{{short description|Australian cricketer and architect}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{use Australian English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Robert Newburgh Hickson | image = | country = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1884|5|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|6|21|1884|5|2|df=yes}} | death_place = Armidale, New South Wales, Australia | batting = | bowling = | role =

| date = 31 December 2016 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5650.html ESPNcricinfo }}

'''Robert Newburgh Hickson''' (2 May 1884 &ndash; 21 June 1963) was an Australian architect<ref name="ADB">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Gilbert |first=L. A. |year=1983 |id2=hickson-robert-newburgh-6659 |title=Hickson, Robert Newburgh (1884–1963) |accessdate= 6 October 2018 }}</ref> and cricketer.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5650.html |title=Robert Hickson |accessdate=31 December 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He played fourteen first-class matches for New South Wales between 1902/03 and 1907/08.<ref name="CA">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5901/5901.html |title=Robert Hickson |accessdate=31 December 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref> He was regional architect for the Rural Bank of New South Wales and for the Anglican Diocese of Armidale.<ref name="ADB"/>

==See also== * List of New South Wales representative cricketers

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