The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Jack Hobbs and W. G. Grace being among those to be honoured individually. Also, a player may receive the award only once in his career, although again this was not always the case in former years - Hobbs was given a second award in 1926 to honour his breaking W. G. Grace's record of 126 first class hundreds, and Plum Warner received a second award for his last season in first class cricket when he led Middlesex to a county championship win. Wisden Cricketers Almanack is by far the best known reference book concerned with the sport of cricket and probably the most famous reference book about any sport published in the United Kingdom. ...
Sir Jack Berry Hobbs,KBE (born 16 December 1882 in Cambridge, England, died 21 December 1963 in Hove, Sussex) played cricket for Surrey and England. ...
William Gilbert Grace (July 18, 1848–October 23, 1915) was an English cricketer who, by his extraordinary skills, made cricket perhaps the first modern spectator sport, and who developed most of the techniques of modern batting. ...
1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Sir Pelham Francis Warner, affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or the Grand Old Man of English cricket was born on 2 October 1873 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and died on 30 January 1963 at West Lavington, Sussex. ...
Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named for the historic county of Middlesex. ...
Wisden Leading Cricketer of the World award was introduced. The Wisden Leading Cricketer of the World award was introduced in 2004 to complement the long standing Wisden Cricketer of the Year awards, which are still given to five players each year. ...
List of Cricketers of the Year
2005 - Ashley Giles , Steve Harmison , Robert Key , Andrew Strauss , Marcus Trescothick 2004 - Chris Adams , Andrew Flintoff , Ian Harvey , Gary Kirsten , Graeme Smith 2003 - Matthew Hayden , Adam Hollioake , Nasser Hussain , Shaun Pollock , Michael Vaughan 2002 - Andy Flower , Adam Gilchrist , Jason Gillespie , V.V.S. Laxman , Damien Martyn 2001 - Mark Alleyne , Martin Bicknell , Andrew Caddick , Justin Langer , Darren Lehmann 2000 - Chris Cairns , Rahul Dravid , Lance Klusener , Tom Moody , Saqlain Mushtaq 1999 - Ian Austin , Darren Gough , Muttiah Muralitharan , Arjuna Ranatunga , Jonty Rhodes 1998 - Matthew Elliott , Stuart Law , Glenn McGrath , Matthew Maynard, Graham Thorpe 1997 - Sanath Jayasuriya , Mushtaq Ahmed , Saeed Anwar , Phil Simmons, Sachin Tendulkar 1996 - Dominic Cork , Aravinda de Silva , Angus Fraser , Anil Kumble , Dermot Reeve 1995 - Brian Lara , Devon Malcolm , Tim Munton , Steve Rhodes , Kepler Wessels 1994 - David Boon , Ian Healy , Merv Hughes , Shane Warne , Steve Watkin 1993 - Nigel Briers, Martyn Moxon, Ian Salisbury, Alec Stewart , Wasim Akram 1992 - Curtly Ambrose , Phillip DeFreitas , Allan Donald , Richie Richardson , Waqar Younis 1991 - Mike Atherton , Mohammed Azharuddin , Alan Butcher, Desmond Haynes , Mark Waugh 1990 - Jimmy Cook, Dean Jones , Jack Russell , Robin Smith , Mark Taylor 1989 - Kim Barnett , Jeff Dujon , Phil Neale, Franklyn Stephenson, Steve Waugh 1988 - Jonathan Agnew , Neil Foster, David Hughes, Peter Roebuck, Saleem Malik 1987 - John Childs, Graeme Hick , Dilip Vengsarkar , Courtney Walsh , John Whitaker1986 - Phil Bainbridge, Richard Ellison, Craig McDermott , Neal Radford , Tim Robinson1985 - Martin Crowe , Larry Gomes, Geoff Humpage, Jack