Derrick Flint (14 June 1924 – 22 July 2018) was an English

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er who played

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in 10 matches for

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in 1948 and 1949. He was born in Creswell,

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. Flint played as an

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right-arm leg-break and googly bowler in a team that also included, when he was not on

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duty, the professional Eric Hollies. As a result, Flint's opportunities to play regularly for the first XI were limited. He took 12 wickets in his 10 first-class matches, 10 coming in two matches against

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and a match against

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. In seven

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games he took just two wickets. He was not successful with the bat. In 1950 and 1951 he played for

's second eleven, but he did not play any further first-class games. Flint's father,

Benjamin Flint Benjamin Flint (12 January 1893 – 20 July 1959) was an English cricketer active from 1919 to 1924. He played for Nottinghamshire in thirteen first-class matches from 1920 to 1921. A right-arm fast bowler, he took 19 wickets at an average of 2 ...

, played first-class cricket for

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in a dozen matches in the seasons after the

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. Derrick Flint married the England women's Test cricket captain and national

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player Rachael Heyhoe who thereafter took the name Rachael Heyhoe Flint, later Baroness Heyhoe Flint.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flint, Derrick 1924 births 2018 deaths English cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Spouses of life peers