John Edward Rogers (8 February 1858 – 8 July 1935) was an Australian

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er who played two first-class matches for

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during the early 1890s. Rogers was born in

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, though little else is known of his early life, including how and when he came to reside in the neighbouring colony of

.John Rogers player profile and statistics
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2013. A right-arm

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, he made his first-class debut against

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in March 1891, at the end of the 1890–91 season. He took a single wicket in a low-scoring affair, with John Carlton (5/26 and 7/53) and

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(5/21) dominating for Victoria and Tasmania, respectively. Rogers' second and final match for Victoria came at the beginning of the following season, against

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at the

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. He took 2/96 in South Australia's only innings, in a match notable for

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's all-round dominance—Giffen scored 271 runs out of a total of 562 all out, and then took 16 wickets (9/96 and 7/70) to allow South Australia to win by an innings and 164 runs.South Australia v Victoria
Other First-Class matches in Australia 1891/92 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2013. Rogers played no further matches at a high level, and died in

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in July 1935, aged 77.

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