Sources
- Brooke, R. (1984) John Edward Shilton's Book, Association of Cricket Statisticians, Haughton Mill, Nottinghamshire. ISBN 0947774009
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Robert William Brooke (born 5 May 1940) is an English cricket writer who has published more than 20 books about the game, including those referred to in the bibliography below.
Born in Solihull, Brooke attended school in Dorridge and Yardley Grammar School in Birmingham. [1] He is a longtime Warwickshire CCC member who served as the club's honorary librarian for several years. He has also been active in MCC, the Cricket Society and the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS), of which he was the co-founder in 1973.
Brooke was the ACS chairman from 1973 to 1979 and was the editor of the ACS journal, the Cricket Statistician from 1973 to 1985.
As of 2003, he was the statistician and obituarist of The Cricketer . Some of his articles for that publication can be found on Cricinfo within their player profiles. [2]
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First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each, although in practice a team might play only one innings or none at all.
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks – a reference to the Northamptonshire Regiment which was formed in 1881. The name was supposedly a tribute to the soldiers' apparent indifference to the harsh discipline imposed by their officers. Founded in 1878, Northamptonshire (Northants) held minor status at first but was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship during the 1890s. In 1905, the club joined the County Championship and was elevated to first-class status, since when the team have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.
The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) was founded in England in 1973 for the purpose of researching and collating information about the history and statistics of cricket. Originally called the Association of Cricket Statisticians, the words "and Historians" were added in 1992 but it has continued to use the initialism ACS.
Peter Wynne-Thomas BEM was an English cricket writer, historian and statistician who was for many years the archivist and librarian of Nottinghamshire CCC. The library at Nottinghamshire's Trent Bridge cricket ground is named The Wynne-Thomas Library in his honour. He was one of the Nottinghamshire general committee members, and in 2016 he was elected President of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.
George Frederick Wheldon was an English sportsman. In football, he was an inside-forward with good footwork and an eye for goal who played for England and several Football League clubs, in particular for Small Heath and Aston Villa. In cricket, he was a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, who played county cricket for Worcestershire in their early seasons in the first-class game.
Shropshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Shropshire.
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Hertfordshire.
Michael James Powell is an English cricketer and coach who played for and captained Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He also played in South Africa for Griqualand West during the 2001–02 season, and in New Zealand for Otago in 2005–06.
The 1800 English cricket season was the 29th in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status and the 14th after the foundation of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The season saw five top-class matches played in the country.
Kevin Sharp is an English cricket coach and a former first-class cricketer. He was educated at Abbey Grange High School in Leeds.
William Cuttell was an English first-class cricketer, who played fifteen matches for Sheffield and Yorkshire between 1862 and 1871.
William Slinn was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Sheffield Cricket Club 1861–62; and for Yorkshire County Cricket Club 1863–64. In other first-class games, he played for the United All-England Eleven (1860), an England "Next XIV" (1860), the North of England (1863), and the All-England Eleven (1864).
George Rodney Cass was an English cricketer: a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Essex and Worcestershire in England, and for Tasmania in Australia, in the 1960s and 1970s. He was capped by Worcestershire in 1970. He was born at Overton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, and educated at Dewsbury Technical College.
Cambridge Town Club (CTC) was a first-class cricket club established in Cambridge before 1817. Among notable players who represented CTC were Tom Hayward senior, Robert Carpenter and George Tarrant. It co-existed with Cambridge University Cricket Club, an entirely separate entity, and the two teams played each other on numerous occasions.
Alan Paul Pridgeon is a former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, taking 530 first-class and 273 List A wickets for the county between the early 1970s and the late 1980s. He was capped by the county in 1980. He played football in the winters as a centre-half for Stourbridge F.C.
Dean Marsh is an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Shropshire. He was born in Bedworth, Warwickshire and educated at Ash Green School, Exhall.
Geoffrey Edmunds is an English cricketer. Edmunds was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire and educated at Abbey High School, Redditch.
David Hilton Breakwell is a former English cricketer. Ranells was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, and educated at Bridgnorth Grammar School.
Ian Maun is a retired university lecturer who has written two chronological researches of 18th century cricket matches and events. Maun was a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter from 1999 until 2009, teaching French and German. His published cricket works are From Commons to Lord's, Volumes One and Two which cover the years 1700 to 1750 and 1751 to 1770 respectively; his intention is to ultimately publish researches of the whole 18th century. Maun's books have been generally well-received and he was voted "Cricket Statistician of the Year" by the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians in 2009, following the publication of his first volume.
Andrew Keith Hignell is a cricket historian and scorer.
