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. The list is sorted by author's name. It is inevitably highly selective. The 1984 edition of E. W. Padwick's ''A Bibliography of Cricket'' (see below) had more than 10,000 entries.


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; David Rayvern Allen * '' Arlott on Cricket'' (1984) (editor) * ''Cricket on the Air'' (1985) (editor) * ''Early Books on Cricket'' (1987) ; HS Altham * '' MCC Cricket Coaching Book'', 1st edition (1952) * ''Hampshire County Cricket: The official history of Hampshire County Cricket Club'' (1957) * ''A History of Cricket'' (with E W Swanton) – various editions, most recently 1962 (hb), 1968 (pb) * ''Lord's and the MCC'' (with John Arlott) (1967) * ''The Heart of Cricket: A memoir of H.S. Altham'' (1967) ;
John Arlott Leslie Thomas John Arlott, (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's '' Test Match Special''. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he becam ...
* ''Indian Summer'' (1946) * ''Gone to the Cricket'' (1948) * ''How to Watch Cricket'' (1948; rev 1983) * ''From Hambledon to Lords'' (1948) * ''Concerning Cricket'' (1949) * ''The Middle Ages of Cricket'' (1949) * ''Gone with the Cricketers'' (1950) * ''Cricket in the Counties'' (1950) * ''Days at the Cricket'' (1951) * ''
Maurice Tate Maurice William Tate (30 May 1895 – 18 May 1956) was an English cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period. He was also the first Sussex cricketer to take a wicket wit ...
'' (1951) * ''The Echoing Green'' (1952) * ''Test Match Diary 1953'' (1953) * '' Australian Test Journal 1954-55'' (1955) * ''Alletson's Innings'' (1957) * ''Cricket Journal'' (1958) * ''Cricket Journal 2'' (1959) * ''Cricket Journal 3 : Cricket on Trial'' (1960) * ''Cricket Journal 4 : The Australian Challenge'' (1961) * ''Vintage Summer 1967'' (1967) * ''Cricket – The Great Ones : Eight First Class Batsmen'' (1967) * ''Cricket – The Great Bowlers'' (1968) * ''The Noblest Game: A Book of Fine Cricket Prints'' (with Neville Cardus) (1969) * ''Cricket – The Great All-rounders'' (1970) * ''Cricket – The Great Captains'' (1971) * ''
Fred Fred or FRED may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Fred ...
– Portrait of a Fast Bowler'' (1971) * ''The Ashes 1972'' (1972) * ''A Hundred Years of County Cricket'' (1973) * ''An Eye for Cricket'' (with Patrick Eagar) (1979) * ''John Arlott's Book of Cricketers'' (1979) * ''
Jack Hobbs Sir John Berry Hobbs (16 December 1882 – 21 December 1963) was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches between 1908 and 1930. Known as "The Master", he is widely regarded ...
: Profile of the Master'' (1981) * ''A Word from Arlott'' (1983) * ''Arlott on Cricket'' (1984) (edited by David Rayvern Allen) * ''John Arlott's 100 Greatest Batsmen'' (1986) * ''The Essential John Arlott'' (1989) * ''Basingstoke Boy : The Autobiography'' (1989) ; Geoff Armstrong * ''A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket'', Randwick, Ironbark Press, 1992. () ; F S Ashley-Cooper * ''At the Sign of the Wicket'' (1900) – a series in ''Cricket Magazine'' reproducing notices of known matches played 1742 to 1751 * ''Sussex Cricket and Cricketers'' (1901) * ''Curiosities of First-Class Cricket 1730-1901'' (1901) * ''The Hambledon Cricket Chronicle 1772-1796'' (1924) * ''Kent Cricket Matches 1719-1880'' (1929) ;
Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians 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 Stati ...
* ''A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1707-1863'' (1985) * ''A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles'' (2nd ed 1982) * ''A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in Australia'' (2nd ed 1983) * ''A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in India'' (1986) * ''A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in New Zealand'' (1981) * ''A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in North and South America'' (1987) * ''A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in Pakistan'' (1989) * ''A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in South Africa'' (1981) * ''A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in Sri Lanka'' (1987) * ''A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the West Indies'' (1984) * ''The ACS International Cricket Yearbook'' (2013 edition is the 28th year) * ''The ACS Second Eleven Annual'' (2013 edition is the 29th year) * ''The Cricket Statistician'', a quarterly Journal for members * ''The ACS Famous Cricketers Series'' (complete playing records, match by match, of notable cricketers, 100 were published in the series).


