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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2005

The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack yearbook. The award is based primarily, although not exclusively, on the players' "influence on the previous English season". From 2000 to 2003, the award was made based on all cricket around the world, but this ended in 2004 when the Wisden Leading Cricketer of the World award was introduced. Image File history File links Cover of the 2005 edition of Wisden Cricketers Almanack. ... Image File history File links Cover of the 2005 edition of Wisden Cricketers Almanack. ... Wisden is the main publisher of information on cricket in the United Kingdom. ... Cricket is a team sport played between two groups of eleven players each. ... 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. ...


Since 1926, and apart from the period from 1941 to 1946 when there was little first-class cricket due to the Second World War, five players have been named each year. This practice was usually, but not invariably, followed in earlier years. Only four players have been honoured individually: W. G. Grace (1896), John Wisden (1913), Plum Warner (1921) and Jack Hobbs (1926). 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 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. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... John Wisden (5 September 1826 – 5 April 1884) was an English cricketer who played 186 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 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. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Sir John Berry Jack Hobbs, KBE (born 16 December 1882 in Cambridge, England, died 21 December 1963 in Hove, Sussex) played cricket for Surrey and England. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


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. 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 after the historic county of Middlesex which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ...

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List of Cricketers of the Year

Since 1981

2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ashley Fraser Giles (born in Chertsey, Surrey, on 19 March 1973) is an English cricketer who plays Test cricket for the England cricket team and county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. ... Stephen James Harmison (born 23 October 1978, Ashington, Northumberland) is an England cricketer, and a leading Test match fast bowler. ... Robert William Trevor Key (born East Dulwich, London on 12 May 1979) is an English cricketer who plays for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. ... Andrew John Strauss (born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 2 March 1977) is an English cricketer. ... Marcus Edward Trescothick (born in Keynsham, Somerset on 25 December 1975) is an English cricketer who plays Test cricket for the England cricket team and County cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christopher John Adams (born May 6, 1970 in Whitwell, Derbyshire) is an English cricketer who represented his nation at Test and one-day international level. ... Andrew Freddie Flintoff (born December 6, 1977, Preston) is an English cricketer and one of the best all-round cricketers in the world. ... Ian Joseph Harvey was born in Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia on 10 July 1972. ... Gary Kirsten (born 23 November 1967) was a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman. ... Graeme Craig Smith (born 1 February 1981 in Johannesburg) became the youngest ever captain of the South African cricket team at the age of 22 when he was selected to take over from Shaun Pollock after the 2003 cricket World Cup. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Matthew Lawrence Hayden (29th October, 1971) is an Australian and Queensland cricketer. ... Adam John Hollioake (born 5 September 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) was an all-round cricketer. ... Nasser Hussain (born March 28, 1968, Madras), Essex and England cricketer. ... Shaun Pollock (born July 16, 1973 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African cricketer, more specifically a fast-medium bowler. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andrew Andy Flower (born 28 April 1968 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a cricket player for Zimbabwe. ... Adam Craig Gilchrist (Gilly) (born 14 November 1971 in Bellingen, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. ... Jason Neil Gillespie (born April 19, 1975 in Sydney) is an Australian cricketer (right arm fast bowler). ... Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman (born November 1, 1974, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh), better known as V. V. S. Laxman, is a member of the Indian national cricket team. ... Damien Richard Martyn (born October 21, 1971 in Darwin) is an Australian cricketer. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Mark Wayne Alleyne (born 23 May 1968 in Tottenham, London) is an English all-round cricketer who made ten One-Day International appearances for England between 1998/99 and 2000/01. ... Martin Bicknell is an English cricketer. ... Andrew Richard Caddick (born 21 November 1968) is an England cricketer. ... Justin Lee Langer (born 21 November 1970 in Perth) is an Australian cricketer, more specificially a left-handed batsman. ... Darren Lehmann is an Australian cricketer, primarily a left-handed batsman. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Christopher Lance Cairns (born 1970 June 13) is a champion all-rounder who plays for the New Zealand international cricket team, the Black Caps, and son of former New Zealand cricketer Lance Cairns. ... Rahul Sharad Dravid (born January 11, 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh) is an Indian cricketer, a member of the Indian cricket team since 1996. ... Lance Klusener (born on September 4, 1971 in Durban, South Africa) is a cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. ... Thomas Masson Moody (born October 2, 1965, Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian cricketer. ... Saqlain Mushtaq (born December 29, 1976) is a Pakistani cricketer and member of the Pakistani cricket team since 1995. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Ian David Austin (born 30 May 1966 in Haslingden, Lancashire) is an English cricketer. ... Darren Gough (born September 18, 1970, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Arjuna Ranatunga is a Sri Lankan Sri Lanka. ... Jonathan Neil Rhodes (born July 26, 1969 in Pietermaritzburg), better known as Jonty, is a South African cricketer, famous for his fielding skills. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Matthew Elliott is an Australian cricketer. ... Stuart Grant Law (born 18 October 1968 in Herston, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer, although he now has British citizenship and has settled in England. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Matthew Peter Maynard (born March 21, 1966, Oldham, Lancashire) was a skilled batsman and, later in his career, wicketkeeper famed for his aggressive and dashing strokeplay. ... Graham Paul Thorpe (born August 1, 1969 in Farnham, Surrey) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey County Cricket Club and England. