Cecil Austen

Victor Cecil Austen (30 November 1918 – 29 October 2017)[2] was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for South Australia and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Hawthorn. He was born in Kew, Victoria.

Cec Austen
Personal information
Full name Victor Cecil Austen
Date of birth (1918-11-30)30 November 1918
Place of birth Kew, Victoria
Date of death 29 October 2017(2017-10-29) (aged 98)[1]
Original team(s) Kew
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942 Hawthorn 5 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Cecil Austen
Personal information
Full nameVictor Cecil Austen
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1945/46South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 4
Batting average 2.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 4
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 April 2018

Austen played five games for Hawthorn in the 1942 VFL season, with the highlight coming in his second game when he kicked four goals against St Kilda at Toorak Park.

Austen served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.[3]

His only first-class cricket match was against Victoria at the Adelaide Oval where he struggled, taking 0/77 with the ball and making two in both of his innings. He was dismissed twice by George Tribe, a man who also played in the VFL. [4]

His brother Colin also played at Hawthorn and had a more successful career, winning a Brownlow Medal in 1949.

See also

References
  1. Cecil Austen's obituary
  2. Booth, Lawrence (2018). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack. p. 235. ISBN 978-1472953544.
  3. "Hawthorn War Service". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. "South Australia v Victoria 1945/46". CricketArchive.
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