Where Does The Saying Hat Trick Come From

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Where does the saying hat trick come from. Havent got a clue. It may surprise some people to learn that the term hat trick as it relates to sports actually originated in British cricket. It is said that the earliest magician to pull a rabbit out of a hat was Louis Comte in 1814 though this is also attributed to the much later John Henry Anderson.

The term hat trick originated among cricket players in 19th-century England according to the Oxford English Dictionary and other sources. With Ben Miner Adam Rankin King Dillon Ari Resnick. It became something of a fad in Victorian England and while hat trick wasnt seen in print before 1858 the term appears many times in newspapers throughout the rest of the 19th century.

A bowler was said to score a hat trick for taking three wickets by three successive balls the OED says. The version I heard is this. It seams in a cricket match two batsmen were out from two successive balls.

In the Netherlands this is known as a zuivere hattrick pure hat-trick. A collection was made as per. Once a bowler who took three wickets in successive deliveries was given a new hat by his club.

Interestingly the use of the term is different than in other sports in that it is awarded for defensive play rather than offensive. Have an axe to grind. In Matthew 1515 Jesus said Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick.

The phrase at the drop of a hat originates in the 19th century. The fielder could not catch it with his hands but he used his hat to hold the ball before it touches. This trick is also traditionally performed for children since it is a basic trick with basic props.