Hat trick?

[Dave Wilton]

Don't get me started. The infield fly rule is simple compared to cricket.

See http://www.cricket.org/link_to_database/ABOUT_CRICKET/LAWS/2000_CODE/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Dennis R. Preston
> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 5:22 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Hat trick?
>
>
> What's a bowler? What's a wicket? What's a bowl?
>
> DInIs
>
>
>
> >The term is originally from cricket. When a bowler took
> three wickets with
> >three successive bowls his club would traditionally award
> him a hat or other
> >award to commemorate the feat. The term dates to 1877. It
> transferred over
> >to other sports and endeavors, including hockey, starting
> around the turn of
> >the 20th century.
> >
> >>  -----Original Message-----
> >>  From: American Dialect Society
> >>  [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> >>  Of Dennis R. Preston
> >>  Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 4:09 PM
> >>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >>  Subject: Hat trick?
> >>
> >>
> >>  In a strange game (apparently played where water freezes
> even outside
> >>  refrigerators) three scores (goals) are known as a "hat
> trick." Why?
> >>
> >>  dInIs
> >>  --
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> --
> Dennis R. Preston
> Professor of Linguistics
> Department of Linguistics and Languages
> 740 Wells Hall A
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA
> Office - (517) 353-0740
> Fax - (517) 432-2736
>