# Russell Flower > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Russell_Flower > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Russell_Flower.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Flower > Source revision: 1269749880 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | international = | fullname = William Russell Flower | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|11|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Stone, Staffordshire](/source/Stone%2C_Staffordshire), England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = [Slow left-arm orthodox](/source/Slow_left-arm_orthodox) | role = | | club1 = [Minor Counties](/source/Minor_Counties_cricket_team) | year1 = 1982 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) | year2 = 1978 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire_County_Cricket_Club) | year3 = 1964–1988 | clubnumber3 = | columns = 2 | column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 9 | runs1 = 23 | bat avg1 = 5.75 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 10[*](/source/not_out) | deliveries1 = 1,038 | wickets1 = 10 | bowl avg1 = 55.40 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 3/45 | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) | matches2 = 6 | runs2 = 20 | bat avg2 = 10.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 9[*](/source/not_out) | deliveries2 = 282 | wickets2 = 2 | bowl avg2 = 93.00 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 2/34 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/– | date = 20 June | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13099.html Cricinfo }} '''Russell William Flower''' (born 6 November 1942) is a former English [cricket](/source/cricket)er. Flower was a left-handed [batsman](/source/batsman_(cricket)) who bowled [slow left-arm orthodox](/source/slow_left-arm_orthodox). He was born in [Stone, Staffordshire](/source/Stone%2C_Staffordshire). Flower made his debut for [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1964 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) against [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk_County_Cricket_Club). Flower played [Minor counties](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) cricket for Staffordshire from 1964 to 1988, which included 107 Minor Counties Championship matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29444/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Russell Flower|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} and 4 [MCCA Knockout Trophy](/source/MCCA_Knockout_Trophy) matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29444/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Russell Flower|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} Following success with over the course of a decade with Staffordshire, Flower played [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1978, making his debut against [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club). Flower played 9 first-class matches that season,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29444/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Russell Flower|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} although without success. He took just 10 wickets at an expensive [average](/source/bowling_average) of 55.40, with best figures of 3/45.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29444/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Russell Flower|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} Dropped midway through the season, Flower never appeared again for Warwickshire. Continuing his Minor counties career with Staffordshire, he proceeded to make his [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) debut for the [Minor Counties cricket team](/source/Minor_Counties_cricket_team) against [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1982 Benson & Hedges Cup](/source/1982_Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup). He made a further appearance for the team in that season's competition against [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29444/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Russell Flower|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} He played his first limited overs match for Staffordshire against [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [NatWest Trophy](/source/1984_NatWest_Trophy). He made 3 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1988 NatWest Trophy](/source/1988_NatWest_Trophy). Like in his first-class career, Russell struggled against first-class opposition. He took just 2 wickets in List A cricket, at an expensive average of 93.00 runs per wicket.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29444/29444.html|title=Player profile: Russell Flower|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} It was only in one of his six matches that he took wickets, taking 2/34 against [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1986 NatWest Trophy](/source/1986_NatWest_Trophy).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47444.html|title=Staffordshire v Glamorgan, 1986 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 June 2011}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13099.html Russell Flower] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo) *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29444/29444.html Russell Flower] at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Flower, Russell}} Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Stone, Staffordshire Category:English cricketers Category:Staffordshire cricketers Category:Warwickshire cricketers Category:Minor Counties cricketers Category:Cricketers from Staffordshire Category:20th-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Russell Flower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Flower) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Flower?action=history)). 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