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Philip Bailey Philip James Bailey (born May 8, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and percussionist, best known as an early member and one of the two lead singers (along with group founder Maurice White) of the band Earth, Wind & Fire. Noted for his fo ...
* ''Who's Who of Cricketers'' (co-edited) (1984, second edition 1993) ;
Trevor Bailey Trevor Edward Bailey (3 December 1923 – 10 February 2011) was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster. An all-rounder, Bailey was known for his skilful but unspectacular batting. As the BBC reflected in his obituary: "His ...
* ''The Greatest of My Time'' (1968) ;Anthony Barker * ''The WACA: An Australian Cricket Success Story'' (1998) ; Ralph Barker * ''Ten Great Innings'' (1964) * ''Ten Great Bowlers'' (1967) * ''England v Australia: A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877-1968'' (with Irving Rosenwater) (1969) * ''Cricketing Family Edrich'' (1976) * ''Innings of a Lifetime, 1954-77'' (1982) * ''Purple Patches'' (1987) ; Brian Bassano * ''South Africa in International Cricket 1888–1970'' (1979) * ''The West Indies in Australia 1930-31'' (with Rick Smith) (1990) * ''A Springbok Down Under: South Africa on Tour, 1931-32'' (with Rick Smith) (1991) (based on the diary of
Ken Viljoen Kenneth George Viljoen (14 May 1910 – 21 January 1974) was a South African cricketer who played in 27 Test matches from 1930–31 to 1948–49. Making his Test debut in 1930, he played his first and last Tests against England. He was later a ...
) * '' Vic's Boys: Australia in South Africa 1935-36'' (1993) * ''South African Cricket: Vol. 4, 1947–1960'' (1996) * ''South Africa versus England: 106 Years of Test Match Glory'' (1996) * '' MCC in South Africa 1938-39'' (1997) * ''
Aubrey Faulkner George Aubrey Faulkner (17 December 1881 – 10 September 1930) was a South African cricketer who played 25 Test matches for South Africa and fought in both the Second Boer War and World War I. In cricket, he was an all-rounder who was among ...
: His Record Innings by Innings'' (2001) * '' Mann's Men: MCC in South Africa 1922-23'' (2004) * ''The Visit of Mr W. W. Read's 1891-92 English Cricket Team to South Africa'' (with Rick Smith) (2007) * ''Maiden Victory: The 1935 South African Tour of England'' (with Rick Smith) (2012) ;
Richie Benaud Richard Benaud (; 6 October 1930 – 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales cricket team, New South Wales and Australia national cricket team, Australia. Following his retirement from international cricket in ...
* ''The Way of Cricket'' (1961) * ''A Tale of Two Tests'' (1962) * ''Spin Me a Spinner'' (1963) * ''The New Champions'' (1966) * ''Willow Patterns'' (1969) * ''Test Cricket'' (1982) * ''World Series Cup Cricket 1981-82'' (1982) * ''The Hottest Summer'' (1983) * ''The Ashes 1982-83'' (1983) * ''Benaud on Reflection'' (1984) * ''The Appeal of Cricket'' (1995) * ''Anything But'' (1998) * ''My Spin on Cricket'' (2005) * ''Over But Not Out'' (2010) ; Henry Bentley * ''A Correct Account of all the Cricket Matches which have been played by the Mary-le-bone Club, and all other principal matches, from the Year 1786 to 1822 inclusive'' (1823) ; Keith Booth * '' Atherton's progress: From Kensington Oval to Kennington Oval'' (1996) * ''Knowing the Score'' (1998) (a history of scoring) * ''His Own Enemy'' (2000) (biography of Ted Pooley) * ''The Father of Modern Sport: The Life and Times of
Charles W. Alcock Charles William Alcock (2 December 1842 – 26 February 1907) was an English sportsman, administrator, author and editor. He was a major instigator in the development of both international football and cricket, as well as being the creator of t ...
'' (2002) * ''
George Lohmann George Alfred Lohmann (2 June 1865 – 1 December 1901) was an English cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. Statistically, he holds the lowest lifetime Test bowling average among bowlers with more than fifteen wickets ...
, Pioneer Professional'' (2007) * '' Ernest Hayes – Brass in a Golden Age'' (2009) ;
Rowland Bowen Rowland Francis Bowen (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a cricket researcher, historian and writer. Educated at Westminster School, Bowen received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the Indian A ...
* ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World'' (1970) ;
Derek Birley Sir Derek Sydney Birley (31 May 1926 – 14 May 2002) was a distinguished English educationalist and a prize-winning writer on the social history of sport, particularly cricket. Life and career Born in a mining community in West Yorkshire, Birl ...
* ''A Social History of English Cricket'' (1999) * ''The Willow Wand: Some Cricket Myths Explored'' (1979) ;Sir
Don Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. His cricketing successes have been claimed by Shane ...
* '' The Art of Cricket''.
Hodder & Stoughton Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette.H ...
. (1958) (1998 re-issue). * ''The Story of My Cricketing Life with hints on Batting, Bowling, Fielding'' in ''the Cricketer Annual'' (1930) * ''Farewell to Cricket'' (1949) ;
Mike Brearley John Michael Brearley (born 28 April 1942) is a retired English first-class cricketer who captained Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England. He was the captain of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World ...
* '' The Art of Captaincy'' (1985) ; Samuel Britcher * ''A list of all the principal Matches of Cricket that have been played in the year x'' (annual series where x = 1790 to 1800) ;
Dick Brittenden Richard Trevor Brittenden (22 September 1919 – 10 June 2002) was from the 1950s to the 1980s New Zealand's most prominent cricket writer. Early life, family and career Brittenden was born at Rakaia on 22 September 1919, and was educated at ...
*''Great Days in New Zealand Cricket'' (1958) *''New Zealand Cricketers'' (1961) *''The Finest Years: Twenty Years of New Zealand Cricket'' (1977) A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd, ;
Gerald Brodribb Arthur Gerald Norcott Brodribb (21 May 1915 – 7 October 1999) was a cricket historian and archaeologist. Life and career Born in St Leonards-on-Sea, Brodribb was educated at Eastbourne College and read classics and English at University Co ...
* ''Next Man In : A survey of cricket laws and customs'' (1953, 1985, 1996) * ''Hit for Six'' (1960) * ''Felix on the Bat: Being a Memoir of Nicholas Felix'' (1962). (NB: See also Nicholas Wanostrocht: ''Felix on the Bat'' (1845) * ''The Croucher: A Biography of
Gilbert Jessop Gilbert Laird Jessop (19 May 1874 – 11 May 1955) was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been the fastest run-scorer cricket has ever known. He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898. Career Jessop was born in Cheltenham, ...
'' (1974) * ''
Maurice Tate Maurice William Tate (30 May 1895 – 18 May 1956) was an English cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period. He was also the first Sussex cricketer to take a wicket wit ...
: a biography'' (1977) * ''The Lost Art'' (1997) (A history of
underarm bowling Underarm bowling is a style of bowling in cricket. The style is as old as the sport itself. Until the introduction of the roundarm style in the first half of the 19th century, bowling was performed in the same way as in the sport of bowls, wit ...
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G B Buckley George Bent Buckley (1885 – 26 April 1962) was an English surgeon and a celebrated cricket historian and an authority on the early days of the game. Buckley was born in Saddleworth, then part of Yorkshire, the son of Arthur and Jane Buckl ...
* ''Fresh Light on Eighteenth Century Cricket'' (1935) * ''Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket'' (1937) ; Alexander Buzo * ''Legends of the Baggy Green'' (2004)


