Two cricketing items streaked the field at Leski Auctions August sporting memorabilia sale in Melbourne.
One was former Australian fast bowler Rodney Hogg’s yellow rebel tour Test team cap (lot 241), which sold for $6500, and the other the first membership badge issued by the Melbourne Cricket Club (lot 48) – knocked down for $5000 on a $3000-$4000 catalogue estimate.
Hogg played 38 Test matches and 71 One Day Internationals, taking 123 Test wickets at an...