page_title: Wisden Cricketers of the Year
section_title: List of Cricketers of the Year
hierarchical_section_title: Wisden Cricketers of the Year / List of Cricketers of the Year
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Australian cricketer Don Tallon taken before his playing retirement in 1954. Image is pre-1955 and therefore is in the public domain.
context_page_description: The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season". The award began in 1889 with the naming of "Six Great Bowlers of the Year", and continued with the naming of "Nine Great Batsmen of the Year" in 1890 and "Five Great Wicket-Keepers" in 1891.
  Since 1897, with a few notable exceptions, the annual award has recognised five players of the year. No players were named in 1916 or 1917, as the First World War prevented any first-class cricket being played in England, while in 1918 and 1919 the recipients were five schoolboy cricketers. From 1941 to 1946, the Second World War caused the same issue and no players were named. Three players have been sole recipients: W. G. Grace, Plum Warner and Jack Hobbs. The latter two selections are the only exceptions to the rule that a player may receive the award only once. Hobbs was first recognised in 1909, but was selected a second time in 1926 to honour his breaking W. G.
caption: The Invincibles took all five awards in 1949; Don Tallon was their wicket-keeper.
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