John Wisden
John Wisden
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| Full name | John Wisden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
5 September 1826 Brighton, Sussex, England |
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| Died | 5 April 1884 (aged 57) Westminster, London, England |
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| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Underarm right arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role |
Bowler Occasional wicket-keeper Founder of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1859–1863 | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1854 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1845–1863 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 5 April 1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. He is now best known for launching the eponymous Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1864, the year after he retired from first-class cricket.
Wisden was born in Crown Street, Brighton. His father, William, was a builder. He attended Brighton's Middle Street School (formerly the Royal Union School, founded as a charity school in 1805). He moved to London after his father died, and lived with the wicket-keeper Tom Box.
In July 1845, aged 18, only 5 ft 6 in and weighing just 7 stone (44 kg), he made his first-class debut for Sussex against MCC, taking 6 wickets in the first innings and three in the second. He joined the All-England Eleven in 1846, moving allegiance to the United All-England Eleven in 1852. He was engaged to marry George Parr's sister Annie in 1849, but she died before the wedding, and he never married.
Initially a fast roundarm bowler, before overarm bowling was permitted, his pace slowed in later years so he bowled medium pace; he also bowled slow underarm. While bowling fast, he took on average nearly 10 wickets in each game. In 1850, playing for the South against the North at Lord's, his off-cutter technique won him 10 wickets in the second innings, all clean bowled (still the only instance of all ten wickets being taken "bowled" in any first-class match). He was also a competent batsman, and scored two first-class centuries, the first, exactly 100, against Kent at Tunbridge Wells in 1849, and in 1855 he notched up 148 against Yorkshire, the only first-class century scored in 1855.
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