Where does the footballing term "hattrick" originate from?

Answer 1

This term is originally from cricket, c.1877. Taking three wickets on three bowls allegedly entitled the bowler to receive a hat from his club commemorating the feat. By 1909 it was being used in other sports

Answer 2

It is used in cricket also. The term was originally used in cricket, and was connected with the custom of giving a hat or cap to a bowler who achieved the feat of taking three wickets in a row. It may be connected with the concept of giving someone their "cap", i.e. acknowledging them as a regular member of a representative team. Another school of thought mentions that a bowler was challenged if he could take three in three. Hats were passed around to collect the odds. The bowler succeeded and collected the large amount of cash. Thus the term hat-trick could have been also derived from this event.

Another claim of where the term hat trick comes from, is that if a bowler took three wickets in three consecutive deliveries it was custom just to remove his hat and use it to collect money from spectators. A hat-trick occurs in football when a player scores three goals in a single game.

Answer 3

Etymology: probably from the former practice of rewarding the feat with the gift of a hat
1 : the retiring of three batsmen with three consecutive balls by a bowler in cricket
2 : the scoring of three goals in one game (as of hockey or soccer) by a single player
3 : a series of three victories, successes, or related accomplishments

Answer 4

Hat Trick
This term is originally from cricket, c.1877. Taking three wickets on three bowls allegedly entitled the bowler to receive a hat from his club commemorating the feat. By 1909 it was being used in other sports.

(Additional note - give the credit to Wim who beat me to it!) :)

Answer 5

In cricket when a bowler took three consecutive wickets he was permitted to take off his hat and go round the crowd where people would throw coins into his hat. That is where the word hat-trick originates :) And now it's been transfered to football etc. (although without the whole hat and coin thingy!!)

Answer 6

Incidentally according to the “Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins” by William and Mary Morris(Harper Collins, New York, 1977, 1988). ROGER -- "in the meaning of 'Yes, O.K., I understand you -- is voice code for the letter R. It is part of the 'Able, Baker, Charlie' code known and used by all radiophone operators in the services in the 40's - 50's. From the earliest days of wireless communication, the Morse code letter R (dit-dah-dit) has been used to indicate 'O.K. -- understood.' So 'Roger' was the logical voice-phone equivalent." Also from “I Hear America Talking” by Stuart Berg Flexner (Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1976).“Roger! A code word used by pilots to mean ‘your message received and understood’ in response to radio communications; later it came into general use to mean ‘all right, OK.’ Roger was the radio communications morse code word for the letter R, which in this case represented the word ‘received.’ ‘Roger Wilco’ was the reply to ‘Roger’ from the original transmitter of the radio message, meaning ‘I have received your message that you have received my message and am signing off.” Wilco implies "I will comply"

Answer 7

It was originally a cricket term, as when a bowler got three people out, he was given a new hat.

I should say, I don't understand cricket, so I may be mixing up my terms...

Answer 8

A magician who pulls all sorts of thing out of his hat performs a hattrick.
A soccer player who scores three goals in one half is like such a magician.

Answer 9

Isn't it a cricketing term?

Answer 10

a player that scores 3 goals in one game!!
it is rare but happens!