| Ray Hitchcock | |
| Fullname: | Raymond Edward Hitchcock |
| Birth Date: | 28 November 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Solihull, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Leg-break and googly |
| Club1: | Canterbury |
| Year1: | 1947–48 |
| Club2: | Warwickshire |
| Year2: | 1949 to 1964 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 323 |
| Runs1: | 12473 |
| Bat Avg1: | 27.84 |
| 100S/50S1: | 13/65 |
| Top Score1: | 153* |
| Deliveries1: | 12561 |
| Wickets1: | 196 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 29.82 |
| Fivefor1: | 7 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/76 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 116/0 |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 5 |
| Runs2: | 91 |
| Bat Avg2: | 30.33 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 47* |
| Deliveries2: | 155 |
| Wickets2: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 13.80 |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | n/a |
| Best Bowling2: | 2/15 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/0 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22130/22130.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 25 April 2019 |
Raymond Edward Hitchcock (28 November 1929 – 8 September 2019) was a New Zealand first-class cricketer who played in England for Warwickshire.
Hitchcock was a left-handed batsman who also bowled right-arm leg-spin. He played two games in New Zealand for Canterbury in 1947–48 before moving to England. Between 1949 and 1964 he scored 12,269 runs for Warwickshire and took 182 wickets.[1] He made his highest score against Derbyshire in 1962 when he went to the wicket with Warwickshire at 50 for 4 and scored 153 not out in just under two and a half hours out of a team total of 280.[2] His best bowling figures came in the match against Scotland in 1959 when he took 7 for 76 and 3 for 27.[3]