught at deep backward square. Paine was bowled by Ali an over later, offering hints of a collapse, but Pattinson and Cummins, both unbeaten, then added 78 runs before the Australian side declared on 487/7, leaving England a target of 398.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day four
With seven overs left in the day, England's openers were brought out to bat, safely going through them for 13 runs. Although their chances of winning were slim, a draw was still feasible.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day five
The final morning saw Burns become only the fourth England batsmen to bat on all five days of a Test, but this accolade meant little when he was dismissed early, caught by Lyon at gully off Cummins' bowling. Joe Root was then given out leg before wicket twice, but the decision was overturned on review both times, marking yet further poor umpiring decisions in the match. Root then stood with Roy until drinks, but the partnership was ended at 41 runs after the latter was bowled playing a rash shot at a delivery from Lyon.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day five
Denly was in and out before lunch, the review not saving him this time, as Lyon struck again and had him caught at short leg. Buttler came in and survived an lbw review by Australia, but Root was dismissed by Lyon 10 minutes before lunch, England 85/4 at the break, after a session that was deemed to be "Australia's morning", thanks mostly to Lyon's contribution.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day five
The afternoon was again fruitful for Australia, as Buttler was bowled by Cummins in the first over after the interval. Bairstow was next to fall, gloving the ball behind to become Cummins' 100th Test wicket after an unsuccessful review. Lyon struck with the next ball, removing Stokes for his 350th Test wicket, becoming the fourth Australian to reach that landmark, joining Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Dennis Lillee as England were in the midst of a collapse.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day five
Chris Woakes managed to slow Australia's progress until after drinks, striking boundaries and surviving a review for lbw, but Ali was then dismissed for Lyon's fifth wicket of the innings, falling to the Australian spinner for the ninth time in 11 innings.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day five
Broad was then out for a golden duck, England now 136/9, giving Lyon the chance to win the match with a hat-trick ball against Anderson; the English batsman survived the delivery, and Woakes was dropped by Smith at second slip a few overs later on a ball that rolled on to the boundary, as dark clouds loomed over the ground; however, Smith made amends two overs later, catching Woakes off the bowling of Cummins to end the match before tea, Australia coming back from 122/8 in their first innings to win by 251 runs and take a 1–0 Ashes lead. It was their first Test win at Edgbaston since 2001.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Day five
Steve Smith was named man of the match after scoring a century in each innings.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Aftermath
After the match, it was confirmed that, because of his calf injury, James Anderson would be ruled out of the second Test, and would also be likely to miss the third Test. Any further participation in the series was also uncertain, with Jofra Archer expected to replace him. England captain Joe Root nevertheless refused to blame anybody, saying that Anderson had passed all fitness tests before the match and that his selection had been unanimous. England's pace bowling options remained limited for further Tests, however, as potential replacement Olly Stone was also injured in training.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Aftermath
Despite troubling performances by other members of the side, including Buttler, Bairstow and Ali, Root did not wish to make any "shotgun decisions" and noted that, despite the team's inconsistency, England were far from being out of contention. England's prioritisation of white-ball cricket was also put in a bad light after disappointing performances by players more accustomed to One Day Internationals than Tests.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Aftermath
Australian skipper Tim Paine noted that Anderson's exclusion had deprived England of one of the world's best bowlers, and that his side's confidence grew as a result. However, he also warned against becoming complacent, making parallels with Australia's performance in preceding tours against India, South Africa and Pakistan, where they "[jumped] the gun with an emphatic win only to surrender a high-profile series". In the meantime, Australia played a three-day tour match against Worcestershire, which, as a result of rain washing out most of the final day, was drawn.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, First Test, Aftermath
Criticism was directed at umpires Aleem Dar and Joel Wilson, who had 10 of their decisions overturned over the course of the game, with former Australia captain Ricky Ponting suggesting that the ICC's requirements of neutral umpires should be waived in the future, to reduce umpire workload and fatigue. Root, however, noted that players and umpires, both under pressure to perform, make mistakes, and that over-criticism and blame games should be avoided. The idea, which had already surfaced before, had also been opposed by the umpires themselves, who "[were] happier to accept criticism of their decision-making on a basis of skills, conditions, eyesight – just about anything so long as they are not regarded as biased towards one side".


