The Cricket Society Book of the Year Award


2007 Keith Booth                          George Lohmann - Pioneer Professional
2006 Scyld Berry and Rupert Peploe        Cricket's Burning Passion,                                    
                                          Ivo Bligh and the story of the Ashes
2005 Eric Midwinter                       Red Shirts and Roses
2004 David Rayvern Allen                  Jim: The Life of E.W. Swanton
2003 David Frith                          The Ross Gregory Story
2002 Ramachandra Guha                     A corner of a foreign field:
                                          The Indian history of a British sport
2001 Steven Chalke                        At the Heart of English Cricket:
                                          The Life and Memories of Geoffrey Howard
2000 Gideon Haigh                         Mystery Spinner: The Story of Jack Iverson
1999 Sir Derek Birley                     The Society History of English Cricket.
1998 Simon Rae                            W.G.Grace: A Life
1998 J.R.Webber                           The Chronicle of W.G. 
1997 Ashley Mote                          The Glory Days of Cricket:
                                          The Extraordinary Story of Broadhalfpenny Down
1996 Charles Williams                     Bradman:An Australian Hero. 
1995 Rob Steen                            David Gower: A Man Out of Time
1994 David Rayvern Allen                  Arlott: The Authorised Biography
1993 David Foot                           Beyond Bat and Ball
1992 Mark Peel                            England Expects: A Biography of Ken Barrington
1991 Alan Hill                            Herbert Sutcliffe: Cricket Maestro
1990 Mihir Bose                           History of Indian Cricke
1989 Simon Barnes                         A La Recherche du Cricket Perdu
1988 Ric Sissons                          The Players:
                                          A Social History of the Professional Cricketer
1987 David Frith                          Pageant of Cricket
1986 Alan Hill                            Hedley Verity: A Portrait of a Cricketer
1985 Mike Brearley                        The Art of Captaincy
1984 Clive Ellis                          C.B.: The Life of Charles Burgess Fry
1983 Jack Pollard                         Australian Cricket: The Game and the Players
1982 Mike Brearley                        Phoenix from the Ashes
1981 Richard Streeton                     P.G.H.Fender: A Biography
1980 E.W.Swanton and John Woodcock        Barclay's World of Cricket
1979 Geoffrey Moorhouse                   The Best Loved Game
1978 Irving Rosenwater                    Sir Donald Bradman: A Biography
1977 Ian Peebles                          Spinner's Yarn
1976 Ray Robinson                         On Top Down Under: 
                                          Australia's Cricket Captains
1975 Gerald Howat                         Learie Constantine
1974 Leslie Duckworth                     The Story of Warwickshire Cricket . . 
                                          1882-1972
1973 E.W. Swanton                         Sort of a Cricket Person
1972 J.M.Kilburn                          Thanks to Cricket
1971 Peter Wynne-Thomas                   Nottinghamshire Cricketers 1821-1914
1970 David Frith My Dear Victorious       Stod: A Biography of A.E. Stoddart



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