Basil Vivian Easterbrook (15 February 1920 – 15 December 1995) was an English sports journalist and author, who was best known for his football and cricket writing. Easterbrook was cricket and football writer for

Kemsley Newspapers James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, GBE (7 May 1883 – 6 February 1968) was a Welsh colliery owner and newspaper publisher. Background Berry was born the son of John Mathias and Mary Ann (née Rowe) Berry, of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. He wa ...

and Thomson Regional Newspapers from 1950 to 1983. He contributed the feature article "The Heritage of Our Cricket Grounds" to the 1969 edition of ''

Wisden ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "bible of cricket" was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh in a ...

'', and then an article to every edition from 1971 to 1980.''Wisden'' 1996, p. 1396. He was the chairman of the

Cricket Writers' Club The Cricket Writers' Club is an association for cricket journalists working in print, television or radio. It was established in 1947, and contains around 90% of those eligible for membership. During the 1946–47 Ashes series, the Australian and Br ...

in 1965.

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