The Library
Members may, without charge, borrow books from the Society's comprehensive cricket library.
The library is open before all London meetings and, from its 50 year existence, has built up a wide range of books covering all aspects of cricket literature.
Most standard cricket books are held including Wisden,
The Cricketer, a large collection of county yearbooks, overseas annuals, club histories as well as a full range of histories, biographies and tour books.
Postal requests for information from library sources are always welcomed.
Bibliography of Cricket
The Library Association published a Bibliography of Cricket on behalf of the Society in 1977.
A revised and enlarged edition, containing over 10,000 entries on every aspect of cricket at home and abroad, was published in 1984.
Volume II of the bibliography was published in 1991.
Video Library
Cricket videos are available on loan to members by post, covering both current and historic.
The News Bulletin
Published eight times a year with information about past, present and future activities, together with interesting and original statistical research, list of new members and a chance to advertise items for sale.
The News Bulletin is sent to all members.
The Journal
The critically acclaimed 72-page Journal of The Cricket Society is published twice a year and sent to all members.
It includes original articles by writers both familiar and new on many aspects of cricket past and present.
The following are a selection of articles previously printed in The Journal of The Cricket Society.
Click on the title to view it.
Inside the Box - My Life With Test Match Special - Peter Baxter
Brian Statham
The Pride of a Diffident Hero - Jim Laker
My Hero - J.T. Murray
Don Rowan talks to Barry Norman
Like Father Like Son
Kenya’s Finest Hour
Ashes’ Cricket Seen at the MCG
From Charles Bannerman to Brian Charles Lara
D.R. Jardine
Engulfed by the Typhoon: The Hostility of Frank Tyson
Fifty Years Ago - Glamorgan’s First Championship
James Langridge
Peter May
Conrad Hunte
England v Australia:1905
Oh. My Bramall Lane of Long Ago
The Magnificent, Majestic Mushtaq Ali
Between Trains
The Strange Career of Andy Ganteaume
A Personal View
Henry Blofeld: The First “Young Cricketer of the Year”
Most Runs by English Players in their Debut Test Series
R. Mohan
Verity and ‘The Don’
The Golden 19 for 90
Great Cricketers of the West Indies
Stanley Jayasinghe
Ranking the Greatest All-Rounders in Test Cricket
Ten Little Aussie Boys Lakered in a row
Rockley Wilson’s Only Test
T.E.R. Cook
Book of the year award 2010
This years list can be found with details of the night here.
2009
President Of The Cricket Society won the Book Of The Year Award 2009
See all entries here