Robert Brooke was named Statistician of the Year for 1989 for his work for the Association and in other fields. Mr Brooke, one of the co-founders of the ACS, was Chairman from 1973 to 1979 and editor of The Cricket Statistician from 1973 to 1985. He was presented with the trophy by Tony Baker, the Chief Executive of Hampshire CCC, at the 1990 AGM held in Southampton.
Robert won the trophy again in 2011.