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (born June 30, 1969 in Matara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1989. ... Mushtaq Ahmed (born 28 June 1970 in Sahiwal) is a Pakistani cricketer, more specifically a leg spin bowler. ... Saeed Anwar (b. ... Philip Veraint Simmons (born April 18, 1963 in Trinidad) was a skilled all-round crickter who played as an opening batsman a useful bowler and a talented slip fielder. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Dominic Gerald Cork (born 7 August 1971 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire) is an English cricketer who bowls swing and seam. ... Aravinda De Silva (born 17 October 1965 in Colombo) was a Sri Lankan cricketer, and is considered one of the finest batsmen ever produced by the country. ... Angus Robert Charles Fraser (born 8 August 1965, in Billinge, Lancashire) was an English cricketer. ... Anil Radhakrishna Kumble (pronounced COOM-bley) (born October 17, 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer and has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 1990. ... Dermot Alexander Reeve (born Kowloon, Hong Kong, 2 April 1963) was an England cricketer, known as an unorthodox all-rounder. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Devon Eugene Malcolm (born 22 February 1963) was an English cricketer. ... Timothy Alan Munton (born 30 July 1965 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire) was an English cricketer. ... Steven John Rhodes (born 17 June 1964 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... David Boon David Clarence Boon (Born December 29, 1960, in Launceston, Tasmania) is one of Tasmanias most famous cricketers and personalities. ... Ian Andrew Healy (born April 30, 1964 in Brisbane) was an Australian cricketer. ... Mervyn Hughes was an Australian cricketer. ... Shane Keith Warne (born September 13, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian cricketer, and captain of Hampshire. ... Steven Llewellyn Watkin (born 15 September 1964 in Duffryn Rhondda, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales) was a cricketer with Glamorgan County Cricket Club and England. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Ian David Kenneth Salisbury (born 21 January 1970 in Northampton) is an English cricketer, one of the few leg-spinners to play Test cricket for England in recent years. ... Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April 1963) is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman and former captain of the English cricket team. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose (b. ... Phillip Anthony Jason DeFreitas (born 18 February 1966 in Scotts Head, Dominica) is a former England cricketer. ... Allan Anthony Donald, (born October 20, 1966, Bloemfontein) was one of South Africas best ever cricketers, specifically one of their finest bowlers. ... Richard Benjamin Richardson was born January 12th 1962 in Five Islands Village, Antigua. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Andrew Atherton (born March 23, 1968, in Oldham) is a broadcaster, journalist and retired cricket player. ... Mohammed Azharuddin. ... Alan Raymond Butcher (born January 7, 1954) was an English cricketer who is part of a family know for its strong cricketing connections. ... Desmond Haynes was a West Indian cricketer. ... Mark Edward Waugh AM (born June 2, 1965) is a well-loved Australian cricketer. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dean Mervyn Jones was (born March 24, 1961) in Coburg, Victoria and was an Australian Cricketer. ... Robert Charles Russell (known as Jack) Born: 15 August 1963, Stroud, Gloucestershire Major Teams: Gloucestershire, England. ... Robin Arnold Smith (born 13 September 1963, Durban, South Africa) was a cricketer for Hampshire and England. ... Mark Anthony Tubby Taylor (born 27 October 1964 in Leeton, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player and Test opening batsman from 1988–1999, as well as captain from 1994–1999, succeeding Allan Border. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kim John Barnett (born Stoke-on-Trent, 17 July 1960) was an English cricketer. ... Jeff Dujon was a West Indian cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jonathan Philip Agnew is an English cricket broadcaster and former professional cricketer. ... David Paul Hughes (born 13 May 1947 in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire) was an English cricketer. ... Salim Malik (born April 16, 1963) is a former Pakistani cricketer, who is now banned from cricket because of his involvement in betting and match-fixing. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May 1966) is a former England cricketer. ... Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar (born April 6, 1956 in Rajapur, Maharashtra) was an Indian cricketer. ... Courtney Andrew Walsh (born October 30, 1962, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former international cricketer (fast bowler) who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Craig McDermott (born April 14, 1965), in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia and was an Australian cricketer. ... Neal Victor Radford (born 7 June 1957) was an English cricketer. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Martin David Crowe (born September 22, 1962) is a former New Zealand cricket player. ... Larry Gomes (born July 13, 1953) was a former West Indian cricketer. ... Sidath Wettimuny (born 12 August 1956, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Test cricket and One-day internationals as a opening batsman from 1982 to 1987. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mohinder Amarnath is an Indian cricketer. ... Jeremy Vernon Coney (born 21 June 1952, Wellington) was a New Zealand cricketer, who played 52 Test matches and 88 ODIs for New Zealand, captaining them in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs. ... John Ernest Emburey (born 20 August 1952 in Peckham) is a former English cricketer who played for Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Western Province, Berkshire CCC and England. ... Michael William Gatting (born June 6, 1957) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club. ... Christopher Lyall Smith (born 15 October 1958, Durban, South Africa) was a cricketer for Hampshire and England. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Imran Khan (Mohammad Imran Khan Niazi; born November 25, 1952), was a Pakistani cricketer (1971–1992) and captain of the Pakistani cricket team. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj, better known as Kapil was born on January 6, 1959, in Chandigarh, India. ... Malcolm Marshall was a West Indian cricketer. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terrance Michael Alderman was born in Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia on June 12th 1956. ... Allan Robert Border (born July 27, 1955 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricket captain. ... Sir Richard John Hadlee KBE (born July 3, 1951), New Zealand cricketer (national team known as the Black Caps), and universally regarded as their best-ever. ... Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan (born June 12, 1957), popularly called Javed Miandad, was born in Karachi, Pakistan. ... Rodney William Marsh (born Armadale, Perth, Australia November 4, 1947) was an Australian Wicket keeper. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kimberley John Hughes (born January 26, 1954 at Margaret River Western Australia) was an Australian Cricket captain. ... Allan Joseph Lamb (born 20 June 1954) is a former English cricketer. ...