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day one
The first day of the second Test was washed out because of intermittent rain that prevented the ground from drying and the toss from taking place, leaving four extended days, weather permitting, to complete the match.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day two
Play began on the second day with England's openers sent in to bat in the morning session. Australia struck in the second over, Jason Roy out for a three-ball duck, caught by Paine off Hazlewood's bowling, the latter returning to the Test side after not being selected for Edgbaston. Joe Root then came in, but he was trapped leg before wicket by Hazlewood, leaving England at 26/2. Denly, the new man in, was hit by a bouncer in the next over, leading to an early drinks break. Nevertheless, he and Rory Burns survived until lunch, contributing a 50-run partnership to rebuild England's innings after the early wickets. This left the home team at 76/2 at the interval.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day two
The second session saw Denly caught behind by Tim Paine off Hazlewood, before Burns reached a half-century. His wicket fell shortly thereafter, however, thanks to a splendid catch by Bancroft at short leg, off the bowling of Cummins. Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes were the next to fall, leaving England on 138/6 with less than an hour to go until tea. Australia reviewed for lbw against Bairstow a few overs before the interval, but this turned out to be a poor decision and the England batsmen did not lose any more wickets before the break, by which point they were 201/6.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day two
The extended evening session, with 37 overs scheduled over two-and-a-half hours, first saw Woakes caught behind on a ball that grazed his glove, the review confirming the on-field decision. England's remaining wickets then fell quickly, with Archer and Broad the next victims. Bairstow reached the 50-run milestone, but he was soon gone, England all out for 258.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day two
This left England's bowlers a theoretical 18 overs in just under an hour before the close. Warner fell first in the fifth over, for his third single-digit score of the series; however, Bancroft and Khawaja survived eight more overs before play was brought to a close with Australia on 30/1.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day three
The third morning saw 24.1 overs of play, the second wicket pushing the score to 60 before Bancroft was leg before wicket to Archer. Khawaja edged behind off Woakes in the next over, and Head did not last long as he was lbw to Broad, Australia 71/4. Stokes then thought he had Wade trapped for another lbw, but the on-field decision was overturned and Australia lost no further wickets before rain brought an early lunch, the total now 80/4. The weather remained inclement throughout the afternoon and the evening, and no further play was possible.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day four
Play resumed on the fourth day with Smith and Wade at the crease. Wade was caught at slip off a delivery by Broad shortly before drinks, but Paine survived with Smith until lunch, the latter reaching a half-century to bring Australia's total to 155/5 at the break, England failing to make any further breakthroughs despite a few close calls.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day four
The sixth-wicket partnership was broken after the interval as Paine edged the ball to Buttler off Archer. Smith was then hit on the arm by a short delivery from Archer a few overs later, but was given the green light to continue after examination by team doctors.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day four
A review for lbw against Cummins was soon struck down as Archer continued to put pressure on the Australian batsmen, including hitting Smith directly in the neck with a bouncer; the batsman fell to the ground briefly, but had to retire hurt, though he was able to walk off the field unassisted after a chat with the team doctor. The new man in, Siddle, lasted only a few overs, failing to reach a double-digit score, at which point Smith was brought back in; however, he was soon out leg before wicket to Woakes after an unsuccessful review. Australia's tailenders were out before tea, giving them a total of 250, trailing by eight runs with England's second innings to begin after the interval.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day four
Cummins struck early by removing Roy and then getting Root for a golden duck, but Denly survived the hat-trick ball. This led to a 55-run fourth-wicket partnership, which ended with Denly caught and bowled by Siddle. Burns fell next, but Buttler survived until late in the session, when rain stopped play for the day with England on 96/4.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day five
The final day was again affected by rain as the start was delayed until just after noon. As the players came back on the field, there was confirmation that Steve Smith, struck by a bouncer the previous day, would not come back to the match. He was substituted by Marnus Labuschagne, who became the first concussion substitute in Test cricket after the ICC's decision to allow such replacements. Smith was later ruled out of the third Test at Headingley.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day five
England's fifth wicket stood for the remainder of the morning session as Ben Stokes reached a half-century, unbeaten on 51 at the interval with England at 157/4. Buttler was caught by Hazlewood off Cummins soon after lunch, but Bairstow played on with Stokes until the latter reached a century, at which point England declared on 258/5. This left Australia a target of 267 runs to win off a scheduled 50 overs, albeit leaving England with an outside chance to bowl their opposition out.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day five
England made an early breakthrough, Archer removing both Warner and Khawaja inside the first six overs, before Leach trapped Bancroft lbw with the final ball of the 14th over; however, Labuschagne and Head proved obstinate at the crease, putting on 85 runs for the fourth wicket before Labuschagne was caught by a diving Root at midwicket for 59 at the end of the 36th over. Labuschagne also went onto become the first concussion substitute to score a test fifty during the process.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day five
Wade was next to go seven balls later, out for one, before Denly produced a diving catch to remove Paine for four off the bowling of Archer, Australia now 149/6. Nevertheless, Head continued to stick around at the other end, farming the strike from Cummins and managing 42 runs to help Australia see out the final eight overs.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Second Test, Day five
Ben Stokes was named man of the match after scoring a century in the second innings.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day one
Rain delayed the toss in the morning and play started shortly after noon with lunch delayed to 1:30 p.m. Only four overs could be completed before rain again interrupted play after the wicket of Harris, Australia 12/1. Lunch was taken early, but rain did not allow for resumption of play until 2 p.m. Khawaja was then caught after England referred the decision to the video umpire, but only 9.5 overs were possible before rain again prevented continuation. A few more overs were possible before bad light stopped play, with Australia on 54/2 at the early tea interval.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day one
The evening session was unaffected by rain, and Australia's third wicket stood for 111 runs before Warner, having previously successfully overturned an on-field decision, was caught off Archer. After this, Australia, on 136/3, collapsed to 179 all out by the close. Archer claimed five more victims to end the innings with figures of 6/45 in his second Test match.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day two
The second day was played in sunny conditions, but this did not prevent England from struggling with the bat; Denly was the only batsman to reach double digits, scoring 12 after surviving an lbw review. England were 54/6 at the interval, with the Ashes "hanging by a thread".


