Cedric Hitchen

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,[1] from there he studied applied chemistry at the University of Manchester.[2] He later moved to British India with his wife, Louise, where he gained employment as an industrial chemist.[3] Having played club cricket for Todmorden in the Lancashire League prior to his departure for India,[4] 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.[5] He scored 12 runs in his four first-class matches,[6] in addition to taking three wickets with his right-arm fast-medium bowling.[7] 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.[4] Hitchen returned to England where he died at Lancaster in May 1975.