Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, or simply Wisden, colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "Bible of cricket" has been appl
1864 Wisden front cover, supplied by Wisdens.org
Wisden 1878 edition
Sydney Pardon; editor from 1891 to 1925
John Wisden
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John Wisden was an English cricketer who played 187 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex. He is now best known for launching the eponymous Wis
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
…era there was a growing public appetite for sporting trivia, especially of a statistical nature. Wisden was founded in 1864 by the English cricketer John Wisden (1826–84) as a competitor to Fred Lillywhite's The Guide to Cricketers. Its annual publication has continued uninterrupted to the present day, making…
Wisden in the England team to North America in 1859
J Wisden & Company, 21 Cranbourn Street, London