Athletic News Cricket Annual


The Athletic News Cricket Annual was one of several sporting annuals published initially by the Athletic News, a Manchester-based newspaper devoted almost entirely to reporting sports events. It was first issued in 1888 and it had reached its 48th edition by 1939. By that time it was generally including over 200 pages together with a small number of photographs. As well as containing test match and county championship records, this particular cricket annual differed from a number of similar publications by the depth of its coverage of certain minor leagues — especially those in the north of England and also in Scotland.
After World War II it reappeared as the Athletic News Cricket and Golf Annual, then subsequently – from its 50th year – as the Sunday Chronicle Cricket and Golf Annual, before one last year as the Sunday Chronicle Cricket Annual. Like its companion volume the Athletic News Football Annual it was for many years edited by ‘Tityrus’ and afterwards by Ivan Sharpe.

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Editions produced since 1935:-
YearEditionTitleEditorPricePages
193544thAthletic News Cricket AnnualIvan Sharpe6d192
193645thAthletic News Cricket AnnualIvan Sharpe6d192
193746thAthletic News Cricket AnnualIvan Sharpe6d
193847thAthletic News Cricket AnnualIvan Sharpe6d
193948thAthletic News Cricket AnnualIvan Sharpe6d
194649thAthletic News Cricket & Golf AnnualIvan Sharpe1s
194750thSunday Chronicle Cricket & Golf AnnualIvan Sharpe1s192
194851stSunday Chronicle Cricket & Golf AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d
194952ndSunday Chronicle Cricket & Golf AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d
195053rdSunday Chronicle Cricket & Golf AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d224
195154thSunday Chronicle Cricket & Golf AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d
195255thSunday Chronicle Cricket & Golf AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d224
195356thSunday Chronicle Cricket & Golf AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d
195457thSunday Chronicle Cricket & Golf AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d
195558thSunday Chronicle Cricket AnnualIvan Sharpe1s 6d208

Note: The 1947-1955 editions were sub-titled 'incorporating the Athletic News Cricket Annual'.