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day two
The England debacle continued after lunch, with Woakes out on the first ball of the afternoon session, the final three wickets then falling in quick succession as the home side was all out for 67, with Hazlewood picking up a five-wicket haul for the visitors.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day two
The dismal batting performance of both teams, the previous 18 wickets having fallen for 110 runs, appeared to continue into the second Australia innings as Warner was lbw for a duck in the second over. Harris and Khawaja added 26 runs to the total, surviving a review for lbw, before Harris was bowled by Leach. Khawaja was soon caught by Roy at second slip off Woakes, and Australia were 82/3 at tea.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day two
After the interval, the fourth wicket stood for 46 runs before losing Head with the total at 97/4, only for Wade and Labuschagne to build a 66-run partnership after surviving multiple reviews. Wade and Paine were given out shortly before stumps, as Labuschagne reached a half-century to put Australia on 171/6, a lead of 283.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day three
The third day was played in similar sunny conditions to the second. Labuschagne and Pattinson returned to the crease, with the former resuming on 53 not out. Their partnership eventually reached 51 before Pattinson was caught behind by Root off Archer's bowling. Cummins came in to join Labuschagne but his innings was short-lived, as he made just six runs before being caught in the slips by Burns off Stokes. Shortly after, Labuschagne was run out by Denly and finished on 80 runs, with Australia at 237/9 and leading by 349 runs. The final wicket fell half an hour before lunch as Lyon was bowled out by Archer and Australia finished with a lead of 358, setting what would be England's highest ever run chase in Test cricket.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day three
England's second innings began shortly before lunch and openers Burns and Roy saw out the opening overs to go in 11/0 at the break. Shortly after play resumed, England lost both their opening batsmen in quick succession. Burns fell first, caught behind off Hazlewood before Roy was bowled by Cummins. Root and Denly came to the crease at 15/2 with just under two sessions until the close of play. The pair built a solid partnership and moved to 140/2 with both reaching half-centuries before Denly was given out caught behind off Hazlewood. Stokes was the next batsman in and was able to see out the rest of the day with Root. England finished on 156/3, requiring 203 more runs for victory.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day four
The fourth day of the Test started poorly for England. The first 25 balls were dots and the new ball was due to be available to Australia in another four overs. Root eventually opened the scoring for the day before being caught behind by Warner off Lyon's bowling, having made 77 runs. This wicket took Lyon to 356 in Test cricket and saw him go third in Australia's list of all-time highest Test wicket-takers.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day four
Bairstow joined Stokes at the crease with the score 159/4 and the partnership made 79 runs before lunch to bring England to 238/4, needing 121 more runs to win. At this stage, it seemed as though if Stokes and Bairstow could continue batting as sensibly as they had, then victory was a very real possibility.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day four
However, soon after play resumed, England suffered a string of quick wickets. Bairstow was the first to fall, caught behind by Labuschagne off Hazlewood for 36. Buttler was in next but made only 1 before confusion between him and Stokes left him well short of his crease when Head hit the stumps to run him out. Similarly, Woakes came in next and added just one run before driving a ball from Hazlewood straight to Wade. At this point, England were 261/7 and needed 98 more runs to win.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day four
Archer came to the crease and added 15 to the score with a few boundaries before picking out Head at deep midwicket off Lyon. Broad survived just one ball before being given out lbw, which was confirmed after his review, and England had just one wicket remaining with 73 more runs needed for victory. Since the lunch interval, they had lost 5 wickets for just 48 runs.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day four
Jack Leach was the final man in for England with the score at 286/9 and their game plan soon became apparent. Stokes took the brunt of the Australian attack, never allowing Leach to face more than the final couple of balls of any over so that Stokes could keep the strike. Stokes started well, hitting Lyon for a six in the first over of the partnership. He then made a few runs from the next over from Pattinson before hitting Lyon for two sixes in the next over, the second a reverse sweep, finishing the over with England at 310/9.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day four
Two overs later, he hit Cummins for another six before pulling Hazlewood for four to reach his century. He then hit two more sixes from Hazlewood's bowling – making 16 from just three balls – and moved England to 338/9. Stokes was then dropped by Harris, although it was a tough catch to take, before hitting consecutive fours off Cummins to move the score to 350/9.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day four
Leach then had to face the final two balls of Cummins' over and an lbw shout off the final ball was reviewed by Australia after umpire Chris Gaffaney gave it not out; the ball was found to have pitched outside leg, confirming umpire Gaffaney's decision, and the review was lost. Lyon continued the attack and was smacked down the ground for six more by Stokes. England needed just two runs to win and one run to tie.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day four
Two balls later, Lyon fumbled what would have been a certain run-out with Leach well out of his crease before hitting Stokes on the pad to huge cries for lbw. Umpire Joel Wilson gave it not out and Australia had no reviews left; had the decision been reviewed, it would have been given out. This was the final ball of the over so Stokes was unable to rotate the strike and Leach potentially had to face a full over from Cummins.


