{{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,<ref>Scholarships. ''Todmorden Advertiser and Hebden Bridge Newsletter''. 20 August 1926. p. 4</ref> from there he studied applied chemistry at the University of Manchester.<ref>{{cite book |title=Calendar |date=1937 |page=368 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4MbAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He later moved to British India with his wife, Louise, where he gained employment as an industrial chemist.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Having played club cricket for Todmorden in the Lancashire League prior to his departure for India,<ref name="TEAMS">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He scored 12 runs in his four first-class matches,<ref>{{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}}</ref> in addition to taking three wickets with his right-arm fast-medium bowling.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="TEAMS"/> Hitchen returned to England where he died at Lancaster in May 1975.
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