| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Cedric Hitchen |
| Birth Date: | 3 July 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Todmorden, Yorkshire, England |
| Death Place: | Lancaster, Lancashire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Europeans |
| Year1: | 1943/44 - 1947/48 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 12 |
| Bat Avg1: | 4.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 10 |
| Deliveries1: | 300 |
| Wickets1: | 3 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 64.00 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/16 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 15 November |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29354.html ESPNcricinfo |
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.