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The Cricket Society is an organisation that was originally founded as the Society of Cricket Statisticians at Great Scotland Yard, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in 1945.

Through its charitable trust, it raises money to coach underprivileged children in the skills of cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
. They link up with various organisations, such as the Arundel
Arundel

Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the South Downs of West Sussex in the south of England. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester....
 Castle Cricket Foundation, in achieving these aims.

The Society has a cricket team which plays at a number of venues each season.






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The Cricket Society is an organisation that was originally founded as the Society of Cricket Statisticians at Great Scotland Yard, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in 1945.

Through its charitable trust, it raises money to coach underprivileged children in the skills of cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
. They link up with various organisations, such as the Arundel
Arundel

Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the South Downs of West Sussex in the south of England. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester....
 Castle Cricket Foundation, in achieving these aims.

The Society has a cricket team which plays at a number of venues each season. It also holds monthly meetings for the members at venues in London, Bath, Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
 and Durham
Durham

Durham is a city in North East England. It lies at the heart of the City of Durham local government district. It is the county town of County Durham....
 at which invited speakers address the audience. These activities are held to raise funds for the charity.

The Cricket Society publishes a quarterly journal and a regular news bulletin for its subscribed membership.

The Society commissioned E.W. Padwick
E.W. Padwick

Eric William Padwick is a professional bibliography who compiled the definitive bibliography of cricket literature. He was also Deputy Librarian of the Guildhall Library....
 to compile a comprehensive bibliography of cricket literature under the title A Bibliography of Cricket. The first edition, published in 1977 by the Library Association had 8294 entries. A revised edition, published in 1984, extended this to over 10,000 entries (ISBN 978-0853659020). A second volume, published in 1991 as Padwick's Bibliography of Cricket, Volume 2, was compiled by Stephen Eley and Peter Griffiths and covers works published between 1980 and 1990 (ISBN 978-0853655282).

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