Peter Wynne-Thomas is an English

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 cricket

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 writer

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, historian

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 and statistician

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 who has for many years been the archivist

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 and librarian

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 of Nottinghamshire CCC. He has also been one of the club's general committee members.

Wynne-Thomas originally trained as an architectural consultant but, from what began as a hobby, he has specialised in cricket statistics and research. He has written a number of cricket books, some intended primarily for those with a beginner's or casual interest in the sport. Examples are the Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records, which is a selection of statistical information; and From the Weald to the World which presents a high-level account of cricket's history.

During the 1960s, he worked with Rowland Bowen

Rowland Bowen

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 on The Cricket Quarterly. In 1973, he was involved in the foundation of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians

Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians

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 (ACS). He was the original treasurer until 1974 and then secretary until he retired in 2006.

He managed the Sport-in-Print bookshop (opposite the Trent Bridge Inn by Trent Bridge

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 Cricket Ground in Nottingham

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) from December 1987. The ACS purchased the premises in 1993 as its headquarters. Wynne-Thomas combined his shop and ACS roles until March 2006, when he retired and the shop was sold, the ACS relocating to Cardiff

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.

Publications by Wynne-Thomas include the following :

• Who's Who of Cricketers (with Philip Bailey and Philip Thorn)
• The Complete Encyclopedia of Cricket (with Peter Arnold)
• Complete History of Cricket Tours at Home and Abroad
• England on Tour
• From the Weald to the World
• Give Me Arthur: Biography of Arthur Shrewsbury
• Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records
• Harold Larwood
• Ivo Bligh
• Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club First-Class Records 1826-1995
• Nottinghamshire Cricketers 1821-1914
• The Ashes: A Complete Illustrated History
• The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Cricket
• The History of Hampshire County Cricket Club