Since World War II, to 1980

1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Joel Garner (born December 16, 1952) also known as Big Joel or Big Bird, was a West Indian cricket player. ... Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (born July 10, 1949 at Bombay, Maharashtra), nicknamed Sunny, was a cricket player during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. ... Graham Alan Gooch (born July 23, 1953) is a former English cricketer. ... Derek Randall, known to cricket fans as Arkle after the famous racehorse but always Rags to himself, was a Nottinghamshire and England batsman of the late seventies and early eighties beloved far beyond what his figures might suggest. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... David Ivon Gower (born April 1, 1957) is a famous cricketer, former captain of the England side. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Robert (Bob) George Dylan Willis (born in Sunderland 30 May 1949) is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... John Michael Brearley (born in Harrow, Middlesex, on 28 April 1942) was a cricketer who captained the England cricket team in 31 of his 39 Test matches, winning 17 and losing only 4. ... Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge was a West Indian cricketer, born May 1, 1951 in Black Bess, St. ... Michael Anthony Holding (born February 16, 1954) was a West Indian cricketer. ... Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, Viv Richards), a former West-Indian cricketer, was born in St Johns, Antigua on 7 March 1952. ... Robert William (Bob) Taylor (born July 17, 1941, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire and England. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ian Michael Chappell (born September 26, 1943 in Adelaide) is a former Australian cricket player. ... Richard Bede McCosker (born December 11, 1946, Inverell, New South Wales) is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer. ... David Stanley Steele, born: 29 September 1941, Bradeley, Staffordshire became a British sporting hero when Tony Greig picked him for the English cricket team in 1975. ... Robert Andrew Woolmer, (born May 14, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India), more commonly known as Bob Woolmer, is a professional cricket coach known for having coached the South African cricket team. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Dennis Leslie Amiss (born April 7, 1943 in Harborne, Birmingham, Warwickshire) was an English cricketer, who played cricket for both Warwickshire County Cricket Club and England. ... External reference Cricinfo page on Mike Denness Categories: Cricket stubs | 1940 births | Scottish cricketers | English cricketers | English batsmen | Kent cricketers | Essex cricketers | English ODI cricketers | English test cricketers | English cricket captains | Wisden Cricketers of the Year ... Norman Gifford was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. ... Anthony Tony William Greig (born October 6, 1946), normally known as Tony, is a famous ex-cricketer. ... Anderson Montgomery Everton Andy Roberts (born 29 January 1951 on the island of Antigua in the West Indies) is a former West Indian cricketer. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Bevan (Bev) Ernest Congdon OBE (born 11 February 1938, Motueka) is a former New Zealand all-rounder who played 61 Test matches from 1965 to 1978. ... Keith William Robert Fletcher (nickname: The Gnome of Essex) is a former English cricketer who played for Essex and England. ... Roy Clifton Fredericks (born 11 November 1942, Blairmont, British Guyana, died 5 September 2000, New York, USA) was a West Indian cricketer who played from 1968 to 1977. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Gregory Stephen Chappell (born August 7, 1948) is a former Australian cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Robert (Bob) Arnold Lockyer Massie (born April 14, 1947 in Perth, Western Australia) is a former Western Australian and Australian medium-fast bowler. ... There have been several people named John Snow: John Snow, the founder of epidemiology John W. Snow, US businessman and politician John Snow, English cricketer See also: Jon Snow, British newsreader This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Keith Raymond Stackpole (Stacky) (born July 10, 1940, Collingwood, Victoria) is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (born 1945) is a former Indian cricketer, more specifically a leg spin bowler. ... Lancelot Richard Gibbs (born 29 September 1934 in Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]) was a West Indies cricketer, one of the most successful spin bowlers in Test cricket history. ... Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani (born 24 July 1947) is a former Pakistani cricketer. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Clive Hubert Lloyd, born 31 August 1944 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), is a former West Indies cricketer. ... Brian William Luckhurst (February 5, 1939-March 1, 2005) was an English cricketer who was born in Sittingbourne, Kent, played his entire county career for Kent County Cricket Club. ... Glenn Maitland Turner (b. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Alan Philip Eric Knott (born April 9, 1946) was an English cricketer, a wicket-keeper-batsman for the England Test side between 1967 and 1981. ... Majid Khan is a former cricket player, specialist batsman and former captain of the Pakistan cricket team. ... Mike Procter (born Michael John Procter September 7, 1946) was a South African cricketer. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... James Graham Jimmy Binks, born October 5, 1935, was a cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper for Yorkshire. ... Barry Richards (born July 21 1945) was one of South Africas finest ever cricketers and arguably the greatest opening batsman produced by his country. ... Derek Underwood is an English cricketer born on June 8, 1945. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Hanif Mohammed (born 21 December 1934 in Junagadh, Gujarat, India) was one of Pakistans greatest cricketers, playing for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between 1952/53 and 1969/70 and averaging a fine 43. ... Ken(neth) Higgs (born January 14, 1937, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England) was an English fast-medium bowler who was most successful as the opening partner to the incomparable Brian Statham with Lancashire in the 1960s. ... Mansur Ali Khan, Nawab of Pataudi, junior, (born 5 January 1941, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India) is a former Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert (Bob) William Barber (born on 26 September 1935 in Withington, Manchester, Lancashire, England) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Lancashire and Warwickshire from 1954 to 1969. ... Basil Lewis DOliveira (born 4 October 1931) is a retired cricketer. ... John Thomas Murray MBE is a former English cricketer. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Kenneth Colin Bland, born April 5, 1938, was a cricketer who played for South Africa. ... John Hugh Edrich (born 21 June 1937) in Blofield, Norfolk, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey and England. ... Richard Charles Motz (b. ... Peter Maclean Pollock, (born June 30, 1941, Pietermaritzburg, Natal) has played an ongoing rule in the South Africa cricket team as a player, selector and father to a future captain. ... Robert Graeme Pollock (born February 27, 1944, Durban, Natal) is one of South Africas most famous cricketers. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Peter John Parnell Burge (1932-2001) was an Australian cricketer who played in 42 Tests between 1955 and 1966. ... Graham (Garth) Douglas McKenzie (born June 24, 1941, Perth, Western Australia) is a former Australian and Western Australian cricketer. ... Robert (Bob) Baddeley Simpson (born February 3, 1936 in Sydney, Australia) is a cricketer who played first-class cricket for New South Wales and Western Australia as well as Test cricket for Australia. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Brian Close - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Sir Conrad Cleophas Hunte (May 9, 1932, St Andrew, Barbados - December 3, 1999, Sydney, New South Wales) was a West Indian cricketer and one of the best opening batsmen the West Indies has ever had. ... Rohan Bholalall Kanhai(born December 26, 1935 in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana) was a West Indian batsman in the late fifties, sixties and early seventies. ... Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers (born July 28, 1936 in Barbados), better known as Garry Sobers, was a West Indies cricket player. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Overview Frederick John Titmus (born November 24, 1932 in Kentish Town, London) was an English cricketer whose first-class career spanned five decades. