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Tom Hogan
Tom George Hogan (born 23 September 1956) is a former Australian cricketer. Hogan was a left arm spinner who played in seven Test cricket, Tests and 16 One Day Internationals for Australian Cricket Team, Australia in 1983 and 1984. Career Hogan made his debut for Western Warriors, Western Australia in 1981–82. He scored 70 in a game against Victoria and 49 against WA. He took 20 wickets at 36.75 for the summer. Hogan had a strong 1982–83 summer. He scored 72 against NSW and took eight wickets against Qld. At the end of the summer he was picked in Australia's one day team to play New Zealand, replacing Dennis Lillee who was made 12th man. He took 2–42 and made 4 not out. He was kept on in the squad. He was picked on a 1983 tour of Sri Lanka, one of two spinners (the other was Bruce Yardley). By the end of the summer he had taken 35 first class wickets at 26.82 – out of the spinners, only Bruce Yardley and Murray Bennett had taken more. Sri Lanka Tour Hogan was picked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merredin, Western Australia
Merredin is a town in Western Australia, located in the central Wheatbelt (Western Australia), Wheatbelt roughly midway between Perth and Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Kalgoorlie, on List of road routes in Perth, Western Australia, Route 94, Great Eastern Highway. It is located on the route of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, and as a result is also on the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail. It is connected by public transport to Perth via the'' The Prospector (train), Prospector'' and ''MerredinLink'' rail services. History Merredin's history varies from that of other wheat-belt towns in Western Australia in the sense that it started as a stopping place on the way to the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, goldfields. The first European explorer into the area was the Surveyor General of Western Australia, Surveyor General John Septimus Roe, J. S. Roe, who travelled through the region in 1836 but was not impressed by its dryness and the low rainfall. By the 1850s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |