Russell William Flower (born 6 November 1942) is a former English cricketer. Flower was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Stone, Staffordshire. Flower made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1964 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. Flower played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1964 to 1988, which included 107 Minor Counties Championship matches. and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. Following success with over the course of a decade with Staffordshire, Flower played first-class cricket for Warwickshire in 1978, making his debut against Surrey. Flower played 9 first-class matches that season, although without success. He took just 10 wickets at an expensive average of 55.40, with best figures of 3/45. Dropped midway through the seas