Australian cricket team in England in 1882 Australian cricket team in England in 1882 The 1882 Australia v England series was at the time considered to be part of another first-class cricket tour of England, by a combined team from the Australian colonies, but the match arranged between the Australians and an England side was later accepted to be a Test match. Although it was not known at the time, the one-off match played at The Oval in south London would become the birth of The Ashes. The English side had lost the previous tour to Australia, but had remained undefeated at home by visiting Australian sides.
Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1835–1882 Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1835–1882 The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 reformed 178 existing boroughs. It also allowed for further towns to submit petitions for the grant of a charter of incorporation as a municipal borough. There were 62 such incorporations before the 1835 act was repealed and replaced by the Municipal Corporations Act 1882. Up to 1851, eighteen boroughs were incorporated: sixteen towns that had been enfranchised by the Reform Act 1832 and two of the boroughs unreformed in 1835 were brought under the act. In the following years a further six unreformed boroughs were incorporated and 38