The Howard Milton Award For Cricket Scholarship

The Howard Milton Award For Cricket Scholarship

In association with the British Society of Sports History

2024 Winner - Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians (‘ACS’)

We are delighted to announce that the Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians (‘ACS’) has won the 2024 Howard Milton Award for Cricket Scholarship.

The Howard Milton Award for Cricket Scholarship, a collaboration between The Cricket Society and the British Society of Sports History, is awarded annually to a person or persons who have made an outstanding and/or unsung contribution to cricket scholarship. The award seeks to recognise good cricket writing and research whether of an ‘academic’ or ‘popular’ nature. Winners are decided on the recommendations of a panel drawn from officers of both organisations.

On Thursday 22nd August, John Bryant ACS Committee Chair was presented with a special trophy by former Chair of The Cricket Society Nigel Hancock . The presentation took place during the annual conference of the British Society of Sports History, which was held at the University of Chichester from 22nd to 23rd August.

Cricket Society Chair Peter Hardy said: ‘The ACS is a marvellous organisation dedicated to the enjoyment, interpretation and research of cricket statistics and history. It is populated by some of the most impressive individuals that I have come across in over 50 years involvement in cricket and their commitment to excellence is inspiring. The way the ACS is run and what it stands for is an example to all voluntary organisations in the cricket, and indeed the wider sporting, world. They thoroughly deserve to win the 2024 Howard Milton Award for Cricket Scholarship’.

2023 Winner - Clem Seecharan          

The Howard Milton Award for Cricket Scholarship is awarded jointly by The Cricket Society and the British Society of Sports History to recognise and reward an individual or organisation that has significantly contributed to cricket writing and research. The award is named after Howard Milton, the eminent cricket historian and statistician and Honorary Librarian at The Cricket Society for over 40 years..