subs. (cricket).—Taking three wickets with three consecutive balls: which feat is held to entitle the bowler to a new hat at the cost of the club.
1888. The Sportsman, 28 Nov. Mr. Absolom has performed the HAT TRICK twice, and at Tufnell Park he took four wickets with four balls.
1892. Cassell’s Saturday Journal, 21 Sept., p. 13, c. 2. On one occasion I succeeded in doing the HAT TRICK.
1892. Woolwich Polytechnic Magazine, 20 May. Three of these wickets were taken in succession, thus accomplishing the HAT-TRICK.