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Neville Cardus Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (2 April 188828 February 1975) was an English writer and critic. From an impoverished home background, and mainly self-educated, he became ''The Manchester Gua ...
* ''A Cricketer's Book'' (1922) * ''Days in the Sun'' (1924) * ''Good Days'' (1934) * ''Australian Summer'' (1937) * ''Autobiography'' (1947) * ''Second Innings'' (1950) * ''Cricket All The Year'' (1952) * ''Close of Play'' (1956) * ''The Playfair Cardus'' (1963) * ''The Noblest Game: A Book of Fine Cricket Prints'' (with John Arlott) (1969) * ''Full Score'' (1970) * ''Cardus on Cricket'' (1977) * ''Cardus in the Covers'' (1978) * ''Play Resumed With Cardus'' (1979) * ''A Fourth Innings with Cardus'' (1981) * ''The Roses Matches'' 1919-1939 (1982) * ''A Cardus for All Seasons'' (1985) * ''Cardus on the Ashes'' (1989) * ''The Wisden Papers of Neville Cardus (Wisden Papers)'' (1989) (edited by Benny Green) ; Dudley Carew *''England Over, A Cricket Book'' (1927) *''Son of Grief'' (novel; 1936) *''To The Wicket'' (1947) ; Arthur Carman * ''Cricket Almanack of New Zealand'' * ''New Zealand International Cricket 1894-1974'' ; Richard Cashman * ''Patrons, Players and the Crowd : The Phenomenon of Indian cricket'' (1980) * Ave a go, yer mug ! Australian Cricket Crowds from Larrikin to Ocker'' (1984) * ''The "Demon" Spofforth'' (1990) () ; Stephen Chalke * ''Runs in the Memory'' (1997) * ''Caught in the Memory: County Cricket in the 1960s'' (1999) * ''One More Run'' (2000) (with Bryan "Bomber" Wells) * ''At the Heart of English Cricket: The Life and Memories of Geoffrey Howard'' (2001) (with Geoffrey Howard) * ''Guess My Story: The Life and Opinions of Keith Andrew, Cricketer'' (2003) * ''No Coward Soul: The Remarkable Story of Bob Appleyard'' (2003) (with Derek Hodgson) * '' Ken Taylor: Drawn to Sport'' (2006) * ''A Summer of Plenty:
George Herbert Hirst George Herbert Hirst (7 September 1871 – 10 May 1954) was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1921, with a further appearance in 1929. One of the best all-r ...
in the Summer of 1906'' (2006) * ''Tom Cartwright: The Flame Still Burns'' (2007) * ''Five Five Five:
Holmes Holmes may refer to: People and fictional characters * Holmes (surname), a list of people and fictional characters ** Sherlock Holmes, a fictional detective * Holmes (given name), a list of people * Gordon Holmes, a penname used by Louis Trac ...
and Sutcliffe in 1932'' (2007) * ''The Way It Was: Glimpses of English Cricket's Past'' (2008) * ''Now I'm 62: The Diary of an Ageing Cricketer'' (a novel) (2010) * ''A Long Half Hour: Six Cricketers Remembered'' (2010) * ''
Micky Stewart Michael James Stewart (born 16 September 1932) is an English former cricketer, coach and administrator. A right-handed batsman, Stewart's international career was hampered by illness that curtailed his first overseas tour – serving as vice-c ...
and the Changing Face of Cricket'' (2012) * ''Gentlemen, Gypsies and Jesters: The Wonderful World of Wandering Cricket'' (2013) (with Anthony Gibson) ;
Aakash Chopra Aakash Chopra (born 19 September 1977) is a cricket commentator, YouTuber and former cricketer who briefly played for the Indian cricket team from late 2003 to late 2004. Chopra currently works as a Hindi cricket commentator for Viacom18. H ...
* ''Beyond the Blues: A First-Class Season Like No Other'' (2009) * ''Out of the Blue: Rajasthan's Road to the Ranji Trophy'' (2011) ; "A Country Vicar" * ''Cricket Memories'' (1930) * ''Second Innings'' (1933) * ''The Happy Cricketer'' (1946) ;
Tony Cozier Winston Anthony Lloyd Cozier (10 July 1940 – 11 May 2016) was a Barbadian cricket journalist, writer, and radio commentator on West Indian cricket for over fifty years. Scyld Berry wrote that he was both the voice and the conscience of West ...
* ''The West Indies: 50 Years of Test Cricket'' (1978 – foreword by Sir
Garfield Sobers The Right Excellent Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, NH, AO, OCC (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a Barbadian born former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowle ...
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Bernard Darwin Bernard Richard Meirion Darwin CBE JP (7 September 1876 − 18 October 1961) was a golf writer and high-standard amateur golfer. A grandson of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Biography B ...
* ''Eton v Harrow at Lord's'' (1926) * ''W. G. Grace'' (1934) ;James Dance (a.k.a. James Love) * ''Cricket, an Heroic Poem'' (
1744 Events January–March * January 6 – The Royal Navy ship ''Bacchus'' engages the Spanish Navy privateer ''Begona'', and sinks it; 90 of the 120 Spanish sailors die, but 30 of the crew are rescued. * January 24 – The ...
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William Denison Sir William Thomas Denison (3 May 1804 – 19 January 1871) was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1847 to 1855, Governor of New South Wales from 1855 to 1861, and Governor of Madras from 1861 to 1866. According to Percival Se ...
* ''Cricket'' * ''Sketches of the Players'' (1846)


