Quentin Ahern "Ken" Austin ISO (18 December 1908 – 16 July 2004) was a cricketer who played five matches of first-class cricket for Rhodesia: one in April 1928, and four between March 1946 and March 1947.
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| Full name | Quentin Ahern Austin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1908-12-18)18 December 1908 Queenstown, Cape Colony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 July 2004(2004-07-16) (aged 95) Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927-28 to 1946-47 | Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin was educated at St Aidan's College in Grahamstown, Cape Province, and went to work in a bank. Dissatisfied with his job, he successfully applied for a position in the civil service in Salisbury, Rhodesia, in 1927 aged 18.[1] He made his first-class debut a few months later, but was only moderately successful, making the top score of 25 in Rhodesia’s first innings of 135.[2] Eighteen years later he resumed his first-class career, but he was even less successful, scoring only 40 runs and taking four wickets in four matches.[3]
Austin was appointed Companion of the Imperial Service Order in 1963 for his service as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government in Rhodesia.[4] At the time of his death in Harare in 2004 at the age of 95, he was the oldest surviving Rhodesian cricketer.[1]