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... William (Bill) Edward Alley (born 3 February 1919 in Sydney, Australia; died 26 November 2004 in Taunton, Somerset, England) was a cricketer who played 400 first class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth XI. Whilst in Australia, Alley was also a middleweight boxer, and was undefeated in... Richard Richie Benaud (born October 6, 1930) is an Australian cricketer and latterly cricket commentator and writer. ... Alan Keith Davidson (born June 14, 1929, Lisarow, Gosford, New South Wales) was a leading Australian cricketer of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Bill (William Morris) Lawry (born 11 February 1937, Melbourne) was an Australian cricketer. ... Norman Clifford ONeill (born February 19, 1937 in Carlton, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricket player who played for New South Wales and Australia. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Edward Ralph Ted Dexter (born May 15, 1935 in Milan, Italy) is a former cricketer. ... Raman Subba Row, born January 29, 1932, was a cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kenneth Frank Barrington, generally known as Ken Barrington, was an English cricketer who played for the English test team and Surrey County Cricket Club. ... Donald Bryce Carr (born 28 December 1926) is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire, Oxford University and England. ... Raymond (Ray) Illingworth (born 8 June 1932) is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. ... Geoffrey Pullar, born at Swinton, Manchester, August 1, 1935, was a cricketer who played for Lancashire, Gloucestershire and England. ... Michael John Knight Smith (born June 30, 1933 in Leicester) is an English cricket player. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Herbert Leslie Jackson, born 5 April 1921, was a cricketer who bowled at fast or fast-medium pace for more than a dozen years for Derbyshire and was regularly at or near the top of the English bowling averages. ... John Richard Reid (born 3 June 1928, Auckland) was a New Zealand cricketer, who captained New Zealand for 34 Tests. ... Derek Shackleton (born August 12, 1924, Todmorden, Yorkshire, England) was a Hampshire and England bowler who influenced the trend of short-of-a-length medium-pace bowling that was responsible for the declining attractiveness of English first-class cricket during the 1950s and 1960s. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ONeil Gordon Collie Smith (born 5 May 1933 in Kingston, Jamaica - died 9 September 1959 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England was a West Indian cricketer. ... Clyde Leopold Walcott (born 17 January 1926 in St. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dennis Brookes, born October 29, 1915, Kippax, Leeds, was a cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and in one test match for England. ... Malcolm Jameson Hilton, born August 2, 1928 and died July 8, 1990, was a cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. ... Gilbert (Gil) Roche Andrews Langley (September 14, 1919 in North Adelaide, South Australia - May 14, 2001 in Adelaide) was a South Australian and Australian wicket-keeper. ... Peter Edward Richardson, born July 4, 1931, was a cricketer who played for Worcestershire, Kent and England. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Frank Holmes Tyson (born 6 June 1930 in Farnworth, Lancashire) was an England cricketer. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fazal Mahmood Fazal Mahmood a. ... Eric Hollies was an English cricketer who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradmans final Test match innings. ... (John) Brian Statham (born June 17, 1930, Manchester; died June 10, 2000, Stockport, Cheshire) was one of the finest bowlers in the history of cricket. ... George Edward Tribe, born October 4, 1920, was a cricketer who played with great success for Victoria immediately after the Second World War and took part in three test matches under Donald Bradman in 1946/47. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Neil Harvey (born October 8, 1928 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian cricketer. ... Graham Anthony Richard Lock (5 July 1929 - 29 March 1995) was an English cricketer who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. ... Keith Ross Miller (born 28 November 1919, died 11 October 2004, Melbourne, Australia) was a famous Australian Test cricketer and World War II pilot. ... Johnny Wardle (John Henry Wardle; born January 8, 1923, Ardsley, Yorkshire, England; died: July 23, 1985, Hatfield, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England) was one of the best spin bowlers in postwar cricket. ... William Willie Watson, born March 7, 1920 and died April 23, 2004, was a cricketer who played for Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Harold Gimblett born October 19, 1914, Bicknoller, Somerset, died March 30, 1978, Dewlands Park, Verwood, Dorset was a brilliant strokeplayer who played cricket for Somerset and England. ... Thomas William Graveney (born 16 June 1927) is a former English cricketer and the president of the Marylebone Cricket Club for 2004/5. ... The Right Reverend Lord Sheppard of Liverpool (born David Stuart Sheppard, 6 March 1929 in Reigate, Surrey) is a former English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Sussex and England. ... Frederick Sewards Trueman (born February 6, 1931 in Stainton, Yorkshire) was an English cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bob Appleyard (Robert Appleyard; born June 27, 1924, Wibsey, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) was one of the best English bowlers of the 1950s, a decade which saw England develop its strongest bowling attack of the twentieth century. ... Horace Edgar Tom Dollery, born October 15, 1914 and died January 20, 1987, was a cricketer who played for England and Warwickshire. ... James Charles (Jim) Laker (February 9, 1922, Frizinghall, near Bradford, Yorkshire–April 23, 1986, Putney, London) was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s. ... Peter Barker Howard May, C.B.E. was born( 31 December 1929 in Reading, Berkshire and died on 27 December 1994) in Liphook, Hampshire from a brain tumour. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Thomas Godfrey Evans CBE (August 18, 1920 – May 3, 1999) was an English cricketer who played for Kent and England. ... Everton de Courcy Weekes (born 26 February 1925, Pickwick Gap, Westbury, St Michael, Barbados) was a West Indian cricketer. ... Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (born 1 August 1924, Bridgetown Barbados, died 13 March 1967, Kingston, Jamaica) was a West Indian cricketer and Jamaican senator. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Trevor Edward Bailey (b. ... John George Langridge, born February 10, 1910 and died June 27, 1999, was a cricketer who played for Sussex and perhaps the finest batsman never to play test cricket. ... Bert Sutcliffe MBE (born 17 November 1923 in Auckland, died 20 April 2001 in Auckland) was a New Zealand cricketer. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Arthur Lindsay Hassett (born August 28, 1913 in Geelong, Victoria - died June 16, 1993 in Batemans Bay, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer. ... Bill Johnston (William Arras Johnston; born Beeac, Victoria, February 26, 1922) was an Australian bowler who was one of the spearheads of Don Bradmans undefeated 1948 touring team - probably the best side in cricket history. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Arthur Robert Morris (born January 19, 1922 in Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer. ... Donald Tallon (February 17, 1916 in Bundaberg, Queensland - September 7, 1984 in Bundaberg) was a wicket-keeper who played cricket for Queensland and Australia between 1946 and 1953. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... John David Benbow Robertson, born February 22, 1917 and died October 12, 1996, was a cricketer who played for Middlesex and England. ... Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley (19 March 1915-3 October 1989) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and England. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Alec Victor Bedser (born July 4, 1918) was a professional English cricketer, chairman of selectors for the English national cricket team, and president of Surrey County Cricket Club, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest English cricketers of the 20th century. ... Mulvantrai Himmatlal Mankad (12 April 1917-21 August 1978), better known as Vinoo Mankad, was an Indian cricket player. ... Thomas Peter Bromley Smith, born October 30, 1908 and died August 4, 1967, was a cricketer who played for Essex and England. ... Cyril Washbrook (born 6 December 1914 in Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancashire; died 27 April 1999 in Sale, Cheshire) was a noted cricketer who played for Lancashire and England. ...