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; W Epps * ''A Collection of all the Grand Matches of Cricket 1771 to 1791'' (1799)


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; Nicholas Felix (Nicholas Wanostrocht) * ''Felix on the Bat'' (1845) ;
Jack Fingleton John Henry Webb Fingleton, (28 April 190822 November 1981) was an Australian cricketer, journalist and commentator. The son of Australian politician James Fingleton, he was known for his dour defensive approach as a batsman, scoring five Tes ...
* ''Cricket Crisis'' (1947) * ''Brightly Fades the Don'' (1949) * ''Brown & Company'' (1951) * ''The Ashes Crown the Year'' (1954) * ''Masters of Cricket'' (1958) * ''Four Chukkas to Australia'' (1960) * ''The Greatest Test of All'' (1961) * ''Fingleton on Cricket'', London, Collins, 1972. () * ''The Immortal
Victor Trumper Victor Thomas Trumper (2 November 1877 – 28 June 1915) was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found ...
'' (1978) * ''Batting from Memory'' (1981) ;
John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...
* ''Cricket – A Social History 1700-1835'' (1972) ;
Bill Frindall William Howard Frindall, (3 March 1939 – 30 January 2009) was an English cricket scorer and statistician, who was familiar to cricket followers as a member of the Test Match Special commentary team on BBC radio. He was nicknamed the Bearded W ...
* ''The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978'' (1979) ; David Frith * ''The Fast Men'' (1975) * ''My Dear Victorious Stod'' (1977) * ''The Golden Age of Cricket'' (1978) * ''The Slow Men'' (1984) * '' Archie Jackson'' (1987) * ''Pageant of Cricket'' (1987) * ''Silence of the Heart'' (1991) * ''
Bodyline Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33, 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia. It was designed to combat the extraordinar ...
Autopsy'' (2002)


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; A J Gaston * ''Sussex County Cricket 1728-1923'' (1924) ;
Alan Gibson Norman Alan Stewart Gibson (28 May 1923 – 10 April 1997) was an English journalist, writer and radio broadcaster, best known for his work in connection with cricket, though he also sometimes covered football and rugby union. At various times ...
* ''
Jackson Jackson may refer to: Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region * Jackson South, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region * Jackson oil field in Durham, ...
's Year: The Test Matches of 1905'' (1966) * ''Growing Up With Cricket – Some Memories of a Sporting Education'' (1985) * ''The Cricket Captains of England'' (1979, revised edition 1989) * ''Of Didcot and the Demon: The Cricketing Times of Alan Gibson'' (2009) (Compiled by Anthony Gibson) ;William Godfrey – pseudonym of
Samuel Youd Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012) was a British writer best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels '' The Death of Grass'', ''The Possessors'', and the young-adult novel series ...
for his novels about cricket ; William Goldwin * ''In Certamen Pilae'' ('On a ball game': i.e., a rural cricket match) (1706) ; John Goulstone * ''Hambledon – The Men and the Myths'' (2001) ;
W G Grace William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English cricketer who is widely considered one of the sport's all-time greatest players. Always known by his initials as "WG", his first-class career spanned a record-equalling 4 ...
* ''
Cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
'' (1891) * ''Cricketing Reminiscences and Personal Recollections'' (1899) ;Peter Griffiths * ''Padwick's Bibliography of Cricket, Volume 2'', Compiled by Stephen Eley and Peter Griffiths, Library Association, 1991 (covers the period 1980–1990) ;
Ramachandra Guha Ramachandra "Ram" Guha (born 29 April 1958) is an Indian historian, environmentalist, writer and public intellectual whose research interests include social, political, contemporary, environmental and cricket history. He is an important autho ...
* ''Wickets in the East'' (1992) * ''Spin and Other Turns'' (1994) * ''An Indian Cricket Omnibus'' (ed. with TG Vaidyanathan) (1994) * ''The Picador Book of Cricket'' (ed.) (2001) * ''A Corner of a Foreign Field – An Indian History of a British sport'' (2002) * ''The States of Indian Cricket'' (2005)