2019 Ashes series, Matches, Third Test, Day four
He scored a single from the third ball of the over to ensure England could not lose the game and gave Stokes the strike with England needing just one run to win. Stokes promptly cut the next ball from Cummins through the covers for four to give England the most unlikely victory imaginable, completing their highest ever run chase in Tests.


2019 Ashfield District Council election
The 2019 Ashfield District Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect all members of Ashfield District Council in England.


2019 Ashfield District Council election
The election resulted in the Ashfield Independents gaining control of the council with a large majority, winning 30 of the 35 seats up for election. The Labour Party suffered heavy losses, winning just 2 seats, a decrease of 20 compared with the last election in 2015.


2019 Ashford Borough Council election
The 2019 Ashford Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Ashford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Ashleigh Barty tennis season
The 2019 Ashleigh Barty tennis season officially began on 7 January 2019 as the start of the 2019 WTA Tour. Ashleigh Barty entered the season as world number 15 in singles and finished as world number 1. The season saw Barty won her first single's major at the French Open.


2019 Asia Rugby Championship
The 2019 Asia Rugby Championship is the fifth annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia shall compete in the 2019 series. The Asia Rugby Championship in 2019 does not include Japan who is hosting the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments.


2019 Asia Rugby Championship
The format of the tri-nations series is a double round-robin where the three teams play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner.


2019 Asia Rugby Championship, Teams
The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2019 tournament in brackets:


2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments
The 2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments refers to the divisions played within the annual international rugby union tournament for the Asian region. The Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament in 2015. The main tournament is now contested by the top three teams in Asia. The other national teams in Asia compete in three divisions.


2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Teams
The following teams were announced as playing the 2019 tournaments:


2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 1
The Division 1 Tournament was held from 29 May to 1 June at Taipei Municipal Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan.


2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 2
The Division 2 Tournament was held from 15–18 May at Bang Bon Sport Center in Bangkok, Thailand.


2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 West
The Division 3 West tournament was held from 2–5 April in Doha, Qatar.


2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 West
Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).


2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 Central
The Division 3 Central tournament was held from 7–10 April in Lahore, Pakistan.


2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 Central
Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).


2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 East-South
The Division 3 East-South tournament was held from 23–29 June in Jakarta, Indonesia.


2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 East-South
Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).


2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a rugby sevens tournament scheduled to be held in Incheon on the 23-24 November 2019. This tournament serves as the 2020 Olympic Rugby Sevens regional qualifier, the winner of the tournament will collect direct qualification to the 2020 Summer Olympics, whilst the runner-up and third place finisher will advance to the Olympic repechage tournament.


2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Main Tournament, Teams
The teams rankings is based on where they finished in the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series


2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Main Tournament, Pool Stages
Teams were placed into each pool following their seeding in the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series.


2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
The 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series was the eleventh edition of Asia's continental sevens circuit. The lower-tier Trophy tournament, hosted in Indonesia, served as a qualifier, with the top team qualifying for the main series hosted in South Korea, China, and Sri Lanka.