World War I to World War II

1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine of Maraval and Nelson (b. ... Wilfred Frederick (Fred) Frank Price (born 25 April 1902 in Westminster, London, England; died 13 January 1969 in Hendon, Middlesex, England) was a cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club from 1926 to 1947. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hugh Tyron Bartlett (born October 7, 1914 in Balaghat, India, died 26 June 1988) was a brilliant attacking left handed batsman who played for Sussex on the either side of the war. ... William Alfred Brown (Born July 31, 1912 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian Test cricketer who also played for New South Wales and Queensland He was a member of Don Bradmans 1948 Invincibles team and is Australias oldest living Test cricketer. ... Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 - 23 April 1997) was an English cricketer and footballer. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tom Goddard (October 1, 1900, Gloucester, England - May 22, 1966, Gloucester, England; in full Thomas William John Goddard or simply Thomas William Goddard) was the fifth highest wicket taker in first class cricket. ... Sir Leonard Hutton (June 23, 1916 - September 6, 1990) was an English cricketer. ... Edward Paynter (5 November 1901 - 5 February 1979) was an English cricketer: an attacking batsman and excellent fielder. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bill Copson (William Henry Copson; born April 27, 1908; died September 14, 1971) was the spearhead of Derbyshires sole County Championship victory in 1936 and arguably the best bowler Derbyshire produced during the twentieth century. ... Vijaysingh Madhavji Merchant (born October 12, 1911 in Bombay; died October 27, 1987, Bombay) was an Indian cricketer. ... Thomas Stanley Stan Worthington, born August 21, 1905 and died August 31, 1973 at Kings Lynn, was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire and England. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jock Cameron (born Horace Brakenridge Cameron and often known as Herbie Cameron) was a South African cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s. ... Denis Smith, born January 24, 1907, and died September 12, 1979, was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire and England. ... Arthur William Wellard, born April 8, 1902, and died December 31, 1980, was a cricketer who played for Somerset and England. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stanley Joseph McCabe (born 16 July 1910, Grenfell, New South Wales , Australia) was an Australian cricketer. ... William Joseph OReilly or Tiger OReilley (20 December 1905 - 6 October 1992), was an outstanding Australian cricketer, and, in retirement, a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster. ... William Harold Ponsford (born 19 October 1900, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) was an Australian cricketer. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Fred Bakewell (Alfred Harry Bakewell; born November 2, 1908, Walsall, Staffordshire, England; died January 23, 1983, Westbourne, Dorset, England) was a Northamptonshire and England opening batsman who was renowned as one of the most exciting players of his time, largely owing to his unorthodox methods, which, allowed him to play... Categories: Stub | West Indian cricketers | Jamaica cricketers | West Indian test cricketers | West Indian batsmen | Wisden Cricketers of the Year ... Stan Nichols (Morris Stanley Nichols and sometimes called since his death Morris Nichols; born October 6, 1900, Stondon Massey, Essex, England; died 26 January 1961, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England) was the leading all-rounder in English cricket for much of the 1930s. ... He captained England once, which England lost, against the touring Australians in 1934, when he stood in for Bob Wyatt. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... (For the science-fiction author, see Fredric Brown) Frederick (Freddie) Richard Brown (born in Lima, Peru on 16 December 1910, died in Ramsbury, Wiltshire on 24 July 1991) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Surrey, Northamptonshire and England. ... Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu (born 31 October 1895 in Nagpur, India, died 14 November 1967, Indore, India ) was the first captain of India in Test Cricket. ... Bill Voce (8 August 1909, Annesley Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England - 6 June 1984, Lenton, Nottinghamshire) was an English cricket player. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Bill Bowes (William Eric Bowes; born July 25, 1908, Elland, Yorkshire, England; died 4 September 1987, Otley, Yorkshire, England) was one of the best bowlers of the inter-war period and for a time the most important force behind Yorkshires dominance of the County Championship. ... Charles Stewart Stewie Dempster (November 15, 1903 - February 14, 1974) was a former New Zealand cricketer and coach. ... A noted cricketer and captain of the Indian cricket team, nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan of Pataudi is perhaps best remembered for being one of few cricket players to have represented two different nations. ... Hedley Verity (18 May 1905 - 31 July 1943) was an England cricketer. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Clarence Victor Clarrie Grimmett (1891-Australian cricket player, thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and usually credited as the developer of the flipper. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji (born June 13, 1905 in Kathiawar, India - died December 5, 1959 in Bombay - now Mumbai) was a cricketer who played for England. ... Robert Walter Vivian Robins (3 June 1906-12 December 1968) was an English cricketer who played for Middlesex, Cambridge University and England. ... Robert Bob Elliott Storey Wyatt (2 May 1901, Milford Heath House, Surrey, England _ 20 April 1995, Truro, Cornwall) was an English cricket player. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leslie Ethelbert George Ames (born 3 December 1905 in Elham, Kent; died 27 February 1990 in Canterbury, Kent) was an outstanding wicket-keeper and batsman for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club. ... George Duckworth (born 9 May 1901, Warrington, Lancashire, England; died 5 January 1966, Warrington, Lancashire, England) was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and England. ... Morris Leyland (born July 20, 1900 in New Park, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England and died January 1, 1967 in Scotton Banks, Harrogate, Yorkshire) was better known as Maurice Leyland. He was an English cricketer who played 41 test matches and made 2764 runs with a batting average of 46. ... Sam Staples was the town constable in Concord, Massachussets and friend of Henry David Thoreau. ... John (Farmer Jack) Cornish White (19 February 1891–2 May 1961) was an English cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club and England. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Walter Reginald Hammond (June 19, 1903 - July 1, 1965), often known as Wally Hammond, was an English cricketer, who played for Gloucestershire and England, primarily as a batsman, in a career that straddled (and was disrupted by) the Second World War. ... Douglas Robert Jardine (23 October 1900, Bombay - 18 June 1958, Montreux) was a British cricketer and captain of the controversial 1932-33 Bodyline tour of Australia. ... Vallance William Crisp Jupp (born 27 March 1891 in Burgess Hill, Sussex, England; died 9 July 1960 in Spratton, Northamptonshire, England) was an amateur cricketer who played for Sussex and Northamptonshire. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... George Geary (born July 9, 1893, Barwell, Leicestershire, England; died March 6, 1981, Leicester, England) was easily the greatest cricketer Leicestershire produced before the advent of David Gower and one of the best and hardest-working bowlers of the inter-war period. ... Harold Larwood (November 14, 1904 - July 22, 1995) was an English cricket player, an extremely quick and accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the implementer of fast leg theory in the infamous Bodyline Ashes Test series of 1932-33. ... Jack Mercer (born April 22, 1893, Southwick, Sussex, England; died August 31, 1987, Westminster) was the main bowler for Glamorgan in their early years in the County Championship. ... William Albert Stanley Bert Oldfield (9 September 1894, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 10 August 1976, Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player. ... Bill Woodfull William Bill Woodfull (22 August 1897, Maldon, Victoria, Australia - 11 August 1965, Tweed Heads South, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir John Berry Jack Hobbs, KBE (born 16 December 1882 in Cambridge, England, died 21 December 1963 in Hove, Sussex) played cricket for Surrey and England. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Crawford William (Jack) MacBryan, born July 22, 1892 and died July 14, 1983 was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Somerset and made one almost imperceptible appearance in a test match for England. ... William Wilfrid Dodger Whysall, born October 31, 1887 and died November 11, 1930, was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire and England. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan (23 December 1894-5 September 1976) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Sussex, Surrey and England. ... Roy Kilner (born October 17, 1890, Low Valley, Wombwell, Yorkshire, England; died April 5, 1928, Kendray, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England) was arguably the best genuine all-rounder of the inter-war period and the most critical factor in Yorkshires outstanding County Championship record during the early to middle 1920s, when... Maurice Tate Maurice Tate (in full Maurice William Tate, May 30, 1895 - May 18, 1956) Affectionately known as Chubby to his supporters), he was a Sussex and England cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of Englands Test bowling attack for a long time during this period. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Arthur William Carr (21 May 1893, Mickleham, Surrey, England - 7 February 1963, West Witton, Yorkshire) was an English cricket player. ... Tich Freeman (Alfred Percy Freeman; born May 17, 1888; died January 28, 1965) was a Kent leg spin bowler and the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season. ... Charlie Parker (in full Charles Warrington Leonard Parker) was an English cricketer who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first class cricket, behind only Wilfred Rhodes and Tich Freeman. ... Jack Russell (in full Charles Albert George Russell and erroneously written during his playing career as Albert Charles Russell; born October 7, 1887, Leyton, Essex, England; died March 23, 1961, Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex, England) was one of the leading batsmen in county cricket during the period after World War... Andrew Sandham (6 July 1890 - 20 April 1982) was an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman who played 14 Test matches between 1921 and 1930. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jack Morrison Gregory (August 14, 1895, North Sydney, New South Wales - August 7, 1973, Bega, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer. ... Charles Macartney (1886-1958)was an Australian cricketer who played in 35 Tests between 1907 and 1926. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for 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. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Andrew Ducat (born February 16, 1886 in Brixton, London - died July 23, 1942 at Lords Cricket Ground, St Johns Wood, London) was an England and Surrey cricketer. ... Elias Henry Patsy Hendren (5 February 1889 - 4 October 1962) was one of the finest English batsmen of the period between the wars, averaging 47. ... Herbert Sutcliffe (born November 24, 1894, Summerbridge, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England; died January 22, 1978, Cross Hills, Yorkshire, England) was arguably the greatest opening batsman in cricket history and undoubtedly one of the greatest players of any type the game has known. ... (George) Ernest Tyldesley (born February 5, 1889, Roe Green, Worsley, Lancashire, England; died May 5, 1962, Rhos-on-Sea, Denbighshire, Wales) was the younger brother of Johnny Tyldesley and the leading batsman in Lancashires formidable batting sides of that late 1920s which broke Yorkshires inter-war monopoly on... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Arthur Percy Frank Chapman (was born at Reading, Berkshire on 3 September 1900 and died at Alton, Hampshire on 16 September 1961) was an outstanding English cricketer who captained England to a then English-record-equalling seven consecutive test match wins, a record that was not surpassed until Michael Vaughan... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Clement Herbert Gibson, born August 23, 1900 and died in Buenos Aires, December 31, 1976 twice won fleeting fame as a cricketer. ... Greville Thomas Scott Stevens (7 January 1901-19 September 1970) was an English cricketer who played for Middlesex, Oxford University and England. ...

