Rodney Hogg

Rodney Hogg

Rodney Hogg

Blond blue eyed aggressive and menacingly fast Rodney Hogg announced himself with 41 wickets for World Series depleted Australia against England in 1978 79 The way he regularly beat Geoff Boycott for pace thrilled Australia at a lean time Injury and a rebel tour to South Africa interrupted and cricket life was never quite so bounteous again Nevertheless Hogg was generally in Australias first rank A quirky character he once had his wife erase the videotape of a soft dismissal while batting in a Test saying he did not want his son to see him as a coward Later he fulfilled a long held ambition to open a green grocery