Complete
Timeline
| Edition | 77th Edition |
| Editor | Haddon Whitaker |
| Pages | 875 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | L. N. Constantine, W. J. Edrich, W. W. Keeton, A. B. Sellers, D. V. P. Wright | | Notable Events | - In March 1939 the most famous “Timeless Test” finishes in a draw after ten days in Durban when England, on 654 for 5 chasing 696 to beat South Africa, had to leave to catch the boat home.
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| Edition | 78th Edition |
| Editor | Haddon Whitaker |
| Pages | 426 |
| Edition | 79th Edition |
| Editor | Haddon Whitaker |
| Pages | 391 |
| Notable Events | - In 1941 30 year-old England fast bowler Ken Farnes is killed in a wartime flying accident.
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| Edition | 80th Edition |
| Editor | Haddon Whitaker |
| Pages | 407 |
| Edition | 81st Edition |
| Editor | Hubert Preston |
| Pages | 343 |
| Notable Events | - Hedley Verity, of Yorkshire and England, dies of war wounds in Italy in 1943, aged 38.
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| Edition | 82nd Edition |
| Editor | Hubert Preston |
| Pages | 367 |
| Edition | 83rd Edition |
| Editor | Hubert Preston |
| Pages | 479 |
| Original Price | Limp 6/6d; Cased 8/6d |
| Notable Events | - England and Australia play a series of unofficial “Victory Tests”.
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| Edition | 84th Edition |
| Editor | Hubert Preston |
| Pages | 747 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | A. V. Bedser, L. B. Fishlock, V. (M. H.) Mankad, T. P. B. Smith, C. Washbrook | | Notable Events | - Making his Test debut for England, Alec Bedser takes 11 wickets in each of his first two Test matches, against India in 1946.
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| Edition | 85th Edition |
| Editor | Hubert Preston |
| Pages | 875 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | M. P. Donnelly, A. Melville, A. D. Nourse, J. D. Robertson, N. W. D. Yardley | | Notable Events | - In 1946-47 Australia win the first Ashes series after the war 3-0 in Australia.
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| Edition | 86th Edition |
| Editor | Hubert Preston |
| Pages | 943 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | A. L. Hassett, W. A. Johnston, R. R. Lindwall, A. R. Morris, D. Tallon | | Notable Events | - Australia retain the Ashes, winning the 1948 series in England 4-0, the first Test series in England to have five-day matches. The Australians score 721 in a day against Essex at Southend, and go through the tour undefeated. Their captain, Don Bradman, ends his Test career with a second-ball duck at The Oval, and a batting average of 99.94 – if he had scored 4 rather than 0 he would have averaged 100.
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| Edition | 87th Edition |
| Editor | Hubert Preston |
| Pages | 1011 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | T. E. Bailey, R. O. Jenkins, John Langridge, R. T. Simpson, B. Sutcliffe |
| Edition | 88th Edition |
| Editor | Hubert Preston |
| Pages | 1035 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | T. G. Evans, S. Ramadhin, A. L. Valentine, E. D. Weekes, F. M. M. Worrell | | Notable Events | - West Indies win the 1950 Test series in England 3-1.
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| Edition | 89th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1039 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | R. Appleyard, H. E. Dollery, J. C. Laker, P. B. H. May, E. A. B. Rowan | | Notable Events | - Len Hutton scores his 100th first-class century, in 1951
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| Edition | 90th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1035 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | H. Gimblett, T. W. Graveney, D. S. Sheppard, W. S. Surridge, F. S. Trueman | | Notable Events | - Denis Compton scores his 100th first-class century, in 1952
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| Edition | 91st Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1019 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | R. N. Harvey, G. A. R. Lock, K. R. Miller, J. H. Wardle, W. Watson | | Notable Events | - England regain the Ashes after a 19-year gap, the longest ever, winning the 1953 series in England 1-0.
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| Edition | 92nd Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1031 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | B. Dooland, Fazal Mahmood, W. E. Hollies, J. B. Statham, G. E. Tribe | | Notable Events | - In 1954 Pakistan tour England for the first time, and draw the Test series 1-1.
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| Edition | 93rd Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1075 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | M. C. Cowdrey, D. J. Insole, D. J. McGlew, H. J. Tayfield, F. H. Tyson | | Notable Events | - England retain the Ashes, winning the 1954-55 series in Australia 3-1. The series is notable for the extremely fast bowling of England’s Frank Tyson.
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| Edition | 94th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1051 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | D. Brookes, J. W. Burke, M. J. Hilton, G. R. A. Langley, P. E. Richardson | | Notable Events | - Jim Laker of England takes 19 wickets for 90 against Australia at Manchester, the best match analysis in first-class cricket. Laker takes 46 wickets in the 1956 Ashes series, which England win 2-1.
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| Edition | 95th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1071 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | P. J. Loader, A. J. McIntyre, O. G. Smith, M. J. Stewart, C. L. Walcott |
| Edition | 96th Edition |
| Editor | Norman Preston |
| Pages | 1059 |
| Five Cricketers of the Year | H. L. Jackson, R. E. Marshall, C. A. Milton, J. R. Reid, D. Shackleton | | Notable Events | - In 1957-58 Garry Sobers scores 365 not out for West Indies against Pakistan in Jamaica, breaking the record for the highest individual Test innings.
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