Fred Hack
Personal information
Full name
Frederick Theodore Hack
Born(1877-08-24)24 August 1877
Aldinga, Adelaide, South Australia
Died10 April 1939(1939-04-10) (aged 61)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
BattingRight-handed
RelationsAlfred Hack (son)
Reginald Hack (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1898-99 to 1908-09South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 39
Runs scored 2147
Batting average 29.41
100s/50s 3/11
Top score 158 not out
Balls bowled 596
Wickets 5
Bowling average 59.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/39
Catches/stumpings 19/0
Source: Cricinfo, 6 August 2019

Frederick Theodore Hack (24 August 1877 – 10 April 1939) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1898 to 1909.

An opening batsman, Hack scored 33, 115, 54, 37, 44 and 158 not out in the 1899-1900 Sheffield Shield, a total of 441 runs at an average of 88.20, putting him at the top of the Shield averages.[1] The cricket writer A. G. Moyes said of Hack's career that he did "grand service for [South Australia] as an opening batsman. Standing a few inches over six feet, he was an extremely difficult man to dislodge once he dug in his heels. Never quite Test class, he was nevertheless a remarkably handy man for the ordinary first-class game."[2] He continued playing senior cricket in Sydney into the 1920s.[3]

For some years Hack was the managing director of his own company, F. T. Hack Limited, which manufactured automobiles in Adelaide.[4] After he left Adelaide to take up business in Sydney in 1917, the company's premises were bought by Holden.[5][6] In 1924 he was manager of the Missenden Road Body Building Works in the Sydney suburb of Camperdown.[7]

He and his wife had two daughters and two sons, Alfred and Reginald, both of whom played cricket for South Australia.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Sheffield Shield 1899/00". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ↑ A. G. Moyes, Australian Cricket: A History, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1959, p. 249.
  3. ↑ "The Cricket Trial". Arrow: 8. 3 November 1922.
  4. ↑ "Coachbuilders and Industries: Inspection of F. T. Hack, Limited's New Premises". Daily Herald. 28 January 1914. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "Off to Sydney". The Mail: 16. 29 September 1917.
  6. ↑ "Opportunity Seized". News: 4. 25 January 1924.
  7. ↑ "Cricket and Motoring". Sunday Times: 23. 12 October 1924.
  8. ↑ "Frederick Hack". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "Deaths". The Mail: 2. 4 February 1933.
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