1928/29 Ashes
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The Ashes, the legendary cricket series between England and Australia, began in 1877 with the first-ever Test match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The rivalry quickly grew after England lost to Australia on home soil in 1882, prompting a satirical obituary in The Sporting Times declaring that “English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.”
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Percy Chapman led the England team that toured Australia in 1928–29. England regained The Ashes easily, winning the first four Tests for a comprehensive 4–1 series victory.
England first came across a 20-year-old Don Bradman in the first Test in Brisbane; Bradman scored just 18 and 1, as England secured a mammoth 675-run victory. Bradman was promptly dropped for the next Test.
Wally Hammond was the real star for England having slammed double centuries at Sydney and Melbourne. In five consecutive Test innings, Hammond scored an incredible 779 runs at an average of 113, a record for a series at that time.
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