''James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual'' was a

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annual edited by

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, the secretary of

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, between 1872 and 1900. It is generally referred to as "Red Lillywhite" because of the colour of the cover. It was published by James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co., and sold for 1s. From the 1876 edition it included a frontispiece, which was an actual photograph affixed into the annual. The 1883 edition includes a tribute to James Lillywhite senior, who was "the brain which devised the conception of the Annual" and who had died in 1882. ''James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual'' incorporated ''John Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion'' from 1886 on, after the latter ceased separate publication in 1885.

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www.lillywhites.org – Lilly Fan Page
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