| Ken Austin | |
| Fullname: | Quentin Ahern Austin |
| Birth Date: | 18 December 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Queenstown, Cape Colony |
| Death Place: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg-spin |
| Club1: | Rhodesia |
| Year1: | 1927-28 to 1946-47 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 5 |
| Runs1: | 65 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.12 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 25 |
| Deliveries1: | 314 |
| Wickets1: | 4 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 49.25 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/51 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ken-austin-55238 Cricinfo |
| Date: | 12 December 2021 |
Quentin Ahern "Ken" Austin ISO (18 December 1908 – 16 July 2004) was a cricketer who played five matches of first-class cricket for Rhodesia: one in April 1928, and four between March 1946 and March 1947.
Austin was educated at St Aidan's College in Grahamstown, Cape Province, and went to work in a bank. Dissatisfied with his job, he successfully applied for a position in the civil service in Salisbury, Rhodesia, in 1927 aged 18.[1] He made his first-class debut a few months later, but was only moderately successful, making the top score of 25 in Rhodesia’s first innings of 135.[2] Eighteen years later he resumed his first-class career, but he was even less successful, scoring only 40 runs and taking four wickets in four matches.[3]
Austin was appointed Companion of the Imperial Service Order in 1963 for his service as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government in Rhodesia.[4] At the time of his death in Harare in 2004 at the age of 95, he was the oldest surviving Rhodesian cricketer.[1]