Ray Hitchcock (cricketer)
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| Full name | Raymond Edward Hitchcock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1929 Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 September 2019 (aged 89) Solihull, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg-break and googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1947–48 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949 to 1964 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Raymond Hitchcock". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Wisden 1963, p. 388.
- ^ "Warwickshire v Scotland 1959". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
External links
[edit]- Ray Hitchcock at ESPNcricinfo
- Ray Hitchcock at CricketArchive
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