Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year The "Young Wisden" Cricketer of the Year is a cricketer selected for the honour by the annual publication "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack". The decision is based upon "his or her performances in school's cricket, as reported in "Wisden"". "Wisden" has included details of schools cricket as far back as its second edition in 1865, when it carried an account of the match between Eton College and Harrow School. In 1918 and 1919, as no first-class cricket was being played due to the First World War, the five "Wisden" Cricketers of the Year were chosen
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack facsimile offer was repeated in 2014 for those willing to subscribe to the "Almanack" by direct debit. This is not a true facsimile as the back cover does not reproduce the "List of Articles" of the original, but instead on the inside there is an advertisement for "Wisden" reprints from the Willows Publishing Company and on the back a celebration of 150 years of "Wisden". At the bottom of the back cover information is provided about the reprint: "This reprint of the first edition of "Wisden" was produced in 2013 for the publisher, John Wisden & Co, an imprint of