Derrick Flint

Derrick Flint (born 14 June 1924) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in 10 matches for Warwickshire in 1948 and 1949.^[1] He was born in Creswell, Derbyshire.

Flint played as an amateur right-arm leg-break and googly bowler in a team that also included, when he was not on Test duty, the professional Eric Hollies, and his opportunities were therefore very limited. He took 12 wickets in his 10 first-class matches, but 10 of those came in three rather less demanding fixtures, two matches against Cambridge University in 1948 and 1949, and the match against Scotland in 1948.^[1] In seven County Championship games he took just two wickets. He was not successful with the bat. In 1950 and 1951 he played for Derbyshire's second eleven, but he did not play any further first-class games.^[1]

Flint's father, Benjamin Flint, played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire in a dozen matches in the seasons after the First World War. Derrick Flint married the England women's Test cricket captain and national field hockey player Rachael Heyhoe who thereafter took the name Rachael Heyhoe Flint, later Baroness Heyhoe Flint.

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