Before World War I

1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... John (Johnny) William Henry Tyler Douglas (3 September 1882-19 December 1930) was one of the finest English cricketers of his generation. ... Percy George Herbert Fender (22 August 1892 - 15 June 1985) was an English all-round cricketer who played 13 Tests for England. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Major William Booth, better known as William Booth, (born 10 December 1886 in Lowtown, Pudsey, Yorkshire, England; died 1 July 1916 near La Cigny, France) was a cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1908 and 1914, a season in which he was named one of the Wisden... The Right Honourable Sir Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (7 November 1889-6 June 1951) was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire and England. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... John Wisden (5 September 1826 – 5 April 1884) was an English cricketer who played 186 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Surrey. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Frank Rowbotham Foster (born January 31, 1889, Birmingham, England; died May 3, 1958, Northampton, England) was a Warwickshire and England all-rounder whose career was tragically cut short by an accident during World War I. Nonetheless, his achievements during the early 1910s are suffient to rank him as one of... John William Hearne (known as Jack Hearne, J.W. Hearne and Young Jack to distinguish him from his cousin, J.T. Hearne) (born February 11, 1891; died September 14, 1965) was a Middlesex leg-spinning all-rounder cricketer who played from 1909 to 1936, and represented England in 24 Test... Phil Mead (in full Charles Phillip Mead) was a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. ... Herbert Strudwick (born January 28, 1880, Mitcham, Surrey, England; died February 14, 1970) was one of the best, and certainly the most popular, wicket-keepers in the history of cricket. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Razor Smith (William Charles Smith; born October 4, 1877, Oxford, Oxfordshire; died July 15, 1946, Bermondsey, London) was a Surrey slow bowler. ... Frank Edward Woolley (27 May 1887 - 18 October 1978) was an English cricketer, one of the finest all-rounders the game has seen. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Warren Bardsley (born December 6, 1882 in Warren, New South Wales - died January 20, 1954 in Collaroy Plateau, Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer. ... Sydney Francis Barnes was one of the finest bowlers in cricket history. ... Douglas Ward Carr (17 March 1872 - 23 March 1950) was an English amateur cricketer. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Martin Bladen Hawke (16 August 1860-10 October 1938), from 1887 known as Lord Hawke was an English cricketer who, Wisden wrote, strode the cricketing world like a colossus for half a century, as a player and administrator, and one who played a major part in the modernisation of the... Sir John Berry Jack Hobbs, KBE (born 16 December 1882 in Cambridge, England, died 21 December 1963 in Hove, Sussex) played cricket for Surrey and England. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Albert Hallam (Albert William Hallam; born November 12, 1869, East Leake, Nottinghamshire, England; died July 24, 1940, Loughborough, England) was an off spin bowler who is primarily remembered, along with Thomas Wass, for giving Nottinghamshire an astonishing win in the County Championship of 1907. ... Reginald Oscar Schwarz, known as Reggie (4 May 1875 - 18 November 1918) was a South African cricketer. ... Frank Tarrant (in full Francis Alfred Tarrant; born December 11, 1880, Melbourne, Australia; died January 29, 1951, Melbourne) was an Australian all_rounder who played with great success for Middlesex in the County Championship in the years before World War I. His record is sufficient to establish Tarrant as one of... Thomas Wass (Thomas George Wass or simply Tom Wass; born December 26, 1873, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died October 27, 1953, Sutton-in-Ashfield) was a Nottinghamshire bowler who is best remembered, along with Hallam, for astonishing triumphs that gave Nottinghamshire a brilliant County Championship win in 1907. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jack Crawford (John Neville Crawford; born December 1, 1886; died May 2, 1963) was one of the best all-rounders of the 1900s, although he habitually played in spectacles. ... Arthur Fielder (born July 19, 1877, Plaxtol, Tonbridge, Kent, England; died August 30, 1949, Lambeth, London, England) was the leading fast bowler in English cricket for the decade before World War I and one of the key contributors to Kents four County Championship successes between 1906 and 1913. ... Kenneth Lotherington Hutchings, born December 7, 1882 and killed in action, September 3, 1916, was a cricketer who played for Kent and England. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... David Lucky Denton (4 July 1874 -- 16 February 1950) was an English cricketer, an attacking batsman who had a long career with Yorkshire and played eleven Tests for England. ... George Thompson (George Joseph Thompson; born October 27, 1877, Northampton; died March 3, 1943, Bristol) was the mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both their days as a minor county and their earliest years in the County Championship. ... Joseph Vine (born 15 May 1875 in Willingdon, Sussex, England; died 25 April 1946 in Aldrington, Hove, Sussex, England) was a professional cricketer, who played his first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club and London County. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet (October 13, 1877 - October 12, 1936) was an English cricketer, perhaps most renowned as the inventor of the googly. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Colin Blythe (born May 30, 1879 in Deptford; died in World W ar I on the Forest Hall to Pimmern military railway line, Belgium on November 8, 1917) was a Kent and England left arm spinner who is regarded as one of the finest bowlers of the period between 1900... Albert Ernest Knight (8 October 1872 _ 25 April 1946) was an English professional cricket player. ... Walter Mead is the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and one of the country’s leading students of American foreign policy. ... 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. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Warwick Windridge Armstrong (bornMay 22, 1879 in Kyneton, Victoria, died July 13, 1947 in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer. ... James Iremonger (5 March 1876 - 25 March 1956) was an English cricketer. ... James Kelly is the name of: James A. Kelly  the Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. ... Victor Thomas Trumper (born November 2, 1877 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, died June 28, 1915, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales) was a famous Australian batsman in the sport of cricket. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Johnny Tyldesley (John Thomas Tyldesley; born November 22, 1873, Roe Green, Worsley, Lancashire; died November 27, 1930, Monton, Salford, Lancashire) was a Lancashire and England cricketers and for many years the finest professional batsman in county cricket. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Reginald Erskine (Tip) Foster (16 April 1878 - 13 May 1914) was an English footballer and cricketer. ... Schofield Haigh (born March 19, 1871, Berry Brow, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, died February 27, 1921, Taylor Hill, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England) was a Yorkshire and England cricketer who was probably the most lethal bowler on a sticky wicket ever known. ... George Herbert Hirst (7 September 1871 - 10 May 1954) was one of the finest all-round cricketers of crickets Golden Age, and though he tended to disappoint for England, for his county he was prolific with both bat and ball; Lord Hawke, his captain at Yorkshire, reckoned him the... Tom Taylor (in full Tom Launcelot Taylor; born May 25, 1878, Headingley, Leeds Yorkshire, England; died March 16, 1960, Leeds, Yorkshire, England), was a major contributor to Yorkshires brilliant run of County Championship success between 1900 and 1902 under Lord Hawke. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Joseph (Joe) Darling (born November 21, 1870 in Glen Osmond, Adelaide, South Australia - died January 2, 1946 in Hobart, Tasmania) was an Australian cricketer. ... Clement (Clem) Hill (born March 18, 1877 in Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia - died September 5, 1945 in Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer. ... This page is about the former England cricket captain. ... Montague (Monty) Alfred Noble (born January 28, 1873 in Dixon Street, Chinatown, Sydney, New South Wales - died June 22, 1940 in Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Wilfred Rhodes (born October 29, 1877, North Moor, Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire; died July 8, 1973, Branksome Park, Bournemouth) was one of the greatest cricketers of the twentieth century. ... Charlie Townsend (Charles Lucas Townsend; born November 7, 1876, Bristol; died October 17, 1958, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England) was a Gloucestershire cricketer of the 1890s. ... Albert Edwin Trott (6 February 1873 _ 1914) was an Australian cricketer. ... William Lockwood (William Henry Lockwood; born March 25, 1868, Old Radford, Nottinghamshire; died April 26, 1932, Old Radford, Nottinghamshire) was a fast bowler and the unpredictable, occasionally devastating counterpart to the amazingly hard-working Tom Richardson for Surrey in the early County Championship. