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Mar 26, 2006, 12:50 pm
Why is scoring three goals called a "hat trick"?? 
 

   
   

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sumesh kumar 		Mar 27, 2006,11:49 am
"Hat trick" comes from the game of cricket about a century ago. A cricket bowler who got
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<br>rid of three batsmen on three balls in a row would have a new hat bought for him by his teammates.
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<br>By 1909 this term came into general use in many sports to celebrate a three-fold feat.