Rodney Hogg

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Rodney Hogg bowls a beanball, which gets the crowd offside.

The Aussies are complaining about the pitch and the facilities.

And on the last day, they're actually using go slow tactics, like calling for drinks and so forth to try and make sure they avoid losing.

That's not a name I'm terribly familiar with.

Steve Rickson, Ray Bright,

Jeff Lawson, Rodney Hogg.

That's a reasonable team.

But he took the most wickets in a National Series in Australia.

And that 36, I think it was, and that record was passed by Rodney Hogg in the 1978-79 series against England.

Hoggy took 41 for the summer.

But on the occasion of passing Arthur Maley's record, Maley was long deceased by that stage, but his family very kindly sent a telegram to the Adelaide Oval saying, which was taken to the dressing rooms and presented to Rodney Hogg, one of his congratulations on passing half-fathers.

He looked at it, screwed it up and threw it in the bin.

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when 16 Australian cricketers were paid $200,000 each to participate in two Rebel Cricket Tours of South Africa between 1985 and 1987.

Led by Kim Hughes, 10 of the players had already played Test Cricket for Australia, including experienced campaigners Terry Alderman, John Dyson, Rodney Hogg, Carl Rackerman and Graeme Yallop.

We are back in the heady days of the 80s.

Shannon Gill, welcome.

Obviously, he was a South African-born guy.

Um, player that came to Australia when South Africa were not allowed to play international cricket ends up playing for Australia, but he is seen as being, um, a go between, um, even though he continued playing for Australia and, and he ends up walking away from Australian cricket because of it.

So it's a really bizarre, the Rebels themselves, this is the team, Kim Hughes, Steve Rickson, Greg Shippard, Terry Alderman, John Dyson, Peter Faulkner, Mike Hazeman, Tom Hogan, Rodney Hogg, Trevor Hones, John McGuire, Rod McCurdy, Carl Reckerman, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Mick Taylor, Graham Yallop, and then Kepler Wessels plays the second season.

So that is the team that were known as the Rebels that went to South Africa.

... just, what about the stare? That, that, that's the first thing I, I really noticed.

It was, you know, you talk about the 1970s English team facing Rodney Hogg, he had that stare.

Um, don't think he was a big sledger, but the batsman knew he was after him.

Great rhythm run-up.

If there's enough of those, you'll also get paid.

It's time to talk cricket off the long run with Rodney Hogg, whose Wikipedia page says Rodney Malcolm Hogg.

That's a good start because that's his full name.

Was born 75 years ago, is an Australian former cricketer.

What are you asking me that for?

41 at 12.85. He's got it tattooed on his arm.

Rodney Hogg is with us in the studio, and it's always a lot of fun.

Who were you introducing me for when you said they're going to talk to Pauline, about Pauline? You.

... just what about the stare? That, that, that's the first thing I, I really noticed.

It was, you know, you talk about the 1970s English team facing Rodney Hogg, he had that stare.

Um, don't think he was a big sledger, but the batsman knew he was after him.

Great rhythm run-up.

So Gary Kosier, not exactly South Australian through and through, but he was playing for them in '76 when they won.

Also from Tigerland, from Richmond, uh, who hadn't played for the Vics at that point but came over that year, Rodney Hogg.

Oh, yeah.

Eventually played for Victoria later when he went back.

Mm-hmm

... is Rodney Hogg.

And he was your s- he was your great fella, but he was your typical fast bowler 'cause he, he was slightly unhinged on occasion.

Mm.