About Rachael Heyhoe Flint
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, (née 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 Test series: in total, she played for the English women's cricket team from 1960 to 1982. Heyhoe Flint was captain when her team won the inaugural 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, which England hosted. She was also the first female cricketer to hit a six in a Test match, and one of the first ten women to become a member of the MCC. She also played as goalkeeper for the England national hockey team in 1964. According to Scyld Berry: "She was, among other achievements, the Dr WG Grace of women's cricket – the pioneer without whom the game would not be what it is." == Early life == Rachael Heyhoe was born in Wolverhampton. Her parents Roma Crocker and Geoffrey Heyhoe were teachers of physical education who met at a college in Denmark. They both taught in Wolverhampton. She was educated at Wolverhampton Girls' High School from 1950 to 1957, and then attended Dartford College of Physical Education (then became a part of University of Greenwich) until 1960. She became a teacher of physical education from 1960 to 1963, at Wolverhampton Municipal Grammar School and then Northicote School also in Wolverhampton. She then became a journalist with the Wolverhampton Chronicle.
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