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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = <br />
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| country = England<br />
| full_name = Cedric Hitchen<br />
| birth_date = 3 July 1905<br />
| birth_place = [[Todmorden]], [[Yorkshire]], England<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|5|21|1905|7|3|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], [[Lancashire]], England<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1943/44&ndash;1947/48<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 4<br />
| runs1 = 12<br />
| bat avg1 = 4.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 10<br />
| deliveries1 = 300<br />
| wickets1 = 3<br />
| bowl avg1 = 64.00<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/16<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–<br />
| date = 15 November<br />
| year = 2021<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29354.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Cedric Hitchen''' (3 July 1905 – 21 May 1975) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and chemist.<br />
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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 Cricket Club|Todmorden]] in the [[Lancashire League (cricket)|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 bowling|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 [[Indian Independence Act 1947|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, Lancashire|Lancaster]] in May 1975.<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1905 births]]<br />
[[Category:1975 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Todmorden]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century English chemists]]</div>CathernQsh