India, Jan. 23 -- When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn;

Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;

The welkin will ring loud,

The great crowd will feel proud,

Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;

And the rest coming home with the urn.

- The iconic satirical verse from the Melbourne Punch issue of February 1883, cut out and pasted on the Ashes trophy

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The story of how the Ashes got its name is well-known. It was August 1882 and the Australian cricket team were visiting England for a solitary Test at The Oval. In the second innings, as Australia toiled in tough conditions to set a respectable target for the home side, cricket's first superstar WG Grace had a particularly ungentlemanly moment.

The visiting capta...