Cricket annuals

Off to watch England play cricket today so here's a selection of cricket annuals (those were the days!) to get you in the mood (!) for the Summer...

covers (above and below) by John Gillatt

I think this is the first Denis Compton annual (1951)

Denis Compton's annual - 1952

Denis Compton's annual - 1953

Denis Compton's annual - 1954

Denis Compton's annual - 1955

Denis Compton's annual - 1956

Denis Compton's annual - 1957

So as well as Denis Compton being famous enough to have a series of annuals published I wondered what other cricketers might have had this privilege conferred on them...

1983 (above)

1984 (below)

Sadly I'm not sure the equivalent annual exists today, so no annual for Kevin Pietersen, Ben Stokes or Joe Root any time soon I fear :(

One last one though, this one (from 1980) not apparently featuring Ian Botham at all...

Have I missed any other annuals - can you help? I'd also be interested in cricket strips, again, details welcomed

Update...David Gower liked the tweet I put out about the above annuals - yay!

 

Cricket annuals

I should have been watching England play Test cricket on Friday but it didn't happen, so, instead, here's a selection of cricket annual to get you in the mood (!) for the Summer..

covers (above and below) by John Gillatt

I think this is the first Denis Compton annual (1951)

Denis Compton's annual - 1952

Denis Compton's annual - 1953

Denis Compton's annual - 1954

Denis Compton's annual - 1955

Denis Compton's annual - 1956

Denis Compton's annual - 1957

So as well as Denis Compton being famous enough to have a series of annuals published I wondered what other cricketers might have had this privilege conferred on them...

1983 (above)

1984 (below)

Sadly I'm not sure the equivalent annual exists today, so no annual for Kevin Pietersen, Ben Stokes or Joe Root any time soon I fear :(

One last one though, this one (from 1980) not apparently featuring Ian Botham at all...

Have I missed any other annuals - can you help? I'd also be interested in cricket strips, again, details welcomed

Update...David Gower liked the tweet I put out about the above annuals - yay!

 

Cricket annuals (3)

So as well as Denis Compton being famous enough to have a series of annuals published I wondered what other cricketers might have had this privilege conferred on them...

1983 (above)

1984 (below)

Sadly I'm not sure the equivalent annual exists today, so no annual for Kevin Pietersen, Ben Stokes or Joe Root any time soon I fear :(

One last one though, this one (from 1980) not apparently featuring Ian Botham at all...

Cricket annuals (2)

After my last post about cricket annuals / books I had a sudden revelation that I should be searching under the name of famous cricketers and lo and behold I found the following...

I think this is the first Denis Compton annual (1951)

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

with apologies to Amazon, Abebooks and ebay - from where all these scans are sourced

Cricket annuals (1)

Since Summer is nearly upon us my thoughts turn to my favourite sport...cricket. Here's a selection of cricket annual to get you in the mood (!) for the Summer..

covers (above and below) by John Gillatt

Have I missed any other annuals - can you help? I'd also be interested in cricket strips, again, details welcomed