2006-11-27 23:31:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
The first successful English Ashes captain was Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley in 1882-83.
He married Florence Rose Morphy, daughter of John Stephen Morphy, of Beechworth, Victoria, Australia in 1884 [2]. Florence had been a lady's companion and music teacher at a house, Rupertswood, where Bligh and the amateur gentlemen tourists, had stayed during his tour of Australia. It was she who presented the urn to Lords after Bligh's death.
2006-11-28 00:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley, known earlier in his life as The Honourable Ivo Bligh, was a cricketer who captained the English cricket team in the first ever Ashes series in Australia in 1882/3 which ws won by England..
He married Florence Rose Morphy, daughter of John Stephen Morphy, of Beechworth, Victoria, Australia in 1884 . Florence had been a lady's companion and music teacher at a house, Rupertswood, where Bligh and the amateur gentlemen tourists, had stayed during his tour of Australia. It was she who presented the Ashes urn to Lords after Bligh's death.
2006-11-28 21:15:40 · answer #2 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I didn't get your question: What was he successful at - winning the ashes or marrying?
2006-11-28 00:23:47 · answer #3 · answered by pressurekooker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose you are looking for Florence Morphy (http://www.thepeerage.com/p5672.htm#i56720 ) who married Ivo Bligh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivo_Bligh )
2006-11-28 00:07:59 · answer #4 · answered by Peter Cat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry i dont know
2006-11-27 23:54:23 · answer #5 · answered by achuadas 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