Cricketer Of The Week <=> 1st Jan to 7 Jan 2012

[1iram1]

You could possibly do a better job by not copy-pasting from Wikipedia. Don't get offended or anything its just a suggestion.

 

[Ahmad94]

You could possibly do a better job by not copy-pasting from Wikipedia. Don't get offended or anything its just a suggestion.

Man you have no idea about the effort Great India puts in. He researches a lot. Even if he did copy for Wikipedia the pictures and sig etc must have taken him ages. His presentation is also exceptional

 

[Fenil]

You could possibly do a better job by not copy-pasting from Wikipedia. Don't get offended or anything its just a suggestion.

I absolutely don't mind suggestions in fact I'd love to see people reading it and giving their feedback.

By the way, just to let you know, buddy:

1) I don't copy-paste things that is from Wikipedia only.

2) I also post parts from cricinfo and other websites like ICC official website and the website of club/county for which the concerned cricketer had played.

3) I use and post my knowledge about a cricketer. e.g., there's nowhere written that there were no boundaries (4s) and overboundaries (6s) at the time when Dr. WG Grace played. I post such things from what I've come to know from documentaries, books, cricketers' feedbacks in some TV show etc. that might not be available anywhere on Internet.

4) The signatures and some other rare pictures are not at all available from wikipedia.

5) The new inclusion of the career stats table is no where to be found in wikipedia or for that matter even in cricinfo.

So, the bottom line is to tell that I just copy-paste from wikipedia is quite a wrong statement, my friend.

Hope you don't take my explanation in bad spirit and continue reading it.

Keep visiting.

 

[swacker]

By some means, it seems to be like the article is from Wikipedia.

 

[Fenil]

By some means, it seems to be like the article is from Wikipedia.

Okay. Thanks for the feedback. One thing you guys need to understand that most of us including me wasn't even born when these people played cricket. So, obviously I have to depend on such articles.

 

[sifter132]

It's a hard one, most cricket fans get their knowledge from cricinfo or wikipedia, and to be honest, that's fine since 99% of what you need to know will be found there. And unless you have a massive collection of cricket history books, then it's not easy to find alternative sources of info quickly.

 

[1iram1]

But you should definitely continue this anyway you want because its a good read.

 

[Ahad]

Hall Of Ledends​

Please correct above spelling mistake as it's the main post of this thread

 

[Fenil]

Please correct above spelling mistake as it's the main post of this thread

Thanks for pointing that out. Did the needful. The spelling mistake should be there even if it had not been the main post. My bad. Thanks.

 

[VC the slogger]

@GreatIndia
I think you should next post Sir Jack Hobbs/Learie Constantine/Bart King/Fred Spofforth/George Lohmann.Your Hall of Legends posts of Ranji,Grace,SF Barnes have been great.Especially their signatures and Grace's bat.Amazing work dude

 

[Fenil]

John Wisden ​

Full name: John Wisden
Born: September 5, 1826, Brighton, Sussex, England
Died: April 5, 1884, Westminster, London, England
Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Underarm Right-arm slow pacer
Major Teams: Kent (1854), Sussex (1845-1863), Middlesex (pre county club) (1859-1863)


John Wisden was an English cricketer who played in an era before England got his test status on 15 March 1877. He played 190 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex but played most matches for Sussex than the other two County teams.
Though his batting might not suggest but John Wisden was the finest allrounder of his time.

A portrait of John Wisden​

The 5 ft 6 in tall cricketer made his first-class debut for Sussex in 1845 aged 18 years. At the time where there was no restriction on underarm bowling, Wisden initially was a fast round-arm bowler but his pace slowed in later years. While bowling fast, he took on average nearly 10 wickets in every game! In 1850, playing for the South against the North at Lord's, he took all 10 wickets in the second innings, all clean bowled which is still the only instance of all ten wickets being taken "bowled" in any first-class match.

In later years although his pace diminished he was still one of the country's leading bowlers. He was a fine batsman with an extremely straight bat, excelling at the 'draw' and leg side shots known as leg hits at that time. At the commencement of his career, and up to the time he reduced his pace, Wisden, in the 38 matches he played in 1850 he captured 340 wickets. In all, he took 1,109 first-class wickets with a bowling average of 10.32 He was also a fine batsman. His 4,140 first-class runs came at an average of 14.12, which was very good for the time. He scored only two centuries, the first in 1849 and the second was the only century scored in 1855.

England's 12 Champion Cricketers on board a ship at Liverpool bound for America in September 1859.
(Back row (from left to right): Bob Carpenter, William Caflyn, Tom Lockyer, John Wisden (seated), HH Stephenson, George Parr, John Grundy, Julius Cesar, Tom Hayward and John Jackson. Seated at front: Alfred Diver and John Lillywhite.)
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He played almost all of his cricket in England, including many games in the County Championship, but he travelled with a touring team led by George Parr to Canada and the U.S. in 1859, where eight matches in Montreal, Hoboken, Philadelphia, Hamilton and Rochester were won easily. Since 1855 Wisden had been in partnership with Fred Lillywhite, who organised the North American tour. They ran a tobacconist and sports outfitting business in London's West End, but this did not survive the trip.