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Gilbert Laird Jessop (1874 - 1955) was an English cricket player. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Sydney Edward Gregory (born April 14, 1870 at Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales - died August 1, 1929 at Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer. ... Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (10 September 1872–2 April 1933) was an Indian nobleman and Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team. ... Tom Richardson (born August 11, 1870, Byfleet, Surrey; died July 2, 1912, Chambéry, France) was one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time and certainly the most prolific in terms of wicket-taking feats, largely owing to his amazing stamina and appetite for work, which allowed him to... Hugh Trumble (born May 12, 1867 in Abbotsford, Melbourne, Victoria - died August 14, 1938 in Hawthorn, Melbourne) was an Australian cricketer. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... William Brockwell (21 January 1865 - 1 July 1935) was an English cricketer. ... John Thomas Brown (20 August 1869 - 4 November 1904), known as Jack, was an English professional cricketer who played primarily as a batsman. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Thomas Walter Hayward (29 March 1871 - 19 July 1939) was an English cricketer, one of the finest batsmen of the years around the turn of the 20th century and noted especially for the quality his off drive. ... Archibald (Archie) Campbell MacLaren (1 December 1871-17 November 1944) was an English cricketer, who played for England and Lancashire. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... George Giffen (born March 27, 1859 in Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia - died November 29, 1927 in Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia) was an Australian cricketer. ... The Right Honourable Sir Francis Stanley Jackson (21 November 1870-9 March 1947), better known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson, was an English cricketer, soldier and politician. ... George Henry Stevens Trott (born August 5, 1866 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria - died November 10, 1917 in Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer. ... Ted Wainwright (or Edward Wainwright; born April 8, 1865, Tinsley, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died October 28, 1919, Sheffield) was a Yorkshire all-rounder who helped establish the county at the top of the tree under Lord Hawke during the early years of official County Championship cricket. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet, May 27, 1870 - March 27, 1933, was a famous cricketer of the so-called Golden Age of English cricket before the First World War. ... Walter William Read (23 November 1855-6 January 1907) was an English cricketer, who was a right hand bat, right hand slow underarm bowler, but right hand fast roundarm bowler. ... Andrew Ernest Stoddart (11 March 1863-4 April 1915) was an English cricketer and rugby union player. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... William Attewell (commonly known as Dick Attewell; born June 12, 1861, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England; died June 11, 1927, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England) was a Nottinghamshire and England medium pace bowler who was renowned for his extraordinary accuracy and economy. ... John Thomas Hearne (born May 3, 1867; died April 17, 1944) (known either as Jack Hearne or J.T. Hearne to avoid confusion with J.W. Hearne to whom he was only distantly related) was a Middlesex and England medium-fast bowler. ... Frederick Martin (born October 12, 1861, Dartford, Kent, England; died December 13, 1921, Dartford, Kent, England) was a Kent left arm spinner who was that countys chief bowler in the early years of the County Championship. ... Arthur Mold (born May 29, 1863, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire; died April 27, 1921, Middleton Cheney) was one of the deadliest fast bowlers of his day, but also the most controversial. ... John Sharpe (John William Sharpe; born December 9, 1866, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England; died: June 19, 1936, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England) was a bowler who was George Lohmanns partner in the formidable Surrey sides that dominated the first years of the official cricket County Championship. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... John (Jack) McCarthy Blackham May 11, 1854 in North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria - died December 28, 1932 in Latrobe, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer. ... Gregor MacGregor (1869-1919) was a Scottish cricketer. ... Richard (Dick) Pilling (born 11 August 1855 in Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England; died 28 March 1891 in Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and England. ... Mordecai Sherwin (born 26 February 1851 in Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England; died 3 July 1910 in Nottingham, England) was a professional cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper for Nottinghamshire between 1878 and 1896. ... Henry (Harry) Wood (born December 14, 1853 in Dartford, Kent) is an English cricketer, who played county cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Surrey County Cricket Club. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Robert (Bobby) Abel (born November 30, 1857, Rotherhithe, Surrey, England; died December 10, 1936, Stockwell, London, England) was a Surrey and England opening batsman who was one of the most prolific run-getters in the early years of the County Championship. ... William Barnes (born 27 May 1852 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died 24 March 1899 in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England) was a professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire between 1875 and 1894 and England between 1880 and 1890. ... William (Billy) Gunn (born 4 December 1858 in St Annes, Nottingham, England; died 29 January 1921 in Standard Hill, Nottingham, England) was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in a first-class career that lasted from 1880 to 1904. ... Louis Hall (born Batley, Yorkshire, 1 November 1852 - died Morecambe, Lancashire, 19 November 1915 ) was a fine, steady Yorkshire opening batsman. ... Robert Henderson (3 May 1851 - 28 January 1931) was an English cricketer, a right-hand batsman and right-arm slow bowler. ... John Maurice Read (9 February 1859 - 17 February 1929) was an English professional cricketer. ... Arthur Shrewsbury (11 April 1856_19 May 1903) was an English cricketer who was widely rated as competing with WG Grace for the accolade of being the best batsman of the 1880s. ... Frank Howe Sugg (born January 11, 1862, Ilkeston, Derbyshire - died May 29, 1933, Waterloo, Liverpool) was a hard-hitting batsman who played for England in two Test matches. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... George Lohmann (born June 2, 1865; died December 1, 1901) is regarded as one the greatest bowlers of all time. ... Johnny Briggs is also the name of the actor who plays Mike Baldwin in the soap opera Coronation Street. ... John James Ferris (21 May 1867 - 17 November 1900), a left-arm swing bowler, was one of the few cricketers to play Test cricket for more than one country. ... Charles Turner (Charles Thomas Biass Turner; born November 16, 1862, Bathurst, Australia; died January 1, 1944, Manly, New South Wales, Australia) was a bowler who is regarded as one of the finest ever produced by Australia. ... Sammy Woods (Samuel Moses James Woods; born April 13, 1867, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died April 30, 1931, Taunton, Somerset, England) was an outstanding cricketer for Cambridge University in his early career and later the long-time captain of Somerset in their early years of Championship cricket. ... Robert Peel (often known as Bobby Peel) was a Yorkshire and England cricket player: a left-arm spinner who ranks as one of the finest bowlers of the 1890s. ...

See also

The Wisden Cricketers of the Century are five cricketers who were judged to be the most prominant players of the 20th century, as selected by a 100-member panel of cricket experts appointed by Wisden in 2000. ...

References

Wisden is the main publisher of information on cricket in the United Kingdom. ...

External links

  • Wisden online archive (includes an essay on each Cricketer of the Year)

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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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