Joe Hardstaff (RAF officer)

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Joseph Hardstaff, MBE (born 28 February 1935) is a retired Air Commodore and an English first-class cricketer.

Joe Hardstaff was born in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire and is the third member in successive generations to represent his family in first-class cricket. His grandfather Joe Hardstaff Sr. and his father Joe Hardstaff Jr. both represented England and Nottinghamshire. His grandfather also stood as a first-class cricket umpire.

Joe was commissioned into the Royal Air Force and rose to the rank of Air Commodore. He played cricket for the Free Foresters in two first-class matches (1961–1962). He also captained the R.A.F. and played for the Combined Services, as well as representing the Marylebone Cricket Club, as a right-handed batsman and as a right-arm medium fast bowler. He has served as President of the RAF and Combined Services cricket clubs.

He succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Packham as Secretary of Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1989 and he retired in 1997.

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• Cricinfo
• Cricket Archive