Neville Rogers
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Neville Hamilton Rogers (March 9, 1918 - October 7, 2003) was an English first-class cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....

 who played for Hampshire
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Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...

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Rogers was a right-handed top order batsman and scored a century before lunch against the touring West Indians in 1950. He never played for England but came close in 1951, acting at the 12th man in a Test against South Africa at The Oval. He passed 1000 runs in a season every year from 1947 until 1955. His highest season total was 2244 runs in 1952 and made his highest score of 186 against Gloucestershire the previous year.

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