He appeared in a couple of first-class matches in the 1934 season but made little impression, and did not return until 1937 when he was taken on to the Leicestershire full-time staff, and won praise from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Powerfully built and with a run-up similar to that of George Geary, he put plenty of 'shoulder' into his medium-fast deliveries and had the knack of making the ball keep unexpectedly low.
[3] Against Nottinghamshire in his second match of the season he took seven first innings wickets for 46 runs and these remained the best figures of his career.
[6] His one innings of note as a batsman was in this season: he made an unbeaten 50 in half an hour in the game against Northamptonshire.
[7] In 1939, in an unsuccessful team that finished at the bottom of the County Championship, Flamson was himself not successful, taking 36 wickets at the very high average of 38.16.