Benjamin Flint (12 January 1893 – 20 July 1959) was an English cricketer active from 1919 to 1924. He played for

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in thirteen first-class matches from 1920 to 1921. A right-arm fast bowler, he took 19

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s at an

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of 29.57.Benjamin Flint at CricketArchive
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Derrick Flint Derrick Flint (14 June 1924 – 22 July 2018) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in 10 matches for Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 1948 and 1949. He was born in Creswell, Derbyshire. Flint played as an amateur right-ar ...

, who played a few times for

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in 1948 and 1949 and who later married

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, ( Heyhoe; 11 June 1939 – 18 January 2017) was an English cricketer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. She was best known for being captain of England from 1966 to 1978, and was unbeaten in six ...

, England's successful woman cricketer of the 1960s and 1970s.

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