Between them they've plundered more than 35,000 A Grade runs, raised the bat a collective 61 times and notched up 206 half-centuries.
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But, to the relief of bowlers competition-wide, they're susceptible to getting out for a duck. 68 ducks in fact.
Here are the Horsham Cricket Association's top 10 highest run-scorers of the 2009-10 to 2019-20 decade.
1 - SIMON HOPPER
(Homers)
RUNS: 4547
AVERAGE: 36.98
HIGH SCORE: 162
100s: 8
50s: 21
Hopper has two remarkable seasons to thank for pipping brother Chris to the post. The top-order bat smashed 851 in the 2015-16 season and followed it with 850 next season.
2 - CHRIS HOPPER
(Homers)
RUNS: 4302
AVERAGE: 46.40
HIGH SCORE: 163
100s: 10
50s: 26
Named A Grade player of the season seven times, Hopper has long terrorised opposition bowling attacks. Had he stepped out for the A Grade side this season he might have beaten his brother to the top.
3 - GARY DAVIDSON
(Horsham Saints)
RUNS: 4022
AVERAGE: 52.43
HIGH SCORE: 153*
100s: 8
50s: 23
Earmarked as one of the association's classiest batsman, Davidson boasts the best average of anyone in the top 10. The top-order bat was the highest run-scorer last season at a young 48 years of age.
4 - TRAVIS HAIR
(Rup-Minyip/Homers/Saints/Blackheath-Dimboola)
RUNS: 3848
AVERAGE: 39.59
HIGH SCORE: 129
100s: 3
50s: 27
Hair has more half-centuries than anyone else in the top 10 and recovered from a heart attack he suffered during the 2017-18 one-day grand final to continue to line up for the Blue Panthers.
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5 - SANDY HODGE
(Homers/Colts)
RUNS: 3802
AVERAGE: 41.95
HIGH SCORE: 134
100s: 8
50s: 18
Hodge has played on-and-off this decade but his dominance in the games he has played has solidified him among the best batters in the competition.
6 - MATTHEW COMBE
(Horsham Saints/Noradjuha-Toolondo)
RUNS: 3490
AVERAGE: 40.32
HIGH SCORE: 145
100s: 8
50s: 17
A move to the Saints in 2015 proved fruitful for the dominant all-rounder, who piled on three consecutive 450+ seasons before moving to Bendigo.
7 - LACHLAN JONES
(Homers)
RUNS: 3391
AVERAGE: 47.27
HIGH SCORE: 149*
100s: 7
50s: 22
Jones' stint in the HCA was short, but destructive. Four of his six seasons saw him finish with more than 600 runs to his name.
8 - ADAM ATWOOD
(Homers)
RUNS: 2959
AVERAGE: 27.44
HIGH SCORE: 122
100s: 3
50s: 12
Atwood is the latest of a string of dominant Homers top-order batters. Captaincy hasn't slowed the keeper-batsman down either, with Atwood entering the summer break as the third highest run-scorer for the season.
9 - BEN PEUCKER
(Laharum)
RUNS: 2825
AVERAGE: 44.57
HIGH SCORE: 130*
100s: 3
50s: 18
Peucker has built himself a handy career, finishing the 2016-17 season with average of 115.50. Sitting as the second highest run-scorer this season, the left-hander shows no signs of slowing down.
10 - ADAM CARTER
(Rup-Minyip)
RUNS: 2767
AVERAGE: 35.58
HIGH SCORE: 138
100s: 7
50s: 22
Although he's played sporadically over the decade, Carters's average and number of centuries speak volumes to the class he added to the Blue Panthers' batting lineup.
