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Stephen Chalke

すてぃーぶん・ちゃるく

Suteibun Charuku

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1948-06-05 （Salisbury, Wiltshire）
Nationality
England, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Salisbury, Wiltshire → Winsley, Wiltshire → Bath

Career

Occupations
author, publisher, teacher, cricketer
Active Years
1997-2024
Affiliations
Fairfield Books, Open University

Education

Unknown
Drama, English and Philosophy
Country: United Kingdom
Undergraduate degree
Unknown
Mathematics
Country: United Kingdom
Undergraduate degree
Unknown
English Literature
Country: United Kingdom
Postgraduate degree

Awards

Cricket Society Book of the Year
2002
Work: At the Heart of English Cricket
Organization: The Cricket Society
Result: 受賞
Wisden Book of the Year
2004
Work: No Coward Soul
Organization: Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Result: 受賞
Wisden Book of the Year
2008
Work: Tom Cartwright: The Flame Still Burns
Organization: Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Result: 受賞
National Sporting Club's Cricket Book of the Year
2009
Work: The Way It Was
Organization: National Sporting Club
Result: 受賞
British Sports Book Awards Best Cricket Book
2009
Work: The Way It Was
Organization: British Sports Book Awards
Result: 受賞
Cricket Writers' Club Book of the Year
2015
Work: Summer's Crown
Organization: Cricket Writers' Club
Result: 受賞
Wisden Book of the Year
2024
Work: One Hell of a Life
Organization: Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Result: 受賞
Ian Jackson Award
2009
Organization: The Cricket Society
Result: 受賞
Annual Award
2015
Organization: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
Result: 受賞
Peter Smith Award
2019
Organization: The Cricket Writers' Club
Result: 受賞
Award of Excellence
2020
Organization: Cricket Memorabilia Society
Result: 受賞
Stephen Fay Award
2022
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Runs in the Memory: County Cricket in the 1950s

1997 Cricket history

Collection of memories from county cricketers in the 1950s.

cricketmemorieshistory

At the Heart of English Cricket: The Life and Memories of Geoffrey Howard

2001 Biography

Life and memories of Geoffrey Howard.

cricketbiography

No Coward Soul: The Remarkable Story of Bob Appleyard

2003 Biography

Biography of Bob Appleyard.

couragecricket

Tom Cartwright: The Flame Still Burns

2007 Biography

Biography of Tom Cartwright.

passioncricket

The Way It Was: Glimpses of English Cricket's Past

2008 Essay collection

Collection of articles on English cricket's past.

historycricket

Summer's Crown: The Story of Cricket's County Championship

2015 History

History of the county championship.

championshiphistory

One Hell of a Life - Brian Close: Daring, Defiant and Daft

2024 Biography

Biography of Brian Close.

daringcricket

Bibliography

  • Runs in the Memory: County Cricket in the 1950s
  • Caught in the Memory: County Cricket in the 1960s
  • One More Run
  • At the Heart of English Cricket
  • Guess My Story
  • No Coward Soul
  • Ken Taylor: Drawn to Sport
  • A Summer of Plenty
  • Tom Cartwright: The Flame Still Burns
  • Five Five Five
  • The Way It Was
  • Now I'm 62
  • A Long Half Hour
  • Micky Stewart and the Changing Face of Cricket
  • Gentlemen, Gypsies and Jesters
  • Summer's Crown
  • Team Mates
  • In Sunshine and in Shadow
  • Through the Remembered Gate
  • Footprints
  • One Hell of a Life

Style & Themes

Literary Style
memoir-styleconversationalinterview-based
Recurring Motifs
forgotten cricketershistorical memoriescounty cricket

Legacy

Key figure in cricket literature, multiple award winner, preserving voices of unsung cricketers.

Trivia

  • Played cricket until age 65.
  • Published 42 books through his own Fairfield Books.