Joe Hardstaff (RAF officer), Date of Birth

Joe Hardstaff (RAF officer)

RAF officer and cricketer

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1935

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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.