2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Schedule
The official schedule for the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series was:


2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Trophy
The men's trophy event was held on 10–11 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia.


2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Series standings
Final standings over the three legs of the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series:


2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Incheon
The Korean leg of the series was held from 31 August to 1 September in Incheon.


2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Huizhou
The China leg of the series was held on 14–15 September in Huizhou.


2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Colombo
The Sri Lanka leg of the series was held on 28–29 September in Colombo.


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held on 9–10 November at Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Central Stadium in Guangzhou. Japan, as host, prequalified for the Olympic Games, and did not take part in this competition. The champion of the tournament, hosts China, qualify for the Asian continental berth in the 2020 Summer Olympics. The second and third-placed teams, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan, qualify to take part in a 2020 Olympic repechage tournament for one of two final berths in Tokyo.


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
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2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the twentieth edition of Asia's continental sevens tournament. The series was played over three legs in South Korea, China, and Sri Lanka.


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The top three teams earned qualification to the 2020–21 World Series Qualifier for a chance to earn core team status for the following World Series.


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Teams
The eight "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for 2019 are:


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Teams
Malaysia was promoted to core team status after winning the 2018 SevensTrophy in Singapore, replacing South Korea who were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed core team in 2018.


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Tour venues
The official schedule for the 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series is:


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Tournaments, South Korea
The tournament was held 31 August – 1 September in South Korea. All times in Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Tournaments, China
The tournament was held 14–15 September in Huizhou. All times in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Tournaments, Sri Lanka
The tournament was held 28–29 September in Colombo. All times in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30).


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Sevens Trophy
The Sevens Trophy tournament acts as a qualifier for the 2020 main series.


2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Sevens Trophy, Teams
South Korea were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed team in 2018 main series, replacing the 2018 Sevens Trophy winners Malaysia.


2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The 2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship was an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. It was the 32nd championship and underwent a major format change. For the first time the two Cups, the Asian Cup and the Pacific Cup, acted as qualifying events for a "Grand Final" at the China Rally Longyou where the highest qualified winner becomes the Asia-Pacific champion.


2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group R competing directly against Super 2000 cars.


2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The Pacific Cup began in New Zealand on 12 April and finished in Australia on 25 August after four rallies. The Asia Cup began in Japan on 6 June and finished on 27 October in China.


2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
New Zealanders won both Cups, Hyundai driver Hayden Paddon won the Pacific Cup while Toyota driver Mike Young won the Asia Cup. Young raced for the Asia-Pacific title and Paddon did not. A mechanical problem delayed Young on the first day of the deciding rally. Taiwanese Subaru driver Dewei Lin won the rally and the championship ahead of another New Zealander, Mazda driver Andrew Hawkeswood and Japanese Citroën driver, Suguru Kawana.


2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, Championship standings, Pacific Cup
The 2019 APRC Pacific Cup for Drivers points was as follows:


2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, Championship standings, Asia Cup
The 2019 APRC Asia Cup for Drivers points was as follows:


2019 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships
The 2019 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships were the 11th edition of the Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from October 10 to 12, 2019.


2019 Asian Airgun Championships
The 2019 Asian Airgun Championships were held at Gongxi Shooting Range, Taoyuan, Taiwan between 25 March and 2 April, 2019.


2019 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships
The 30th edition of the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships was held from April 19 to 26, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the first time in the tournament's history that men and women fought in the same championship.


2019 Asian Archery Championships
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2019 Asian Archery Championships
The 2019 Asian Archery Championships were the 21st edition of the Asian Archery Championships, and were held in Bangkok, Thailand from November 22, 2019 to November 28, 2019.


2019 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2019 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships was the eighth edition of the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 19 to 22 June, 2019.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships
The 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was the 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 21 to 24 April 2019 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. During the closing ceremony of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar India, President of Asian Athletics Association (AAA) Dahlan Al Hamad officially handed over the AAA Flag to Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary-General and Qatar Athletics Federation President Thani Abdulrahman Al Kuwari. The event was at the Khalifa International Stadium and served as the test event for the 2019 athletics World Championships which are being held at the same venue.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 21 April.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres event at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 21 and 22 April.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/, Heat 3: +0.9 m/s, Heat 4: +0.5 m/, Heat 5: -0.2 m/s


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/, Heat 3: +1.7 m/s


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 23 and 24 April.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +2.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s, Heat 3: +1.6 m/s


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 23 and 24 April.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 23 and 24 April.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: +2.7 m/s, Heat 4: +1.1 m/, Heat 5: +2.0 m/s


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s, Heat 3: +1.3 m/s


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 21 April.


2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 22 and 23 April.