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 the back cover with the words "REPLACEMENT DUST JACKET". The same supplier offers traditional design dust jackets for editions from 1946 to 1964. Although these mimic the appearance of the softback covers they are not true facsimiles as the original hardback editions were never issued with dust jackets. The size of "Wisden" print runs is of considerable interest to collectors as rarity has a very strong influence on the value of individual editions. The most reliable, or rather most widely quoted, source of information on print runs is an article by Leslie Gutteridge titled "A History of "Wisden"" published in