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Ashes Test series 1894-95: Australia v England – a panoramic view of an old rivalry at the SCG – Sydney Morning Herald
A look back at the Test described by Wisden as “probably the most sensational match ever played either in Australia or in England”.
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Welcome to the First Ashes Test of the 1894-95 series between Australia and an English touring party. Its early days in Ashes rivalry, ironically born after Australia won their first Test on English soil at Kensington Oval in 1882, and a satirical obit was published in The Sporting Times, lamenting English cricket had died, with “the ashes being taken to Australia”.
Many cricket historians, however, believe the seeds of the Ashes longevity were…
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