Simmons, Sidath Wettimuny1984 - Mohinder Amarnath , Jeremy Coney, John Emburey , Mike Gatting , Chris Smith 1983 - Imran Khan , Trevor Jesty, Alvin Kallicharran, Kapil Dev , Malcolm Marshall 1982 - Terry Alderman , Allan Border , Richard Hadlee , Javed Miandad , Rod Marsh 1981 - Kim Hughes , Robin Jackman, Allan Lamb , Clive Rice, Pieter van der Bijl1980 - Joel Garner , Sunil Gavaskar , Graham Gooch , Derek Randall , Brian Rose1979 - David Gower , John Lever, Chris Old, Clive Radley, John Shepherd1978 - Ian Botham , Mike Hendrick, A Jones, KS McEwan, Bob Willis 1977 - Mike Brearley , Gordon Greenidge , Michael Holding , Vivian Richards , Bob Taylor 1976 - Ian Chappell , PG Lee, RB McCosker, David Steele , Bob Woolmer 1975 - Dennis Amiss, Mike Denness , Norman Gifford , Tony Greig , Andy Roberts 1974 - KD Boyce, BE Congdon, Keith Fletcher , RC Fredericks, PJ Sainsbury1973 - Greg Chappell , Dennis Lillee , RAL Massie, John Snow , Keith Stackpole1972 - Geoff Arnold, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar , Lance Gibbs, B Taylor, Zaheer Abbas 1971 - JD Bond, Clive Lloyd , Brian Luckhurst , Glenn Turner , Roy Virgin1970 - BF Butcher, Alan Knott , Majid Khan, Mike Procter , David Shepherd 1969 - JG Binks, DM Green, Barry Richards , Derek Underwood , Ossie Wheatley1968 - Asif Iqbal, Hanif Mohammad , Ken Higgs , JM Parks, MAK Pataudi 1967 - Bob Barber, Basil D'Oliveira , Colin Milburn, JT Murray, SM Nurse1966 - KC Bland, John Edrich , RC Motz, Peter Pollock, Graeme Pollock 1965 - Geoffrey Boycott , PJP Burge, Jack Flavell, GD McKenzie, Bob Simpson 1964 - Brian Close , Charlie Griffith, Conrad Hunte, Rohan Kanhai, Garry Sobers 1963 - Don Kenyon, Mushtaq Mohammad, Peter Parfitt, PJ Sharpe, Fred Titmus1962 - Bill Alley , Richie Benaud , Alan Davidson , Bill Lawry , NC O'Neill1961 - Neil Adcock, Ted Dexter , RA McLean, Raman Subba Row, JV Wilson1960 - Ken Barrington , Donald Carr , Ray Illingworth , Geoff Pullar, MJK Smith 1959 - HL Jackson, RE Marshall, CA Milton, JR Reid, Derek Shackleton 1958 - Peter Loader, Arthur McIntyre, OG Smith, MJ Stewart, Clyde Walcott 1957 - Dennis Brookes, JW Burke, MJ Hilton, GRA Langley, PE Richardson1957 - Colin Cowdrey , Doug Insole, DJ McGlew, Hugh Tayfield, Frank Tyson1955 - Bruce Dooland, Fazal Mahmood , Eric Hollies , Brian Statham , GE Tribe1954 - Neil Harvey , Tony Lock , Keith Miller , Johnny Wardle, Willie Watson1953 - Harold Gimblett , Tom Graveney , David Sheppard , Stuart Surridge, Fred Trueman 1952 - R Appleyard, HE Dollery, Jim Laker , Peter May , Eric Rowan1951 - Godfrey Evans, Sonny Ramadhin, Alf Valentine, Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell 1950 - Trevor Bailey, Roly Jenkins, JG Langridge, RT Simpson, B Sutcliffe1949 - Lindsay Hassett , WA Johnston , RR Lindwall , AR Morris , Don Tallon1948 - MP Donnelly, A Melville, AD Nourse, JDB Robertson, NWD Yardley 1947 - Alec Bedser , LB Fishlock, MH Mankad , TPB Smith, Cyril Washbrook1940 - Learie Constantine , Bill Edrich, WW Keeton, WFF Price, AB Sellers1939 - HT Bartlett , WA Brown , Denis Compton , Kenneth Farnes, A Wood1938 - Tom Goddard , J Hardstaff, Leonard Hutton , JH Parks, Eddie Paynter1937 - Charlie Barnett, Bill Copson, Alf Gover, Vijay Merchant , TS Worthington1936 - HB Cameron, ERT Holmes, Bruce Mitchell, D Smith, AW Wellard1935 - Stan McCabe, WJ O'Reilly , GAE Paine, Bill Ponsford, CIJ Smith1934 - Fred Bakewell , George Headley , MS Nichols, LF Townsend, CF Walters1933 - WE Astill, FR Brown , Alec Kennedy, CK