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Gideon Haigh Gideon Clifford Jeffrey Davidson Haigh (born 29 December 1965) is an Australian journalist and non-fiction author who writes about sport (especially cricket), business and crime in Australia. He was born in London, was raised in Geelong, and li ...
* ''The Cricket War'' (1993). * ''Mystery Spinner: The story of Jack Iverson'', Melbourne, Text, 1999. () * ''The Big Ship:
Warwick Armstrong Warwick Windridge Armstrong (22 May 1879 – 13 July 1947) was an Australian cricketer who played 50 Test matches between 1902 and 1921. An all-rounder, he captained Australia in ten Test matches between 1920 and 1921, and was undefeated, winn ...
and the Making of Modern Cricket'' (2000) * ''Game for Anything: Writings on Cricket'' (2004) * ''Silent Revolutions: Writings on Cricket History'' (2006) * ''The Green & Golden Age: Writings on Cricket'' (2007) ; Duncan Hamilton * ''
Harold Larwood Harold Larwood (14 November 1904 – 22 July 1995) was a professional cricketer for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1924 and 1938. A right-arm fast bowler who combined extreme speeds with great a ...
'' (2009) ;Chris Harte * ''A History of Australian Cricket'' (1993) * ''The History of the Sheffield Shield'' (1987) ; Fyzul Hassanali * ''Captaincy in Cricket'' (2002) * ''Captain out, All Out'' (2004) ;
Arthur Haygarth Arthur Haygarth (4 August 1825 – 1 May 1903) was a noted English amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex between 1844 and 1861, as wel ...
* ''Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket Scores and Biographies'', published in 15 volumes between 1862 and 1879 ; Bernard Hollowood * ''Cricket on the Brain'' (1970) ; Gerald Howat * ''
Learie Constantine Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine (21 September 19011 July 1971) was a Trinidadian cricketer, lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black peer ...
'' (1975) * ''Village Cricket'' (1980), * ''Cricketer Militant: the life of Jack Parsons'' (1980) * '' Walter Hammond'' (1984) * ''
Plum Warner Sir Pelham Francis Warner, (2 October 1873 – 30 January 1963), affectionately and better known as Plum Warner or "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket, was a Test cricketer and cricket administrator. He was knighted for services to sport ...
'' (1987) * ''
Len Hutton Sir Leonard Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was an English cricketer. He played as an Batting order (cricket)#Opening batsmen, opening batsman for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1934 to 1955 and for England national cricket team ...
: The Biography'' (1988) * ''Cricket's Second Golden Age: The Hammond- Bradman Years'' (1989) * ''Cricket Medley'' (1993) * ''Cricket All My Life'' (autobiography) (2006)


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; C L R James * ''
Beyond a Boundary ''Beyond a Boundary'' (1963) is a memoir on cricket written by the Trinidadian Marxist intellectual C. L. R. James, which he described as "neither cricket reminiscences nor autobiography". It mixes social commentary, particularly on the place o ...
'' (1963) ; D R Jardine * ''In Quest of the Ashes'' (1933)


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; JM Kilburn *''In Search of Cricket'' (1937) *''The Scarborough Cricket Festival'' (1948) *''History of Yorkshire County Cricket 1924-1949'' (1950) *''Yorkshire County Cricket (County Cricket Series)'' (1950) *''
Len Hutton Sir Leonard Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was an English cricketer. He played as an Batting order (cricket)#Opening batsmen, opening batsman for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1934 to 1955 and for England national cricket team ...
: The story of a great cricketer'' (1951) *''Cricket (Homes of Sport)'' (with Norman Yardley) (1952) *''Cricket Decade: England v. Australia 1946 to 1956'' (1959) *''A Century of Yorkshire County Cricket'' (1963) *''A History of Yorkshire Cricket'' (1970) *''Thanks to Cricket'' (1973) *''Overthrows'' (1975) *''Sweet Summers: The Classic Cricket Writing of JM Kilburn: Edited by Duncan Hamilton'' (2008) ; A E Knight * ''The Complete Cricketer'' (1906)


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; John Lazenby * ''Test of Time'', John Murray, 2005 ;
Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a career spanning more than sixty years, Lee became known as an actor with a deep and commanding voice who often portrayed villains in horr ...
* ''From the Sea End – Official History of Sussex CCC'' (1989) ; David Lemmon * ''The History of Surrey County Cricket Club'' (1989) ; W J Lewis * ''The Language of Cricket'' (1938) ; E V Lucas * ''The Hambledon Men'' (1907)


