Complete
Timeline
| Edition | 57th Edition |
| Editor | Sydney Pardon |
| Pages | 727 |
| Five Batsmen of the Year | A. Ducat, E. H. Hendren, P. Holmes, H. Sutcliffe, E. Tyldesley | | Notable Events | - In 1919 the County Championship resumes after the war, playing two day matches.
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| Edition | 58th Edition |
| Editor | Sydney Pardon |
| Pages | 795 |
| Notable Events | - The 1920 County Championship reverts to three-day matches.
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| Edition | 59th Edition |
| Editor | Sydney Pardon |
| Pages | 998 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | H. Ashton, J. L. Bryan, J. M. Gregory, C. G. Macartney, E. A. McDonald | | Notable Events | - Australia win the 1920-21 Ashes series with a 5-0 whitewash over England. They then tour England and win the 1921 Ashes series 3-0.
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| Edition | 60th Edition |
| Editor | Sydney H Pardon |
| Pages | 974 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | A. W. Carr, A. P. Freeman, C. W. L. Parker, A. C. Russell, A. Sandham |
| Edition | 61st Edition |
| Editor | Sydney H Pardon |
| Pages | 1015 |
| Five Bowlers of the Year | A. E. R. Gilligan, R. Kilner, G. G. Macaulay, C. H. Parkin, M. W. Tate |
| Edition | 62nd Edition |
| Editor | Sydney H Pardon |
| Pages | 957 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | R. H. Catterall, J. C. W. MacBryan, H. W. Taylor, R. K. Tyldesley, W. W. Whysall |
| Edition | 63rd Edition |
| Editor | C. Stewart Caine |
| Pages | 1031 |
| Notable Events | - Jack Hobbs beats W. G. Grace’s record of 126 first-class centuries (Hobbs ends his career in 1934 with a record 197 hundreds).
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| Edition | 64th Edition |
| Editor | C. Stewart Caine |
| Pages | 1043 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | G. Geary, H. Larwood, J. Mercer, W. A. Oldfield, W. M. Woodfull | | Notable Events | - India, New Zealand and West Indies are elected to the ICC.
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| Edition | 65th Edition |
| Editor | C. Stewart Caine |
| Pages | 1063 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | R. C. Blunt, C. Hallows, W. R. Hammond, D. R. Jardine, V. W. C. Jupp | | Notable Events | - In December 1926 Victoria score 1107 against New South Wales at Melbourne, still the record total for a first-class innings.
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| Edition | 66th Edition |
| Editor | C. Stewart Caine |
| Pages | 1015 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | L. E. G. Ames, G. Duckworth, M. Leyland, S. J. Staples, J. C. White | | Notable Events | - In December 1927 Bill Ponsford’s score of 437 for Victoria against Queensland at Melbourne improves his own world record for the highest first-class individual innings (his previous record score being 429 in 1922-23).
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| Edition | 67th Edition |
| Editor | C. Stewart Caine |
| Pages | 1059 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | E. H. Bowley, K. S. Duleepsinhji, H. G. Owen-Smith, R. W. V. Robins, R. E. S. Wyatt | | Notable Events | - England retain the Ashes winning the 1928-29 series 4-1 in Australia. Walter Hammond scores a record 905 runs in the series with two double-centuries and hundreds in each innings in another match.
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| Edition | 68th Edition |
| Editor | C. Stewart Caine |
| Pages | 1067 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | D. G. Bradman, C. V. Grimmett, B. H. Lyon, I. A. R. Peebles, M. J. Turnbull | | Notable Events | - New Zealand play their first Test match in January 1930. They lose to England by eight wickets at Christchurch. England’s Maurice Allom takes four wickets in five balls (including a hat-trick) on his Test debut.
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| Edition | 69th Edition |
| Editor | C. Stewart Caine |
| Pages | 1035 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | W. E. Bowes, C. S. Dempster, James Langridge, Nawab of Pataudi sen., H. Verity |
| Edition | 70th Edition |
| Editor | C. Stewart Caine |
| Pages | 1031 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | W. E. Astill, F. R. Brown, A. S. Kennedy, C. K. Nayudu, W. Voce | | Notable Events | - At Lord’s in June 1932 India play their first Test match. England wins it by 158 runs.
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| Edition | 71st Edition |
| Editor | Sydney J. Southerton |
| Pages | 1059 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | A. H. Bakewell, G. A. Headley, M. S. Nichols, L. F. Townsend, C. F. Walters | | Notable Events | - England regain the Ashes, winning the 1932-33 series 4-1 in Australia. The series proves highly controversial due to England’s “Bodyline” tactics and causes diplomatic tensions between the two countries. Wisden’s then editor, Southerton writes of Bodyline bowling, “I deplore its introduction and pray for its abolition”
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| Edition | 72nd Edition |
| Editor | Sydney J. Southerton |
| Pages | 1047 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | S. J. McCabe, W. J. O’Reilly, G. A. E. Paine, W. H. Ponsford, C. I. J. Smith | | Notable Events | - Jack Hobbs retires in 1934, having scored a record 61,237 first-class runs in his career.
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| Edition | 73rd Edition |
| Editor | Wilfrid H. Brookes |
| Pages | 1035 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | H. B. Cameron, E. R. T. Holmes, B. Mitchell, D. Smith, A. W. Wellard | | Notable Events | - Andrew Sandham scores his 100th first-class century, in
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| Edition | 74th Edition |
| Editor | Wilfrid H. Brookes |
| Pages | 1055 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | C. J. Barnett, W. H. Copson, A. R. Gover, V. M. Merchant, T. S. Worthington |
| Edition | 75th Edition |
| Editor | Wilfrid H. Brookes |
| Pages | 999 |
| Notes | Paper wrappers were replaced from 1938 with bright yellow, limp linen covers. Early cover colours ranged from buff, brown, pale pink and pale yellow. | | Five Cricketers of the Year | T. W. J. Goddard, J. Hardstaff jun., L. Hutton, J. H. Parks, E. Paynter | | Notable Events | - In 1936-37 Australia, captained by Don Bradman for the first time, retain the Ashes by winning the last three Tests after losing the first two, a feat still unique in Test history.
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| Edition | 76th Edition |
| Editor | Wilfrid H. Brookes |
| Pages | 967 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | H. T. Bartlett, W. A. Brown, D. C. S. Compton, K. Farnes, A. Wood | | Notable Events | - Australia retain the Ashes, drawing the 1938 series 1-1 in England. In England’s score of 903 for 7 in the Oval Test, Len Hutton’s 364 breaks the Test record for the highest individual innings.
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