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- John Wisden (5 September 1826 – 5 April 1884) was an English cricketer who played 187 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex. [ 1 ] He is now best known for launching the eponymous Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1864, the year after he retired from first-class cricket.
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John Wisden (5 September 1826 – 5 April 1884) was an English cricketer who played 187 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex. [1] He is now best known for launching the eponymous Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1864, the year after he retired from first-class cricket.
John Wisden – a.k.a. “the Little Wonder” – was a prominent cricketer of the mid-nineteenth century. In 1850, he took ten wickets in an innings – all bowled – in a North vs South encounter at Lord’s. It remains a record in first-class cricket.
Sep 5, 2019 · John Wisden, a pioneer of cricket who founded the Almanack, was born on September 5, 1826. On the centenary of the founding of his sports business, the 1951 Wisden published this tribute. The name of Wisden is a household word wherever cricket is played, or indeed spoken about.
Feb 1, 2015 · John Wisden, born September 5, 1826, was more than the man behind the Bible of cricket. He was a fantastic quick bowler and a leading all-rounder of his day. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of the man who is synonymous with the last word in cricket.
John Wisden was born in Sept., 1826, and died April 5th, 1884. Early in his cricketing career he was called the "Little Wonder," a title which, given him by Bob Thoms, he bore through his...
John Wisden was a pioneering cricketer in Victorian times. A 5ft 4ins fast bowler, he was nicknamed The Little Wonder and once took all 10 wickets in an innings, every one of them clean bowled. He went into business in 1850, while still at the height of his career, selling cricket gear in Leamington. In 1859 he went on the first English cricket ...
The Wisden timeline. 1826 John Wisden is born in Brighton on September 5. 1845 Wisden plays his first match for Sussex, as a fastish round-arm bowler. He was short (5ft 4ins) and came to be known...