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Timothy J McCann Timothy John McCann (4 June 1944 – 26 June 2022) was an English archivist. Tim McCann joined the West Sussex Record Office in Chichester in 1967. He wrote several books about the history of Sussex including a classic work on cricket: ''Sus ...
* ''Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century'' (2004) ;
John Major Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British retired politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. Following his defeat to Ton ...
* '' More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years'' (2007: HarperCollins, ) ;
Ashley Mallett Ashley Alexander Mallett (13 July 1945 – 29 October 2021) was an Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980. Until Nathan Lyon, he was Australia's most successful off spin bowler since Worl ...
* '' Trumper: the illustrated biography'', Melbourne, Macmillan, 1985. () ;
John Marshall John Marshall (September 24, 1755July 6, 1835) was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remai ...
* ''A History of Sussex Cricket'' (1959) * ''The Duke Who Was Cricket'' (1961) ; G D Martineau * ''Bat, Ball, Wicket and All'' (1954) * ''The Field is Full of Shades'' (1954) * ''They Made Cricket'' (1956) ;
Christopher Martin-Jenkins Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins, Order of the British Empire, MBE (20 January 1945 – 1 January 2013), also known as CMJ, was a British cricket journalist and a President of Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC. He was also the longest serv ...
* ''The Wisden Book of County Cricket'' (with Frank Warwick) (1981) * ''Ball by Ball: The Story of Cricket Broadcasting'' (1990) ; Ronald Mason * ''Batsman's Paradise: An anatomy of cricketomania'' (1955) * ''
Jack Hobbs Sir John Berry Hobbs (16 December 1882 – 21 December 1963) was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches between 1908 and 1930. Known as "The Master", he is widely regarded ...
– A Portrait of an Artist as a Great Batsman'' (1960) * '' Walter Hammond: A biography'' (1962) * ''Sing All A Green Willow'' (1967) * '' 'Plum' Warner's Last Season'' (1970) * ''
Warwick Armstrong Warwick Windridge Armstrong (22 May 1879 – 13 July 1947) was an Australian cricketer who played 50 Test matches between 1902 and 1921. An all-rounder, he captained Australia in ten Test matches between 1920 and 1921, and was undefeated, winn ...
's Australians'' (1973) * ''Ashes in the Mouth: The Story of the
Bodyline Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33, 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia. It was designed to combat the extraordinar ...
Tour of 1932-33'' (1982) ;
Eric Midwinter Eric Clare Midwinter OBE (born 11 February 1932) is an English author, broadcaster and academic. He is a consumer advocate, a social policy analyst, a historian of the sport of cricket and an expert on British comedy. Life and career Eric Mid ...
* ''
WG Grace William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English cricketer who is widely considered one of the sport's all-time greatest players. Always known by his initials as "WG", his first-class career spanned a record-equalling 4 ...
: His Life and Times'' (1981) * ''150 Years: Surrey Cricket Club 1845-1995'' (1995) ;
Keith Miller Keith Ross Miller (28 November 1919 – 11 October 2004) was an Australian Test cricketer and a Royal Australian Air Force pilot during World War II. Miller is widely regarded as Australia's greatest ever all-rounder. His ability, irreverent m ...
* ''Cricket Crossfire'' (1956) ;
Mary Russell Mitford Mary Russell Mitford (16 December 1787 – 10 January 1855) was an English essayist, novelist, poet and dramatist. She was born at Alresford in Hampshire, England. She is best known for '' Our Village'', a series of sketches of village scenes ...
* ''Our Village'' (1832) (this collection of essays contains one on a village cricket matchOur Village
/ref>) ; Geoffrey Moorhouse * '' The Best Loved Game'' (1979) ; Mahiyar Morawalla * ''Cricket Cavalcade: Studies of Great Batsmen'' (1976) * ''King of Kings: The Story of Sir Garfield Sobers'' (1981) ; Patrick Morrah * ''
Alfred Mynn Alfred Mynn (19 January 1807 – 1 November 1861) was an English first-class cricketer during the game's "Roundarm Era". He was a genuine all-rounder, being both an attacking right-handed batsman and a formidable right arm fast bowler. Cricket ...
and the Cricketers of his Time'' (1986) ;
Ashley Mote Ashley Mote (25 January 1936 – 30 March 2020) was a British politician who was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2004 to 2009. Elected representing the UK Independence Party, he became a non-inscrit one mo ...
* ''The Glory Days of Cricket'' (1997) * ''John Nyren's " The Cricketers of My Time"'' (1998) ;
Johnnie Moyes Alban George "Johnny" Moyes (2 January 1893 – 18 January 1963) was a cricketer who played for Southern Redbacks, South Australia and Victorian Bushrangers, Victoria. Following his brief playing career, Moyes, a professional journalist, later ...
* ''Australian Cricket: A History'', Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1959. ;
Sujit Mukherjee Sujit Mukherjee (21 August 1930 – 14 January 2003) was an Indian writer, translator, literary critic, publisher, teacher and cricketer. Career Sujit Mukherjee was born in the village of Ariadaha, south of Calcutta, and educated at St. Xavier' ...
*''The Romance of Indian Cricket'' 1968 *''Playing for India'' 1972 *''Between Indian Wickets'' 1977 *''Matched Winners'' 1996 *''Autobiography of an Unknown Cricketer'' 1997 *''An Indian Cricket Century: Selected Writings'' 2002 ;D.J. Mulvaney *''Cricket Walkabout: The Australian Aboriginal Cricketers on Tour 1867-8'' (1967)


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William North William North (1755January 3, 1836) was an American soldier and politician. He was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and later served as a member of the New York State Assembly. Early life William North ...
* ''Nottingham Old Club Match Scores'' (1832) ;
John Nyren John Nyren (15 December 1764 – 30 June 1837) was an English cricketer and author. Nyren made 16 known appearances in first-class cricket from 1787 to 1817. He achieved lasting fame as the author of ''The Cricketers of My Time'', which was firs ...
* '' The Young Cricketer's Tutor and the Cricketers of My Time'' (with
Charles Cowden Clarke Charles Cowden Clarke (15 December 1787 – 13 March 1877) was an English author who was best known for his books on Shakespeare. He was also known for his compilation of poems as well as his edition of ''The Canterbury Tales'', which was rende ...
)(1833)


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; E.W. Padwick * ''A Bibliography of Cricket'', Library Association, 1984 (2nd edition) * ''Padwick's Bibliography of Cricket, Volume 2'', Compiled by Stephen Eley and Peter Griffiths, Library Association, 1991 (covers the period 1980–1990) ; J S Penny * ''Cricket References in Norwich Newspapers 1701 – 1800'' (year tbc) ; Roland Perry * '' The Don'', Sydney, Pan Macmillan, 1995. () ;Playfair * ''
Playfair Cricket Annual ''Playfair Cricket Annual'' is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. It has been published every year since 1948. Its main purposes are to revie ...
'' (annually from 1948) ;
Jack Pollard Jack Ernest Pollard OAM (31 July 1926 – 25 May 2002) was an Australian sports journalist, writer and cricket historian. Early life Born in Sydney on 31 July 1926, Pollard began his journalism career in 1943 as a copy boy at Sydney's ''Daily ...
* ''Australian Cricket'' 5 volumes: The Formative Years, 1803–1893; The Turbulent Years, 1893–1917; The Bradman Years 1918–1948; The Packer Years, 1948–1995; Highest, Most and Best, 192 Years of Cricket Statistics. Sydney, The Book Company, 1995. () * ''Australian Cricket: The game and the players''. Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982. () * ''Six and Out: The legend of Australian and New Zealand Cricket'', 4th ed., North Sydney, Jack Pollard, 1973 () ;
James Pycroft James Pycroft (1813 – 10 March 1895) is chiefly known for writing ''The Cricket Field'', one of the earliest books about cricket, published in 1851. Pycroft mythologised cricket as a noble, manly and essentially British activity ("Cricket is ...
* ''The Cricket Field'' (1851)


