Louis Edward Flint (10 January 1895 – 3 April 1958) was an English

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er who played for

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in 1919 and 1920. Flint was born in

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. During

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he served in the

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. and was awarded an MC in the

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. Flint made his debut for Derbyshire against Lancashire immediately following the re-institution of the County Championship after the First World War in 1919. He played 5 more matches in 1919 and one match in 1920, in seasons when Derbyshire scored poorly in the County Championship. Flint was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who took 8 wickets in total at an average of 36.37 and a best performance of 3-30. He was a left-handed batsman and played 11 innings in 7 matches with a top score of 35 and an average of 9.09.Louis Flint at Cricket Archive
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at the age of 63.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Flint, Louis 1895 births 1958 deaths British Army personnel of World War I English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Recipients of the Military Cross Sherwood Foresters officers People from Ripley, Derbyshire