The Cricket Society/MCC Book of the Year Award

2009 Anthony Gibson                 Of Didcot and The Demon
2008 John Barclay                   Life Beyond the Airing Cupboard
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 Social 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 Cricket
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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