R

; Simon Rae * ''
W.G. Grace William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English cricketer who is widely considered one of the sport's all-time greatest players. Always known by his initials as "WG", his first-class career spanned a record-equalling 4 ...
: A Life'' (1998) ; Vasant Raiji * ''Ranji: The Legend and the Man'' (1963) * ''L. P. Jai: Memories of a Great Batsman'' (edited) (1976) * ''The Romance of the Ranji Trophy'' (1984) * ''India's Hambledon Men'' (1986) * ''CCI and the Brabourne Stadium, 1937-1987'' (with
Anandji Dossa Anandji Jamnadas Dossa (September 15, 1916 – September 22, 2014, in New York City) was an Indian cricket statistician. He represented his school and Wilson college in inter-school and inter-collegiate cricket while growing up in Bombay. He was ...
) (1987) * ''C. K. Nayudu: The Shahenshah of Indian Cricket'' (1989) * ''Duleep: A Centenary Tribute'' (2005) * ''From Presidency to Pentangular'' (with Mohandas Menon) (2006) ;
Netta Rheinberg Netta Rheinberg (24 October 1911 – 18 June 2006) was an English cricketer, journalist and administrator. She appeared in one Test match for England in 1949, against Australia. She played domestic cricket for Middlesex. Early life and educati ...
* ''Fair Play – the story of women's cricket'' (1976) – (with
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, ( Heyhoe; 11 June 1939 – 18 January 2017) was an English cricketer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She was best known for being captain of England from 1966 to 1978, and was unbeaten in six ...
) ; R. C. Robertson-Glasgow * ''Cricket Prints – Some Batsmen and Bowlers (1920–1940)'' (1943) * ''More Cricket Prints – Some Batsmen and Bowlers (1920–1945)'' (1948) * ''46 Not Out'' – an autobiography (1948) * ''Rain Stopped Play'' (1948) * ''The Brighter Side of Cricket'' (1950) * ''All in the Game'' (1952) * ''How To Become A Test Cricketer'' (1962) * ''Crusoe on cricket: The cricket writings of R.C. Robertson-Glasgow'' (1966) ; Ray Robinson * ''Between Wickets'' (1946) * ''The Glad Season'' (1955) * ''The Wildest Tests'' (1972) * ''On Top Down Under'' (1975) ;
Peter Roebuck Peter Michael Roebuck (6 March 195612 November 2011) was an English cricketer who later became an Australian newspaper columnist and radio commentator. A consistent county performer with over 25,000 runs, and "one of the better English openers ...
* ''Slices of Cricket'' Unwin, (1982) , * ''It Never Rains: A Cricketer's Lot'', Unwin, (1984) ; ; * ''It Sort of Clicks'', (with
Ian Botham Ian Terence Botham, Baron Botham (born 24 November 1955) is an English cricket commentator, member of the House of Lords, a former cricketer who has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017 and charity fundraiser. Hailed as one of ...
) (1986) , * ''Great Innings'', Blitz (1990) , * ''Tangled Up in White: Peter Roebuck on Cricket'',
Hodder & Stoughton Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette.H ...
, (1992) , * ''From Sammy to Jimmy: History of Somerset County Cricket Club'', Partridge Press (1991) , * ''Sometimes I Forgot to Laugh'', (autobiography) Allen & Unwin (2004) * ''It Takes All Sorts: Celebrating Cricket's Colourful Characters'',
Allen & Unwin George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It became one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and established an Australian ...
, (2005) * ''In It To Win It: The Australian Cricket Supremacy'' Allen & Unwin, (2006) ;
Alan Ross Alan John Ross (6 May 1922 – 14 February 2001) was a British poet, writer, editor and publisher. Early years Ross was born in Calcutta, India, son of John Brackenridge Ross, CBE, a former Lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve ( Supply and ...
* ''Australia 55'' (1955) * ''Cape Summer and the Australians in England'' (1956) * ''The Cricketer's Companion'' (editor) (1960) * ''Through the Caribbean'' (1960) * ''Australia 63'' (1963) * '' Ranji – Prince of Cricketers'' (1983) ;
Rowland Ryder Rowland Ryder (1914 – 13 February 1996) was an English schoolmaster, journalist, biographer and cricket writer. Life and work Ryder's father, also called Rowland Ryder, was the secretary of Warwickshire County Cricket Club from 1895 to 1944, and ...
* ''Cricket Calling'' (1995)


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; Keith A. P. Sandiford * ''100 Years of Organised Cricket in Barbados, 1892–1992'' (1992; edited with Ronald Hughes and Carlisle Burton) * ''Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados: The Elite Schools, 1865–1966'' (1998) * ''Gary Sobers'' (1998) * ''The Imperial Game: Cricket, Culture and Society'' (1998; edited with Brian Stoddart) ; Hugh de Sélincourt * ''The Cricket Match'' (a novel) (1924) ; Gerard Siggins * ''Green Days: Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005'' (2005) * ''100 Greats of Irish Cricket'' (with James Fitzgerald, 2006) * ''Raiders of the Caribbean: Ireland's World Cup adventure'' (with Trent Johnston, 2007) ;HF & AP Squire * ''Pre-Victorian Sussex Cricket'' (1951) ; Richard Streeton * '' PGH Fender: A Biography'' (1981) ; JF Sutton * ''Nottingham Cricket Matches from 1771 to 1853'', Simpkin & Marshall, 1853 ; E W Swanton * ''Elusive Victory'' (1951) * ''Cricket and the Clock'' (1952) * ''Best Cricket Stories'' (1953) * ''West Indian Adventure 1953-1954'' (1954) * ''West Indies Revisited – MCC tour 1959-1960'' (1960) * ''Cricket from All Angles'' (1968) * ''Sort of a Cricket Person'' (1972) * ''Swanton in Australia with MCC 1946-1975'' (1975) * ''Follow On'' (1977) * ''Barclays World of Cricket'' (General Editor) (1980 – 2nd ed.) * ''As I Said at the Time – a Lifetime of Cricket'' (1983) * ''
Gubby Allen Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen CBE (31 July 190229 November 1989) was a cricketer who captained England in eleven Test matches. In first-class matches, he played for Middlesex and Cambridge University. A fast bowler and hard-hit ...
– Man of Cricket'' (1985) * ''Kent Cricket – a Photographic History 1744-1984'' (with C H Taylor) (1985) * ''The Essential E W Swanton – the 1980s Observed'' (1990) * ''Last Over – A Life in Cricket'' (1996)


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; Percy Francis Thomas * ''Old English Cricket'' (1929) ;
A. A. Thomson Arthur Alexander Thomson, (7 April 1894 at Harrogate, Yorkshire – 2 June 1968 near Lord's in London) was an English writer best known for his books on cricket, for which he used the byline A. A. Thomson. He wrote nearly 60 books in all, inclu ...
* ''Cricket My Pleasure'' (1953) * ''Cricket My Happiness'' (1954) * ''Pavilioned in Splendour'' (1956) * ''The Great Cricketer'' (a biography of Dr
W G Grace William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English cricketer who is widely considered one of the sport's all-time greatest players. Always known by his initials as "WG", his first-class career spanned a record-equalling 4 ...
) (1957 and 1968) * ''Odd Men In'' (1958) * '' Hirst and
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'' (1959, 1986) * ''Cricket Bouquet'' (1961) * ''Cricket: The Golden Ages'' (1961) * '' Hutton and Washbrook'' (1963) * ''Cricket: The Great Captains'' (1965) * ''Cricket: The Wars of the Roses'' (1967) * ''Cricketers of My Times'' (1967) ; Geoff Tibballs * ''No-balls and Googlies'' (2007)


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David Underdown David Edward Underdown (19 August 1925 – 26 September 2009) was a historian of 17th-century English politics and culture and Professor Emeritus at Yale University. Born at Wells, Somerset, Underdown was educated at the Blue School and Exeter C ...
* ''Start of Play'' (2000)


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H T Waghorn Henry Thomas Waghorn (11 April 1842 – 30 January 1930), was a cricket statistician and historian. He is best known for his two classic researches into cricket's early history: ''The Dawn of Cricket'' and Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730 - 1773 ...
* ''Cricket Scores 1730–1773'' (1899) * ''The Dawn of Cricket'' (1906) ; P F Warner * ''How we recovered the Ashes'' (1904) * ''Cricket Between Two Wars'' (1942) * ''Lord's 1787-1945'' (1947) * ''Long Innings'' (1951) * ''Sir Pelham Warner's Book of Cricket'' (1945) ;
Steve Waugh Stephen Rodger Waugh (born 2 June 1965) is an Australian former international cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman and a medium-pace bowler, Waugh is considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time. ...
* ''Out of My Comfort Zone: the autobiography'', Melbourne, Penguin, 2005. () ; J R Webber * ''The Chronicle of W.G.'' (1998) ; Roy Webber * ''The Playfair Book of Cricket Records'', Playfair Books, 1951 * ''The Australians in England: A record of the 21 Australian cricket tours of England, 1878 to 1953'' (1953) * ''The County Cricket Championship: A history of the competition from 1873 to the present day'' (1957) * ''Phoenix History of Cricket'' (1960) * ''The Book of Cricket Records'', Playfair Books, 1963 (concise edition) ; Simon Wilde * ''Ranji: A Genius Rich and Strange'' (1990) * ''Letting Rip: The Fast Bowling Threat from Lillee to Waqar'' (1994) * ''Number One: The World's Best Batsmen and Bowlers'' (1998) * ''Caught: The Full Story of Corruption in International Cricket'' (2001) * ''Shane Warne: Portrait of a Flawed Genius'' (2007) ;Martin Wilson * ''An Index to Waghorn'' (Bodyline Books, 2005) ;
John Wisden John Wisden (5 September 1826 – 5 April 1884) was an English cricketer who played 187 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex. His father, William, was a builder. He attended Brighton's ...
* ''
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "Bible of cricket" (or variations thereof) has been applied to ''Wi ...
'' (annually from 1864) * ''
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The Wisden Cricketer ''The Wisden Cricketer'' was the world's best-selling monthly cricket magazine. It was incorporated in 2003, by a merger between '' The Cricketer'' magazine and '' Wisden Cricket Monthly''. It is now no longer connected to Wisden and is called ' ...
'' – a monthly magazine * ''
Wisden Cricket Monthly ''Wisden Cricket Monthly'' (WCM) is a UK-based print and digital cricket magazine available to buy worldwide. The original version ran from June 1979 to September 2003. The magazine was revived in November 2017, launching with an Ashes Special wh ...
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'' * ''
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'' – (defunct) ; John Woodcock * ''The Times – One Hundred Greatest Cricketers'' (1998) ; Graeme Wright * ''Test Decade 1972-1982'' (1982) * ''A Wisden Collection'' (2004) * ''Wisden at Lord's – An Illustrated Anthology'' (2005) ; Peter Wynne-Thomas * ''Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records'' (1983) * ''Give Me
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'' (1985) * ''From the Weald to the World'' (1997)


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Graham Yallop Graham Neil Yallop (born 7 October 1952) is a former Australian international cricketer. Yallop played Test and One Day International cricket for the Australia national cricket team between 1976 and 1984, captaining the side briefly during th ...
* ''Lambs to the Slaughter'' (1979) ;
Samuel Youd Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012) was a British writer best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels '' The Death of Grass'', ''The Possessors'', and the young-adult novel series ...
(writing as William Godfrey) * ''Malleson at Melbourne'' (novel) (1956) * ''The Friendly Game'' (fiction) (1957)


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