Robert Brooke (statistician)
Encyclopedia
Robert W Brooke is an English cricket
writer who has published over 20 books about the game, including those in the bibliography below.
He is a longtime Warwickshire CCC member who has been the club's honorary librarian
for many 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.
Mr 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.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
writer who has published over 20 books about the game, including those in the bibliography below.
He is a longtime Warwickshire CCC member who has been the club's honorary librarian
Librarian
A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
for many years. He has also been active in MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
, the Cricket Society
The Cricket Society
The Cricket Society is a charitable organisation founded in 1945 as the Society of Cricket Statisticians at Great Scotland Yard, London. It has grown steadily to be the largest body of its kind in the cricket world...
and the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians was founded in England in 1973 for the purpose of researching and collating information about the history and statistics of cricket...
(ACS), of which he was the co-founder in 1973.
Mr 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
The Cricketer
The Cricketer was an English cricket magazine published between 1921 and 2003 when it was merged with Wisden Cricket Monthly and relaunched as The Wisden Cricketer....
. Some of his articles for that publication can be found on Cricinfo
Cricinfo
ESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
within their player profiles.