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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.〔(Profile ), CricketArchive〕 He is now best known for launching the eponymous ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' in 1864, the year after he retired from first-class cricket. ==Early life== Wisden was born in Crown Street, Brighton.〔Eric Midwinter, ‘Wisden, John (1826–1884)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2013 (accessed 13 September 2013 )〕 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.〔(Profile ), ESPNcricinfo〕〔(The survival of Wisden ), ESPNcricinfo, July 1992〕 ==Cricket== In July 1845, aged 18, only 5 ft 6 in and weighing just ,〔 he made his first-class debut for Sussex against MCC, taking 6 wickets in the first innings and three in the second.〔(Scorecard ), Sussex v Kent. 3,4,5 July 1845〕 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.〔 He played almost all of his cricket in England, mostly for Sussex, but once for Kent and thrice for Middlesex.〔 He travelled with a touring team led by George Parr to Canada and the US in 1859, where eight matches in Montreal, Hoboken, Philadelphia, Hamilton and Rochester were won easily.〔 Of moderate height, he was nicknamed the "Little Wonder" after the winner of the Epsom Derby in 1840, and later the "Cardinal".〔 He was said to be the best all-rounder of his day.〔 In all, he took 1,109 first-class wickets with a bowling average of 10.32. He scored 4,140 first-class runs with a batting average of 14.12, an average which was very good for the time.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Wisden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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