Roger Hughes made his first grade debut at Glenorchy Cricket Club during the 1989/90 to be become Glenorchy first grade player number 232.

Roger came to the club with a significant reputation having played a number of years for Burnie Cricket Club in the North West Tasmania Cricket Association competition as well as representing Tasmania in the Under National Championships in 1982/83.

A highly skilled all-rounder Roger was named in the in the Tasmania Premier Cricket team of the decade from 1986/87 to 1995/96 when he had played 116 games for Glenorchy and Lindisfarne and scored 3,060 runs at 30.30 and taken 244 wickets at 18.56.

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