Plaque

The Ashes

Inscription

This plaque honours the loss England suffered against Australia at the Oval in 1882 as the birth of 'The Ashes'.
The Sporting Times printed an obituary of the death of English cricket: "The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia."
Surrey County Cricket Club
D. R. Studio London SE5.

The plaque does not appear on the latest Google Street View (March 2019) so would have been erected after then.

Site: The Ashes (1 memorial)

SE11, Kennington Oval, Hobbs Gates

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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