Cecil Austen Explained

Cec Austen
Birth Name:Victor Cecil Austen
Birth Date:30 November 1918
Birth Place:Kew, Victoria
Death Date:[1]
Nationality:Australian
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Originalteam:Kew
Height:187 cm
Weight:85 kg
Statsend:1942
Years1:1942
Club1:Hawthorn
Games Goals1:5 (6)
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Country:Australia
Batting:Right-hand bat
Bowling:Right-arm fast-medium
Role:Bowler
Club1:South Australia
Year1:1945/46
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:4
Bat Avg1:2.00
100S/50S1: - / -
Top Score1:2
Deliveries1: -
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1: -
Fivefor1: -
Tenfor1: -
Best Bowling1: -
Catches/Stumpings1:1/ -
Date:10 April 2018
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4042.html Cricinfo

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.

Family

The son of Harold Cecil Austen (1883–1974), and Violet Hilda Austen (1891–1981), née Beer, Victor Cecil Austen was born at Kew, Victoria on 30 November 1918.

His son, the 1982 Liston Trophy winner Geoffrey Allen Austen (1953-), played senior VFL football with both Fitzroy and Collingwood, and VFA football with Preston; and both his brothers the 1949 Brownlow Medal winner, Colin Edward Austen (1920–1995), and Albert William "Bob" Austen (1914–1999) also played senior VFL football at Hawthorn.

Football

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.

War Service

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

Cricket

Austen’s only first-class cricket match was for South Australia 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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/austen-victor-cecil-cec/4267373/ Victor Cecil Austen's death notice
  2. Book: Booth, Lawrence . Wisden Cricketer's Almanack . 2018 . 978-1472953544 . 235.
  3. Web site: Hawthorn War Service. Hawthorn Football Club. 6 February 2021.
  4. Web site: South Australia v Victoria 1945/46. CricketArchive.