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'''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 [[Southern Redbacks|South Australia]] and [[Australian rules football]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) with [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]. He was born in [[Kew, Victoria]].
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 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=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17581.html|title=South Australia v Victoria 1945/46| publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> His brother [[Col Austen|Colin]] also played at Hawthorn and had a more successful career, winning a [[Brownlow Medal]] in 1949.
==See also==
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