Ray Hitchcock (cricketer)

Ray Hitchcock
Personal information
Full name
Raymond Edward Hitchcock
Born(1929-11-28)28 November 1929
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died8 September 2019(2019-09-08) (aged 89)
Solihull, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeg-break and googly
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1947–48Canterbury
1949 to 1964Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 323 5
Runs scored 12473 91
Batting average 27.84 30.33
100s/50s 13/65 0/0
Top score 153* 47*
Balls bowled 12561 155
Wickets 196 5
Bowling average 29.82 13.80
5 wickets in innings 7
10 wickets in match 1 n/a
Best bowling 7/76 2/15
Catches/stumpings 116/0 0/0
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

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  1. ^ "Raymond Hitchcock". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. ^ Wisden 1963, p. 388.
  3. ^ "Warwickshire v Scotland 1959". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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