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Line 1: {{short description\|Australian rules footballer, born 1918}} ~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=September 2012}}~~ {{Use dmy dates\|date=February 2022}} {{Use Australian English\|date=September 2012}} ~~{{Infobox AFL biography~~ {{Infobox person \| name = Cec Austen \| image = \| alt = ~~\| fullname = Victor Cecil Austen~~ \| caption = \| birth_name = Victor Cecil Austen \| birth_date = {{birth date\|1918\|11\|30\|df=y}} \| birth_place = [[Kew, Victoria]] \| death_date = {{death date and age\|2017\|10\|29\|1918\|11\|30\|df=yes}}<ref name="Obituary">[https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/austen-victor-cecil-cec/4267373/ Victor Cecil Austen's death notice]</ref> ~~\| death_date =~~ \| death_place = \| nationality = Australian \|module= {{Infobox AFL biography \| embed = yes \| originalteam = Kew \| ~~heightweight~~height = 187 cm ~~/ 85 kg~~ \| ~~position~~weight = 85 kg \| ~~years~~position = ~~1942~~ ~~\| clubs = [[Hawthorn Football Club\|Hawthorn]]~~ ~~\| games(goals) = 5 (6)~~ \| statsend = 1942 \| years1 = 1942 ~~\| careerhighlights =~~ \| club1 = [[Hawthorn Football Club\|Hawthorn]] \| games_goals1 = 5 (6) \| careerhighlights = }} \|module2= {{Infobox cricketer \| embed = yes \| country = Australia \| batting = Right-hand bat \| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium \| role = Bowler \| club1 = [[South Australia cricket team\|South Australia]] '''Victor Cecil "Cec" Austen''' (born 30 November 1918) is a former Australian sportsman who played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Southern Redbacks\|South Australia]] and [[Australian rules football]] in the [[Australian Football League\|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) with [[Hawthorn Football Club\|Hawthorn]]. He was born in [[Kew, Victoria]]. \| year1 = 1945/46 \| clubnumber1 = \| club2 = \| year2 = \| clubnumber2 = \| columns = 1 \| column1 = [[First-class cricket\|First-class]] \| matches1 = 1 \| runs1 = 4 \| bat avg1 = 2.00 \| 100s/50s1 = –/– \| top score1 = 2 \| deliveries1 = – \| wickets1 = 0 \| bowl avg1 = – \| fivefor1 = – \| tenfor1 = – \| best bowling1 = – \| catches/stumpings1 = 1/– \| date = 10 April 2018 \| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4042.html Cricinfo }} }} '''Victor Cecil Austen''' (30 November 1918 – 29 October 2017)<ref>{{cite book \|title=Wisden Cricketer's Almanack \|first=Lawrence \|last=Booth \|year= 2018 \|isbn=978-1472953544 \|page=235}}</ref> was an Australian sportsman who played [[first-class cricket]] for [[South Australia cricket team\|South Australia]] and [[Australian rules football]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)\|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) with [[Hawthorn Football Club\|Hawthorn]]. ==Family== The son of Harold Cecil Austen (1883–1974), and Violet Hilda Austen (1891–1981), née Beer, Victor Cecil Austen was born at [[Kew, Victoria]] on 30 November 1918. His son, the 1982 [[J. J. Liston Trophy\|Liston Trophy]] winner [[Geoff Austen\|Geoffrey Allen Austen (1953-)]], played senior VFL football with both Fitzroy and Collingwood, and VFA football with Preston; and both his brothers {{em-dash}} the 1949 [[Brownlow Medal]] winner, [[Col Austen\|Colin Edward Austen (1920–1995)]], and [[Bob Austen\|Albert William "Bob" Austen (1914–1999)]] {{em-dash}} also played senior VFL football at Hawthorn. ==Football== 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 Football Club\|St Kilda]] at [[Toorak Park]]. ==War Service== Austen served in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/club/history/war-service\|title=Hawthorn War Service\|website=Hawthorn Football Club\|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> ==Cricket== Austen’s only first-class cricket match was for South Australia 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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17581.html\|title=South Australia v Victoria 1945/46\| publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> ==See also== * [[List of South Australian representative cricketers]] ==Notes== 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 Football Club\|St Kilda]] at [[Toorak Park]]. His brother [[Col Austen\|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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17581.html\|title=South Australia v Victoria 1945/46\| publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> {{reflist}} ==References== * [https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1073226&c=WW2 World War Two Nominal Roll: Flying Officer Victor Cecil Austen (418733), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''.] ~~{{reflist\|1}}~~ * '''A705''', '''163/89/42''': World War Two Accident Record (10 December 1942): Leading Aircraftman Victor Cecil Austen (418733), ''National Archives of Australia''. * [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=5241771&D=D World War Two Service Record: Flying Officer Victor Cecil Austen (418733), ''National Archives of Australia''.] ==External links== * {{~~AflRleague~~AFL Tables\|ref=C/Cec_Austen.html}} * {{AustralianFootball\|ref=cec%2Bausten/6826}} [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4042.html Cricinfo profile] [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4042.html Cricinfo profile] ~~{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->~~ ~~\| NAME = Austen, Cecil~~ ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian rules footballer cricketer~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH = 30 November 1918~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH =~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH =~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH =~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Austen, Cecil}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:~~Living~~2017 ~~people~~deaths]] [[Category:Australian rules footballers from ~~Victoria (Australia)~~Melbourne]] ~~[[Category:Hawthorn Football Club players]]~~ [[Category:Kew Football Club players]] [[Category:Hawthorn Football Club players]] [[Category:Australian cricketers]] [[Category:Cricketers from Melbourne]] [[Category:South Australia cricketers]] [[Category:~~Sportspeople~~People from ~~Melbourne~~Kew, Victoria]] [[Category:~~Cricketers~~Royal ~~from~~Australian ~~Victoria~~Air ~~(Australia)~~Force personnel of World War II]] {{AFL-bio-1918-stub}} {{Australia-cricket-bio-1910s-stub}} ~~{{AFL-bio-1910s-stub}}~~