Christopher Hawke

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Christopher Richard John Hawke

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|4|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1953

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 31

| bat avg1 = 31.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 23*

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 4 May

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14629.html Cricinfo

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Christopher Richard John Hawke RCOG (born 12 April 1934) is an English former physician and first-class cricketer.

The son of Dr Richard Francis Hawke, he was born at Portsmouth in April 1934. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford.{{cite book |title=Biographical Register 1880-1974 - Biographical Register 1880-1974 |first1=Philip A. |last1=Hunt |first2=Neil A. |last2=Flanagan |date=1988 |publisher=The College |pages=506 |isbn=9780951284407 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXwkAAAAMAAJ |language=en}} While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Leicestershire at Oxford in 1953.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30056/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Christopher Hawke |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-04 |url-access=subscription}} Playing as the Oxford wicket-keeper, he batted twice in the match, ending the Oxford first innings unbeaten on 23, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 8 runs by Jack Walsh.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20635.html |title=Oxford University v Leicestershire, 1953 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-04 |url-access=subscription}}

After graduating from Oxford in 1964, he became a medical doctor. He was made a fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1969, and worked at the London Hospital as a house surgeon and resident anesthetist. He later became a general practitioner at Fakenham, Norfolk.{{cite book |title=The Medical Directory 1999 |date=1999 |publisher=Churchill Livingstone |pages=1692 |isbn=9781860673948 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YXxQAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}