Cecil Austen
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Victor Cecil "Cec" Austen (born 30 November 1918 in Kew, Victoria
) is a former Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket
for South Australia
and Australian rules football
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL) with Hawthorn
.
Austen played five games for Hawthorn in the 1942 VFL season
, with the highlight coming in his second game when he kicked four goals against St Kilda at Toorak Park
. His brother Colin
also played at Hawthorn and had a more successful career, winning a Brownlow Medal
in 1949.
His only first-class cricket match was against Victoria at the Adelaide Oval
where he struggled, taking 0/77 with the ball and making two in both of his innings. He was dismissed twice by George Tribe
, a man who also played in the VFL.
Kew, Victoria
Kew is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara. At the 2006 Census, Kew had a population of 22,516....
) is a former Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for South Australia
Southern Redbacks
The South Australia cricket team, nicknamed the Southern Redbacks and known as the West End Redbacks due to their sponsorship agreement with local brewers West End, are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia, and represent the state of South Australia...
and Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(VFL) with Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
.
Austen played five games for Hawthorn in the 1942 VFL season
1942 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1942.-Influence of World War II:World War II had many negative effects on AFL in Australia:*Geelong were unable to compete in the competition because of wartime travel restrictions...
, with the highlight coming in his second game when he kicked four goals against St Kilda at Toorak Park
Toorak Park
Toorak Park is a cricket and Australian rules football arena located in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale, Victoria, Australia. It is the home ground of the Prahran Football Club and Old Xaverians Football Club of the Victorian Amateur Football Association and Prahran Cricket Club, which plays in...
. His brother Colin
Col Austen
Colin 'Col' Austen was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the VFL from 1941 to 1943 and then again from 1946 to 1949. He then played for the Richmond Football Club from 1950 to 1952....
also played at Hawthorn and had a more successful career, winning a Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
in 1949.
His only first-class cricket match was against Victoria at the Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval
The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...
where he struggled, taking 0/77 with the ball and making two in both of his innings. He was dismissed twice by George Tribe
George Tribe
George Edward Tribe was an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL....
, a man who also played in the VFL.