Biography
Ogilvie attended Brisbane Grammar School where he was a champion sportsman, representing the school in rugby, cricket, tennis, athletics and rowing. He played for the Queensland state colt side and was picked in the Sheffield Shield team in 1971-72 but was unable to rise past twelfth man for the next two seasons. He was eventually dropped from the side and lost his spot in the colts, but good grade form in 1974-75 saw him make his first class debut for Queensland.
Ogilvie started the 1977-78 season extremely well, scoring consecutive centuries against Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia. This saw him selected to play at number three in an Australian team weakened by the defections of senior players to World Series Cricket to play India.
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