The Ashes

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The Ashes outside cricket

The popularity and reputation of the cricket series has led to many other events taking the name for England against Australia contests. The best-known and longest-running of these events is the rugby league contest between Great Britain and Australia (see Rugby League Ashes). The contest first started in 1908, the name being suggested by the touring Australians. Another example is in the British television show Gladiators, where two series were based around the Australia–England contest.

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Rugby league - Great Britain - Australia - Rugby League Ashes - 1908 - Gladiators

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The trophy also features in the science-fiction comedy novel Life, the Universe and Everything, the third "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" book by Douglas Adams.

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Science-fiction - Comedy - Novel - Life, the Universe and Everything - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams

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In the cinema, the Ashes featured in the film The Final Test, released in 1953, based on a television play by Terence Rattigan. It stars Jack Warner as an England cricketer playing the last Test of his career, which is the last of an Ashes series; the film contains cameo appearances from prominent contemporary Ashes cricketers including Jim Laker and Denis Compton.

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Film - Terence Rattigan - Jack Warner - Jim Laker - Denis Compton

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