1882 English cricket season 1882 English cricket season 1882 was the 96th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). England lost to Australia in the match which gave rise to the Ashes. Further details can be found in the articles History of Test cricket (to 1883) and The Ashes. An unofficial seasonal title sometimes proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted. Although there are ante-dated claims prior to 1873, when residence qualifications were introduced, it is only since that ruling that any quasi-official status can be ascribed.
Australia–England sports rivalries kept on chanting even when England were losing quite badly. Fanatics officially began in 1997 with the aim of forming an organised, passionate & patriotic support group that would follow Australian Sport at home & around the world. Australia–England sports rivalries Australia–England sports rivalries It is believed that the initial trigger of the Australia-England sporting rivalry began with an insulting article written in a local British Newspaper in the 19th century. “Nothing of interest comes from Australia except gold and black cricketers,” proclaimed the British Daily Telegraph in 1868 with a mixture of colonial arrogance and paternal intrigue. Australia and