<P> The Ashes urn is a small urn made of terracotta and standing 11 cm high, believed to contain the ashes of a burnt cricket bail . It was presented to Ivo Bligh, the captain of the England cricket team, as a personal gift after a friendly match hosted at Rupertswood mansion in Sunbury during the 1882--83 tour in Australia . After his death the urn was presented to the Marylebone Cricket Club, which has it on display at Lord's cricket ground in London . The urn has come to be strongly associated with' The Ashes', the prize for which England and Australia are said to compete in Test series between the two countries . </P> <P> On 29 August 1882 Australia defeated England in a cricket match played at Kennington Oval, London . There was a great deal of dismay felt by the English about this loss and a few days later a mock obituary notice written by Reginald Shirley Brooks appeared in the Sporting Times which read: </P>

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