All of the tributes to Christine Sinclair talk about the "hat trick" in the Manchester game of 2012. There's no definition of hat trick by the authors. Everybody knows what hat trick is. I guess that's 8.1 billion people minus 1.
It is easy to look up: it is when a player scores three goals in a single game. Two goals in a single match is called a brace.
Where does the expression come from? It just seems like a magician sort of activity. Not at all. The expression hat trick originated in cricket. A bowler who retired three batsmen with three consecutive balls was entitled to a new hat at the expense of the club to commemorate this feat.
I wonder if everyone knows that?
And is it hat trick, hat-trick, or hattrick? No one seems to agree on that one.
And what did the referee in that game make? Two banana calls, according to Cathal Kelly. I don't know what they are either. And no easy look-up answers so far.
This picture of Millie came up and she looks like she's making some sort of Banana call.
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