Nayudu, Bill Voce 1932 - WE Bowes , CS Dempster, James Langridge, Nawab of Pataudi, snr , Hedley Verity1931 - Donald Bradman , Clarrie Grimmett , BH Lyon, IAR Peebles, Maurice Turnbull1930 - Ted Bowley, KS Duleepsinhji , HGO Owen-Smith, Walter Robins , Bob Wyatt 1929 - Leslie Ames , George Duckworth, Maurice Leyland, SJ Staples, Jack White 1928 - RC Blunt, C Hallows, Wally Hammond , Douglas Jardine , VWC Jupp1927 - George Geary, Harold Larwood , Jack Mercer, Bert Oldfield , Bill Woodfull 1926 - Jack Hobbs 1925 - RH Catterall, JCW MacBryan, HW Taylor, RK Tyldesley, WW Whysall1924 - Arthur Gilligan , Roy Kilner, George Macaulay, Cecil Parkin, Maurice Tate 1923 - Arthur Carr , Tich Freeman , CWL Parker , CAG Russell, Andy Sandham1922 - H Ashton, JL Bryan, Jack Gregory, Charlie Macartney, Ted McDonald1921 - Plum Warner 1920 - A Ducat, EH Hendren , Percy Holmes, Herbert Sutcliffe , Ernest Tyldesley1919 - PW Adams, Percy Chapman , AC Gore, LP Hedges, NE Partridge1918 - HL Calder, JDE Firth, CH Gibson, GA Rotherham, Greville Stevens 1915 - JWHT Douglas , Percy Fender , HTW Hardinge, DJ Knight, SG Smith1914 - Major Booth, George Gunn, JW Hitch, Albert Relf, Lionel Tennyson 1913 - John Wisden1912 - Frank Foster , JW Hearne , SP Kinneir, Phil Mead , Herbert Strudwick 1911 - HK Foster, A Hartley, Charlie Llewellyn, WC Smith , FE Woolley1910 - Warren Bardsley , Sydney Barnes , Douglas Carr, AP Day, VS Ransford1909 - Walter Brearley, Lord Hawke , Jack Hobbs , A Marshal, JT Newstead1908 - Albert Hallam , Reginald Schwarz, Frank Tarrant , Bert Vogler, Thomas Wass 1907 - JN Crawford, Arthur Fielder, Ernie Hayes, Kenneth Hutchings, Neville Knox1906 - David Denton , WS Lees, George Thompson , Joe Vine, LG Wright1905 - Bernard Bosanquet , EA Halliwell, J Hallows, Percy Perrin, Reggie Spooner1904 - C Blythe , JR Gunn, AE Knight , Walter Mead, Plum Warner 1903 - Warwick Armstrong , CJ Burnup, James Iremonger, JJ Kelly, Victor Trumper 1902 - Len Braund, Charlie McGahey, F Mitchell, WG Quaife, Johnny Tyldesley1901 - Tip Foster , Schofield Haigh , George Hirst , HD Stratton, TL Taylor1900 - Joe Darling , Clem Hill , Arthur Jones , Monty Noble , Robert Poore1899 - Wilfred Rhodes , William Storer, Charlie Townsend , Albert Trott , William Lockwood 1898 - FG Bull, WR Cuttell, NF Druce, Gilbert Jessop , JR Mason1897 - SE Gregory , Dick Lilley, KS Ranjitsinhji , Tom Richardson , Hugh Trumble 1896 - WG Grace 1895 - Bill Brockwell , JT Brown, CB Fry , TW Hayward, Archie MacLaren 1894 - George Giffen , Alec Hearne, FS Jackson , GHS Trott, Edward Wainwright1893 - HT Hewett, LCH Palairet, Walter Read , SW Scott, Andrew Stoddart 1892 - William Attewell , JT Hearne , F Martin, AW Mold , John Sharpe 1891 - Jack Blackham , Gregor MacGregor, Dick Pilling, M Sherwin, H Wood1890 - Bobby Abel , Billy Barnes, Billy Gunn, Louis Hall , R Henderson, JM Read, Arthur Shrewsbury , Frank Sugg, A Ward1889 - George Lohmann , Johnny Briggs , John Ferris , CTB Turner , Sammy Woods , Bobby Peel
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Wisden was born at 15 Hampden Place, Brighton, but moved to London after his father Thomas died. He retired from cricket in 1863 at the relatively early age of 37 as a result of rheumatism; he started publishing his annual cricketers ' almanac the next year . He was posthumously selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1913 , 50 years after his retirement from first-class cricket .
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