Cedric Hitchen

{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Cedric Hitchen

| birth_date = 3 July 1905

| birth_place = Todmorden, Yorkshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|5|21|1905|7|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Lancaster, Lancashire, England

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = 1943/44–1947/48

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 12

| bat avg1 = 4.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 10

| deliveries1 = 300

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 64.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/16

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 15 November

| year = 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29354.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Cedric Hitchen (3 July 1905 – 21 May 1975) was an English first-class cricketer and chemist.

The son of Elias Hitchen and Betsy Halstead, he was born at Todmorden in July 1905. He was educated at Todmorden Secondary School,Scholarships. Todmorden Advertiser and Hebden Bridge Newsletter. 20 August 1926. p. 4 from there he studied applied chemistry at the University of Manchester.{{cite book |title=Calendar |date=1937 |page=368 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4MbAQAAIAAJ |language=en}} He later moved to British India with his wife, Louise, where he gained employment as an industrial chemist.{{cite web|url=http://www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk/charlestown/eastwood/cockden.html|title=Charlestown History Group: Cockden|publisher=www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk|access-date=2021-11-15}} Having played club cricket for Todmorden in the Lancashire League prior to his departure for India,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13704/all_teams.html|title=Teams Cedric Hitchen played for|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-15|url-access=subscription}} Hitchen made four appearances in first-class cricket in India for the Europeans cricket team in Madras Presidency Matches between December 1943 and January 1948.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13704/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Cedric Hitchen|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-15|url-access=subscription}} He scored 12 runs in his four first-class matches,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13704/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Cedric Hitchen|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-15|url-access=subscription}} in addition to taking three wickets with his right-arm fast-medium bowling.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13704/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Cedric Hitchen|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-15|url-access=subscription}} He remained in India following independence in 1947, where he continued to play for the Europeans who had lost their first-class status from 1948. Hitchen returned to England where he died at Lancaster in May 1975.