Ashes
, symbol of victory in the usually
biennial
cricket
Test (international) match series between select national teams of
England
and
Australia
, first staged in 1877. Its name stems from an epitaph published in 1882 after the Australian team had won its first victory over England in England, at the Oval, London. The epitaph lamented that English cricket was dead and that its body would be
cremated
and the ashes sent to Australia. The following year an urn containing the ashes of a wicket bail was presented to the captain of the touring English team in Australia. The urn is now kept at
Lord’s Cricket Ground
, headquarters of the
Marylebone Cricket Club
, long the foremost British club.
Ashes results are provided in the table.
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years
|
winners
|
losers
|
margin of victory (wins-losses-draws)
|
1882?83
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?1?0
|
1884
|
England
|
Australia
|
1?0?2
|
1884?85
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?2?0
|
1886
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?0?0
|
1886?87
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?0?0
|
1887?88
|
England
|
Australia
|
1?0?0
|
1888
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?1?0
|
1890
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?0?0
|
1891?92
|
Australia
|
England
|
2?1?0
|
1893
|
England
|
Australia
|
1?0?2
|
1894?95
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?2?0
|
1896
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?1?0
|
1897?98
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?1?0
|
1899
|
Australia
|
England
|
1?0?4
|
1901?02
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?1?0
|
1902
|
Australia
|
England
|
2?1?2
|
1903?04
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?2?0
|
1905
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?0?3
|
1907?08
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?1?0
|
1909
|
Australia
|
England
|
2?1?2
|
1911?12
|
England
|
Australia
|
4?1?0
|
1912
|
England
|
Australia
|
1?0?2
|
1920?21
|
Australia
|
England
|
5?0?0
|
1921
|
Australia
|
England
|
3?0?2
|
1924?25
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?1?0
|
1926
|
England
|
Australia
|
1?0?4
|
1928?29
|
England
|
Australia
|
4?1?0
|
1930
|
Australia
|
England
|
2?1?2
|
1932?33
|
England
|
Australia
|
4?1?0
|
1934
|
Australia
|
England
|
2?1?2
|
1936?37
|
Australia
|
England
|
3?2?0
|
1938
|
draw
|
|
1?1?2
|
1946?47
|
Australia
|
England
|
3?0?2
|
1948
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?0?1
|
1950?51
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?1?0
|
1953
|
England
|
Australia
|
1?0?4
|
1954?55
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?1?1
|
1956
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?1?2
|
1958?59
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?0?1
|
1961
|
Australia
|
England
|
2?1?2
|
1962?63
|
draw
|
|
1?1?3
|
1964
|
Australia
|
England
|
1?0?4
|
1965?66
|
draw
|
|
1?1?3
|
1968
|
draw
|
|
1?1?3
|
1970?71
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?0?4
|
1972
|
draw
|
|
2?2?1
|
1974?75
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?1?1
|
1975
|
Australia
|
England
|
1?0?3
|
1977
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?0?2
|
1978?79
|
England
|
Australia
|
5?1?0
|
1981
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?1?2
|
1982?83
|
Australia
|
England
|
2?1?2
|
1985
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?1?2
|
1986?87
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?1?2
|
1989
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?0?2
|
1990?91
|
Australia
|
England
|
3?0?2
|
1993
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?1?1
|
1994?95
|
Australia
|
England
|
3?1?1
|
1997
|
Australia
|
England
|
3?2?1
|
1998?99
|
Australia
|
England
|
3?1?1
|
2001
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?1?0
|
2002?03
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?1?0
|
2005
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?1?2
|
2006?07
|
Australia
|
England
|
5?0?0
|
2009
|
England
|
Australia
|
2?1?2
|
2010?11
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?1?1
|
2013
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?0?2
|
2013?14
|
Australia
|
England
|
5?0?0
|
2015
|
England
|
Australia
|
3?2?0
|
2017?18
|
Australia
|
England
|
4?0?1
|