Merewether District Cricket Club

This year we have 4 teams in the district competition and 3 teams in the city and suburban comp. Congratulations to the captains listed below:

1st Grade – Simon Moore
2nd Grade – Duncan Mcllveen
3rd Grade – Alec Liddel
4th Grade – Duncan Bench
A Grade – Ray Rutten
AR1’s – Mick Varnum
Ar4’s – Tim Crossingham

Player Profiles

The man about town himself.............

Player Profile | Michael Hogan

Playing Number	31
Date of Birth	31 May 1981
Club	Fremantle
Playing Style	RHB, RF
First Class Debut	-

Who has had the biggest influence on your life? Peter Elsley, one of my old coaches from Newcastle What are you scared of? Death Which sports teams do you support? Newcastle Knights What's currently on your ipod? Lupe Fiasco The happiest moment in your life? Getting a contract with the Warriors Which city in the world is your favourite and why? Newcastle, because it's God's country! Best memories at MDCC? Mad Monday celebrations - win, lose or draw a guaranteed great day. Funniest incident on the field? Weekly - watching Pie warm up under the high balls. After that, it would be AB's reaction to Pie dropping the high balls in the warm up. Funniest incident off the field? Watching Greggy Weller dodge a tub each Saturday. Greatest acheivement in cricket? Taking the new ball in front of Chad White and making him run uphill into the wind! Should have got it on tape.

Hogan has earned his first state contract after an impressive summer in Sydney grade cricket where he captured 54 wickets for Northern Districts at the superb average of 16.33, placing him fifth in the competition's leading wicket taker list. The strongly-built paceman played in his hometown of Newcastle with Mereweather before moving to Sydney in 2005-06 to try his luck. He returned to Newcastle the following summer, and after two seasons where he represented NSW and Australian Country, he headed back to Northern Districts in 2008-09, where his tremendous form saw him promoted to the NSW Second XI team for a CA Cup match against SA in Adelaide. Hogan also worked for Hornsby Shire Council as a groundsman at Northern Districts' home ground Waitara Oval.