No award with this date. Before 2008 the award was for books published in the year of the award; after 2008 the award was for books published the previous year. 2009: Life Beyond the Airing Cupboard by John Barclay 2010: Of Didcot and the Demon: The Cricketing Times of Alan Gibson by Anthony Gibson 2011: Slipless in Settle by Harry Pearson 2012: Fred Trueman: The Authorised Biography by Chris Waters 2013: On Warne by Gideon Haigh 2014: The Great Tamasha: Cricket, Corruption and the Turbulent Rise of Modern India by James Astill 2015: Field of Shadows: The English Cricket Tour of Nazi Germany 1937 by Dan Waddell 2016: Fire in Babylon by Simon Lister 2017: A Beautiful Game: My Love Affair with Cricket by Mark Nicholas 2018: Connie: The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine by Harry Pearson 2019: Steve Smith's Men: Behind Australian Cricket's Fall by Geoff Lemon 2020: The Great Romantic: Cricket and the Golden Age of Neville Cardus by Duncan Hamilton; The Final Innings: The Cricketers of Summer 1939 by Christopher Sandford (shared) 2021: The Unforgiven by Ashley Gray Current officers President John Barclay Vice-President Chris Lowe Vice-President Charlotte Edwards Vice-President Vic Marks Vice-President Sir Tim Rice Vice-President Derek Underwood Executive committee Chairman Nigel Hancock Vice Chairman Phil Reeves Secretary Geoffrey Levett Treasurer Phil Reeves Membership Secretary Matthew Stevenson Peter Hardy Nick Tudball Derek Barnard Barry Kitcherside Rafaelle Nicholson Presidents since 1945 • 1945-1946 F. A. Mackinnon, The Mackinnon of Mackinnon • 1947-1959 Hubert Preston • 1960-1961 H. S. Altham • 1961-1962 Lord Birkett • 1963-1968 A. A. Thomson • 1969-1973 Lt-Gen Sir Oliver Leese • 1974-1975 A. M. Crawley • 1976-1983 E. W. Swanton • 1983-1998 G. H. G. Doggart • 1998-2008 C. D. A. Martin-Jenkins • 2008-onwards J. R. T. Barclay Chairs since 1945 • 1945-1946 A. Weigall • 1946-1947 Capt. J. A. Bayliss • 1947-1953 G. A. Copinger • 1953-1960 A. R. Whitaker • 1960-1965 Dr R. W. Cockshut • 1965-1966 L. E. S. Gutteridge • 1966-1983 C. C. W. Box-Grainger • 1983-1992 R. N. Haygarth • 1992-2003 D. Allsop • 2003-2008 W. R. Allen • 2008 I. R. Jackson • 2008-2012 D. E. Barnard • 2012 onwards Nigel Hancock References External links The Cricket Society web site Brief history (to 1979) Cricket Society cricket team Cricket historians and writers Clubs and societies in London Sports writing awards