Tom George Hogan is a former Australian cricket

Cricket

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er.

Hogan was a left arm spinner who played in 7 Tests

Test cricket

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 and 16 One Day Internationals for Australia

Australian cricket team

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 from 1983 to 1984.

Hogan made his debut for Western Australia

Western Warriors

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 in 1981 before being called up by Australia going on tours to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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, England

England

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 (for the 1983 Cricket World Cup

1983 Cricket World Cup

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) and the West Indies.

After being left out of the Australian team Hogan joined the Australian rebel tours to South Africa

South African rebel tours

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for two seasons (1985/86 and 1986/87) before returning to play for WA until 1990.