| Sidney Kitcat | |
| Fullname: | Sidney Austyn Paul Kitcat |
| Birth Date: | 20 July 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Tetbury, Gloucestershire |
| Death Place: | Esher, Surrey |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-pace |
| Club1: | Gloucestershire |
| Year1: | 1890-1904 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 54 |
| Runs1: | 1899 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.82 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/10 |
| Top Score1: | 95 |
| Deliveries1: | 725 |
| Wickets1: | 14 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 34.35 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/0 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 38/0 |
| Date: | 3 March 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16072.html Cricinfo |
Sidney Austyn Paul Kitcat (20 July 1868 - 17 June 1942) was an English cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire between 1890 and 1904.[1]
Sidney Kitcat was the seventh child and third son of the Reverend David Kitcat, Rector of Westonbirt, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire.[2] He was educated at Marlborough College, where he captained the First XI in 1886.[3] After an incident in a school match when he was controversially dismissed, the Marylebone Cricket Club changed the Laws of Cricket to make it illegal for a bowler to bowl consecutive overs.[3]
W. G. Grace saw Kitcat playing for Marylebone Cricket Club and asked him to join Gloucestershire, Grace's county team.[3] He played as an amateur, fitting county matches in when the demands of his business allowed.[3] His highest score was 95 not out against Middlesex at Lord's in 1897.[4] Against Sussex in 1896, he and Grace, who made 301, added 193 for the ninth wicket; Kitcat made 77 not out.[5]
He was also an international hockey player.[6] In 1896 he married a widow, Mabel Murray Hickson, a writer of short stories.[3]