Wisden retired from cricket in 1863 at the relatively early age of 37 as a result of frequent attacks of rheumatism which is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the joints and connective tissue.

Wisden's 1st Edition which was published in 1864
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In 1864, he launched the famous Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom which is often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as "the Bible of Cricket". The first edition consisted only 112 pages, and to pad it out he included non-cricket items such as dates of battles in the English Civil War, the winners of The Oaks, an account of the trial of Charles I, and the rules of quoiting and knur & spell. It was priced a shilling.

Latest edition of Wisden Almanack​

In 1867, The Almanack carried advertisements for the first time, including one for Wisden's own "Catapulta", a bowling machine. Remarkably, Wisden has had only 16 editors in over 140 years of publication. The first being W. H. Crockford/W. H. Knight from 1864 to 1869. The current editor of Wisden is Anthony Scyld Ivens Berry since year 2008.

Amongst the first recipients of the Wisden "Cricketer of the year" award were George Lohmann, Johnny Briggs, John Ferris, Charles Turner, Sammy Woods and Bobby Peel while that for current year are Tamim Iqbal, Eoin Morgan, Chris Read and Jonathan Trott.

Wisden cricket bat that says AUTOGRAPH and has the signature of John Wisden beneath that.​

In 2004, a new Wisden honor was introduced named "The Leading Player in the World". Ricky Ponting is the first recipient of the award. In 2008,John Wisden & Co. was bought by the Bloomsbury Publishing Group. The very next year i.e., in 2009, England's Claire Taylor is the first woman to be named as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year.

In 2011, Wisden broke its tradition by naming only four Cricketers of the Year. The selection of the fifth became unsustainable after an independent tribunal appointed by the ICC banned him for corruption.

John Wisden & Co, the proprietors of Wisden Cricketers Almanack, donated the Wisden Trophy in 1963 to mark the Almanacks 100th edition (the first one was published in 1864), and it has been at stake in every EnglandWest Indies Test series since. Frank Worrell guided his team to victory over Ted Dexters England in 1963, ensuring that West Indies were the first holders of the Wisden Trophy. England briefly wrested it back in 1967-68, but when Rohan Kanhais side won the 1973 series, a long period of West Indian dominance began.

The Wisden Trophy​

It wasnt until September 2000, after 13 unsuccessful series, that England, under Nasser Hussain, ended a long and painful run. The flow of irresistible Caribbean fast bowlers had dried to a trickle, and at long last it was Englands turn on top. The scenes of jubilation that late-summer afternoon at The Oval revealed how much the Wisden Trophy meant.

After that England won three further series, and held on to the Wisden Trophy for eight and a half years until they lost it in 2008-09 in the Caribbean.

Normally, once the Wisden Trophy has been relinquished, it has proved a tricky job to reclaim it: prior to 2009 the trophy had only changed hands on three occasions. However, in May 2009, less than 10 weeks after losing it, England won the trophy back with a comprehensive 2-0 home series victory.

The Wisden Trophy usually resides in the Lords Museum, where it is on permanent display beside the Ashes.

John Wisden's Grave at Brompton Cemetery, West Brompton, Greater London, England
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John Wisden suffered greatly in the latter part of his life and died from cancer on April 5, 1884.

John Wisden's Career Statistics

Batting

Bowling

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[VC the slogger]

@GreatIndia,It was a great idea to put John Wisden's factfile.He was legendary in fc level and of course made Wisden Almanack.Loved reading your post.

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Can you please put William Lillywhite next.He was also a legendary cricket before the tests were played during late 1820s to early 1850s.

 

[RPHKR]

Loved the article, Wisden trophy was named from John Wisdon, nice to read his one too. Can we have signature of him?

 

[Fenil]

@GreatIndia,It was a great idea to put John Wisden's factfile.He was legendary in fc level and of course made Wisden Almanack.Loved reading your post.

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Can you please put William Lillywhite next.He was also a legendary cricket before the tests were played during late 1820s to early 1850s.

I'm glad that you liked it. By the way, new images are added since you last visited.

Yes, William Lillywhite was obviously one of the greats at FC level who played from 1825 to 1853. In fact, I was willing to put his fact file for this week but then decided for Wisden. I can't promise to put him next but can assure that I'll try to put his fact file here sooner rather than later.

Keep visiting for more updates.

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Loved the article, Wisden trophy was named from John Wisdon, nice to read his one too. Can we have signature of him?

I got an image of a bat with John Wisden's signature but it (the signature) was hardly noticeable as it was almost rubbed off.

 

[sifter132]

I knew virtually nothing about this guy, except that his first name was John. Excellent work Great India, thanks for opening our eyes