This first edition includes the results for rowing matches, horse racing & the rules of Bowls, Quoits, Knur & Spell presumably in case cricket isn't interesting enough in itself
Notable Events
Yorkshire CCC is formed
Edition
2nd Edition
Editor
W.H. Crockford and W.H. Knight
Pages
164
Notable Events
Describes the 1864 season in which over-arm bowling was legalised
Edition
3rd Edition
Editor
W.H. Crockford and W.H. Knight
Pages
200
Notable Events
In July 1865 the All-England XI’s total of 524 against Yorkshire at Sheffield sets a new first-class record.
Edition
4th Edition
Editor
W.H. Crockford and W.H. Knight
Pages
164
Notes
The 1867 Wisden Cricketer's Almanack records those who scored more than 1000 runs in 1866: WG Grace scores 2,168 runs in 33 matches. Closest to him comes CF Buller with 1,647 runs in 39 matches
Edition
5th Edition
Editor
W.H. Crockford and W.H. Knight
Pages
116
Notable Events
The MCC sends a cricket team to Paris to take part in Napoleon III's 1867 Paris Exhibition.
Edition
6th Edition
Editor
W.H. Crockford and W.H. Knight
Pages
124
Notable Events
Playing for Classical v Modern in a non-first class match at Clifton College in 1868, E. F. S. Tylecote’s 404 not out, the first individual score of over 300 recorded.
Edition
7th Edition
Editor
W.H. Knight
Pages
152
Notes
For the first time Wisden features comments on the playing skills of the cricketers whose feats it records
Notable Events
WG Grace scores nine centuries & GF Grace scores 5 during the Summer
Edition
8th Edition
Editor
W.H. Knight
Pages
152
Notable Events
Cambridge win the 1870 Varsity Match by 2 runs, after F. C. Cobden ends the match by taking a hat-trick when Oxford need only three runs to win.
Edition
9th Edition
Editor
W.H. Knight
Pages
172
Notable Events
In 1871 W. G. Grace becomes the first man to score 2000 first-class runs and ten centuries in a first-class season.
Edition
10th Edition
Editor
W.H. Knight
Pages
208
Notes
Wisden expands by 36 pages to accommodate 'the cricket at Prince's and the visit of the twelve to Canada and America'
Notable Events
James Lillywhite takes all ten wickets for North v south at Canterbury in the 1872 season
Edition
11th Edition
Editor
W.H. Knight
Pages
180
Notable Events
Adelaide Oval opened
Edition
12th Edition
Editor
W.H. Knight
Pages
212 and 214
Notes
A shorter print run than previous years means this edition sold out quickly & today copies are very scarce. A second issue was also published with different pagination: One issue of 214 pages, the other 212. The 1875 Wisden is the rarest of all editions for these reasons, followed by the first edition in 1864.
Notable Events
Alfred Shaw takes all ten wickets for the MCC against The North at Lord's
Edition
13th Edition
Editor
W.H. Knight
Pages
224
Notable Events
In August 1875 The Royal Engineers score 724 for 8 in a non-first-class match against I Zingari at Chatham in Kent, the first innings of more than 700 recorded in any match.
Edition
14th Edition
Editor
W.H. Knight
Pages
248
Notable Events
In June 1876 Oxford University’s innings of 612 against Middlesex at Prince’s is the first total of more than 600 in first-class cricket.
Edition
15th Edition
Editor
W.H. Knight
Pages
250
Notable Events
In March 1877 Australia beat England by 45 runs at Melbourne in the first-ever Test match (at the time Wisden does not report on the match, it only lists the England touring squad).
Edition
16th Edition
Editor
W.H. Knight
Pages
246
Notable Events
First tour by representative Australian team to England takes place in 1878. There are no Tests, but F. R. Spofforth takes a hat-trick at Lord’s as the Australians beat MCC inside a day.
