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Flint, Darren Peter John (419) born Basingstoke 14.6.1970. Slow-left-arm bowler Darren Flint was one of a number of promising young cricketers, poised to succeed Mark Nicholas’s successful side of the 1980s and early 1990s. A few like Aymes, Udal and (briefly) Ayling, established themselves in the county side. Others showed promised but were unable to build a full career and that was the case with Flint who in 1993, took 5-32 on debut at Bristol in a thrilling game that resulted in a victory for Hampshire by one wicket (Flint 1*). Those bowling figures are among the best on first-class debut in Hampshire’s history, and he played nine further matches in that first season. After this there were just three matches in 1994 and two in 1995 and overall in his 15 matches he took 34 wickets at 38.76. He played for Wiltshire in 1996 and for Winchester in the Southern League, and in his native north Hampshire he has become a respected coach, especially of spin bowling.
Flood, Raymond David (‘Ray’) (336) born Southampton 20.11.1935, died Lyndhurst 13.3.2014. Batsman Ray Flood was born in Southampton but spent much of his life in the New Forest, a member of a sporting family including his brother John who played football for Southampton FC. Ray Flood first played in the two matches of the Portsmouth week in August 1956, v Essex with Trevor Bailey and Northamptonshire with Frank Tyson and scored just 26 runs in three innings. In the very wet summer of 1958, he played just once at the end of the season, scoring 7 & 0 but in 1959, with sunshine and experimental covered pitches he seemed to have made his breakthrough. Despite the arrival of Dennis Baldry and Danny Livingstone, he played in 20 matches, scoring 780 runs at 25.16, including 138 v Sussex at Hove – his one first-class century. Sadly he then struggled with injury, and having top-scored with 72, opening the batting v Oxford University in 1960 his county career came to an end, age just 24. He played club and representative cricket in the New Forest area for some years.
Foley, Jake Matthew (List A) born Colchester 21.9.1994. He is a leg-spin bowler who played in one List A match v Sri lanka ‘A’ at the Ageas Bowl in 2014. The match was abandoned after 18 overs, and he neither batted nor bowled. He played in the Southern League for South Wilts.
Forster Harold Thomas (157 – Amateur) born Winchester 14.11.1878, killed in action, France 29.5.1918. He was a slow-medium left-arm bowler who made his county debut at Lord’s in May 1911, where MCC won a thrilling match against the county by one wicket, despite Forster’s match figures of 9-92 (5-38 & 4-54). He played four more times in that season, but took only one more wicket. Col-Sgt Forster was another of Hampshire’s Army cricketers; he was awarded the DSO and Bar, the MC and Bar and was five times Mentioned in Dispatches, making him the most decorated of English county cricketers.
Forster, Henry William (Pre ’95 & 13 – Amateur) born London 31.1.1866, died London 15.1.1936. He attended Eton and Oxford University (‘blue’ 1887-1889) and played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1885 and then again twice in June when they regained first-class status in 1895. In his five county matches he scored 76 runs and took five wickets, but he had an extensive first-class career playing in 43 matches for nine sides, mainly the University. He was President of MCC in 1919 and Kent in 1921, he represented Sevenoaks as an MP from 1892-1919, was Governor General of Australia from 1919-1925 and in 1919 was created Lord Forster of Lepe.
Foster, Francis George (Pre ’95 – Amateur) born Havant 6.11.1848, died Canada 10.12.1931. He was a right-handed batsman who played one match for Hampshire v Derbyshire at the Antelope in 1876, scoring 10 & 2. He is recorded as playing minor matches in the county from 1868-1889.
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Hampshire Cricket History 
Playing for Bournemouth Amateurs, I came up against Ray Flood in 1976 I think it was. He was playing for Lyndhurst at their ground. I knew who he was, and when he batted, one could see immediately that he still had it. The other memory of the occasion was the efforts the home town team had to make to keep the New Forest ponies off the square.
Comment by Ian Laidlaw December 22, 2017 @ 11:51 pmHi. Jake Foley is a right arm leg spinner. He played for South Wilts in 2014 and 2015.
Comment by Blair Kantolinna January 15, 2018 @ 10:43 am