Rate a player: Rodney Hogg

[Dry Rot]

Never really one of my favourites, how does Hogg in the pantheon of Aussie quicks?

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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 Australia's 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 greengrocery.
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For stats see http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5685.html

[Sunshine]

I was never a real fan of his. Didn't he knock back bowling in his first test series after just 3 overs in Queensland early in his career? I think he had taken a wicket or two but didn't want to pressure himself because he was getting a bit asthma. I have had Asthma all my life and there is no way they would have got the ball from me.
In the latter part of his career he took a long while to warm up and used to go for a few runs until he got his rhythm.
Did he also do the SA Rebel tour thing?

[Twodogs]

Hoggy had everything all great fast bowlers need. Fast, cranky, straight, mad stare, not real bright and Victorian born! How could you not love a bloke who threatened to take the captain behind the stand for a hiding?


Hoggy co-hosts for an hour with Mark Doran one afternoon a week. Amongst the things he's claimed this year is that Hanse Cronje was 'assasinated', Doran asked him why the pilot of the plane would have voluntarily layed down his own life to facilitate it, and that Bob Woolmers killer would be arrested as soon as the World Cup was finished. It's awesome listening.



He also said earlierr in the season that he was a Bulldog supporter because his current girlfriend is.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Was he also one of the worst outfielding fast bowlers in the history of the game?

I seem to remember him dropping everything hit near him

[Twodogs]

Was he also one of the worst outfielding fast bowlers in the history of the game?

I seem to remember him dropping everything hit near him



Carl Rackemann generally used to run in a different direction to the ball and not get near them.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Carl Rackemann generally used to run in a different direction to the ball and not get near them.

Rackeman was the simon beasley look alike of fast bowlers