Some of Nottinghamshire's most celebrated players such as Harris, Jepson and Flint all began their careers in this area. Arthur Wheat, who is mentioned in the Kirkby Cricketers section, also played for Selston Town Cricket Club and Jacksdale.

Richard Green Hardstaff (1863-1932)
Hardstaff was born in Selston in 1863 and went on play 30 matches for Notts between 1887 and 1899. Richard was often a peripheral player for county, his appearances further limited as he played club cricket for Rawtenstall in Lancashire. In all he took lOO first-class wickets in his career.

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Benjamin Flint (1893-1959)
Ben played 13 matches for Notts between 1919 and 1920, making his debut in the same season as his brother William. Both brothers were from Underwood. Ben is father of Rachael Heyhoe-Flint MBE, who captained the England women's cricket team and campaigned for women to be members of the MCC.

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William Arthur Flint (1890-1955)
A strong all-rounder, in his 145 matches for Notts between 1919 and 1929 he scored 3,345 runs including three centuries and took 236 wickets. From 1908 to 1926 he played half-back for Notts County and captained the team.

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Charles Bowmar Harris (1907-1954)
Born in Underwood, Charles played for Nottinghamshire as an opening batsman in a long and distinguished career. Between 1928 and 1951 he played 362 matches. After a road accident in 1931 involving Harold Larwood, Sam Staples and G.V. Gunn, which ruled those players out of selection for varying lengths of time, Harris had a chance to establish himself in the team. He never looked back and went on to score nearly 19,000 runs including 30 centuries and take 186 wickets. Charles Harris is often associated with Walter Keeton, his opening partner and one of the best first wicket partnerships of that era. Charles was hugely popular with the Notts crowd and was one of the game's great characters. He often balanced his false teeth on top of the wicket for the bowler to aim at and once came out to bat with a candle when the light was poor. A measure of his popularity was his benefit match against Yorkshire in 1949, which raised £3,500, a county record at that time.

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George Joseph Harris (1904-1988)
George, brother of Charles and also from Underwood, joined the staff at Nottinghamshire in 1923, two years before his brother. George never represented the county and subsequently moved to be a Policeman in South Wales where he later represented Glamorgan. George also played as a goalkeeper for Mansfield and Swansea.

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Arthur Jepson (1915-1997)
Arthur was born in Portland Row in Selston in 1915 and began his career playing for Selston and other local league sides. His career with Notts spanned 22 years from 1938 to 1959 during which time he played 392 matches, scoring 6,369 runs and taking 1,051 wickets. Jepson was in the same bowling attack as Larwood and Voce. Arthur also played football in goal for Port Vale, Lincoln City and with Sir Stanley Matthews at Stoke City. Arthur was most noted for his umpiring, having a long and distinguished career. Arthur umpired four Test matches and five One Day Internationals between 1966 and 1976. He was a notable character at the crease. He umpired the 1971 Gillette Cup semi-final between Lancashire and Gloucestershire at Old Trafford that didn't finish until 8.50pm! The Lancashire captain, concerned about the deteriorating light commented to Jepson "It's getting dark, ump; there's the moon", to which he received the retort "You can see the moon... how bloody far do you want to see?" Arthur's sun Cyril was a professional golfer. During the war Arthur served with the RAF.

With contributions from H. W. Fielding, Kirkby-in-Ashfield.

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Alan Gill (1940- )
Alan is another Underwood cricketer, representing Nottinghamshire 53 times between 1960 and 1965. In his first class career Alan scored 1,756 runs and was also a useful leg break bowler.

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