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Last Price Update July 2024 : I have been collecting Wisdens for a while now and in 2005 set up this Website to pass on my Wisden experiences, this site was the first ever created on the internet to explain about Wisdens to the masses and it is regularly updated with valuable statistics to help every Wisden collector when needed, to enhance their set. This site includes a popular discussion forum (wisdenclub.com) which has kept me entertained since '05. Over time we were offered Wisdens from members and also people asked if we had any spares to fill gaps in their sets. This led to our online Wisden Catalogue and this evolved into our sister site wisdenauction.com (see 2013 Wisden, pages 50/51), we improved the look and feel of this site in August 2013 and have updated it year on year, Happy Collecting, Chris Ridler, Wisden Collector.
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Mission Statement "Our aim is to put our heart and soul into helping you complete your Wisden Collecting goals, providing free expert advice along the way"...1000+ Wisden Pictures can be seen below of our own Set & Sales
Our Sister Site www.wisdenauction.com has provided us with their sale values from Sept 2008 to Feb 2024. The image file is very large so have included one without images too. (They are secure documents) No Images & With Images
Our full set is pictured below. For each year, you can study the pictures and see all the statistics/prices/values for that year on the 3 tabs : For Sale (available Wisdens), Recent Values Tab (Auction Prices), Statistics Tab (our valuation tool) - Just click on the text (e.g. XXXX Recent Values) under the pictures
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1875 Wisden - Paperback - Facs Spine - Front -
1875 Wisden - Paperback Facs Spine - Spine -
1875 - Paperback - Facs Spine - Rear
| Images | All Items | Price | Bids | Ends |
 | Facsimile Wisden - 1875 - Lowe & Brydone (2nd Reprint) | £48.00 | ||
 | Facsimile Wisden - 1875 - Lowe & Brydone (2nd Reprint) | £50.00 |
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Three variants exist for the 1875 Wisden, 212 pages (this is not the 214 page copy with a leaf removed) , 214 pages and 214 pages with an extra blank page at the end (making 216 pages) have been seen.
If you have any comments to add regarding the 1875 Wisden, please contact us on wisdens@cridler.com and we will add them
I am currently reading my set and pop notes into the www.wisdenauction.com newsletter, here is a snippet of the write up from 1875 : The Private Banks Club were new and the MCCs opening game on May 9th. A draw with 22 wickets down in the day. 12 of the MC vs 16 who have never played at lords, May 11 & 12 , the 16 were thrashed by an innings but Betts & Haggard showed some form (‚¬Å“Haggard (quite a lad) shewed some promising batting for his 14‚¬) , Lords is greener than ever. The team touring Australia did not return until the 18th May hence the MCC lost to The South on the 18th/19th by 93 runs. I.D Walker with 45. Thornton hit one so had it pitched it passed through the open door, pitched in the centre of the pavilion and bounded out through a rear window. They scored 145, the MCC hit 131 and needed 154 to win but were 12-6 and 60 all out , Frank Silcock bowling very well , in his 21 overs only 5 balls were hit (3 wickets taken, 21-16-13-3) Hughes took the other 7 but was no in the write up. Vs Cambridge Uni, May 21/22, in pleasant weather, Powys & Hamilton scored 49 for the last wicket that with Longman‚¬„¢s 73 built a score of 192 , Thornton scored 6 and was hurt for the MCC who only managed 107 & 131 and lost by 8 wickets. North vs South, the first game with the big boys playing. May 25 & 26, n awful weather ‚¬Å“nay, it became very foul‚¬ the 4905 visitirs whitnessed (on Whit Monday) storms , lightening, thunder & hail. So just 22-2 on day 1. 5667 came on day 2 and it was a nice day, but 10 was the top score in the Norths innings of 41, the south were then 39-9 but managed 70 maybe the bog was drying out, but the norths 78 left 50 to win and the south did this with 8 wickets to spare. All in all the batting time was just 5hours 24 minutes. : Please contact us for the full write up.
My 1875 Wisden, as pictured, is a rebound Wisden without covers , it cost £12000 at auction (lot 330), which was a great price and I remember the date well, it was September 11th 2010 and I was umpiring at the time, JM a wisdens.org member bid on my behalf and I found out at Tea that I had completed my Wisden set. Hence remembering it so well.
In 2024 I uploaded the latest Picture of my Set.