The Cricket Reporting Agency (CRA) was founded by

Charles Pardon Charles Frederick Pardon (28 March 1850 - 18 April 1890) was editor of ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' between 1887 and 1890. His father was the journalist George Frederick Pardon. It was during his time as editor that the Wisden Cricketers of the ...

and

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in 1880. Throughout its 85-year existence, the CRA provided the

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(PA) with cricket and

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reports and scores for use by newspapers. In its early years it covered other sports as well, including

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. From Charles Pardon's becoming editor of ''

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "bible of cricket" was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh in a ...

'' in 1887, the editor was nearly always a CRA partner. The CRA was responsible for the editorial production of the ''Almanack'', until in 1965 the agency merged with the PA.''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', 1966 edition, pp vi-vii.

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