Richard Joseph Hassett (7 September 1909 – 15 November 2006) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1930 to 1932. He was the elder brother of Lindsay Hassett.
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| Full name | Richard Joseph Hassett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 1909 Geelong, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 November 2006 (aged 97) Melbourne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Lindsay Hassett (brother) John Shaw (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929–30 to 1931–32 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 15 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born in Geelong, Dick Hassett went to The Geelong College with his brothers Harry, Vincent and Lindsay.[1] In 1928–29 he played for a Geelong team against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club, taking the wicket of Jack Hobbs.[2] A few weeks later, playing for Newtown & Chilwell in the semi-final of the Geelong competition, he took 9 for 16 and ran out the tenth batsman.[3]
Along with three other young Victorians he made his first-class debut for Victoria in 1929–30 against Western Australia, taking four wickets and top-scoring in the first innings with 58.[4] A month later he played against Tasmania, taking 3 for 27 and 4 for 50, getting the 15-year-old Jack Badcock stumped off his bowling in each innings on his first-class debut.[5] Victoria won both matches.
Hassett's only match for a full-strength Victorian team came in 1930–31 against the touring West Indians. Victoria won again, but Hassett made a duck and took only one wicket.[6] He played two matches against Tasmania later that season. In the first innings of the first match in Hobart, coming to the wicket at number eight with the score on 6 for 98, Hassett scored 114 not out, reaching his century in 138 minutes, and Victoria totalled 342.[7] In the next match, in Launceston a few days later, he batted at number six and scored 102, reaching his century in 148 minutes, taking Victoria to a first-innings lead after Tasmania had made 446.[8]
Despite his success in these two matches, Hassett never played a Sheffield Shield match. He played three times against Tasmania in 1931–32, with moderate success, and then devoted himself to his career. He worked as a chemical engineer, employed for 43 years by the clothing manufacturer Holeproof in Melbourne.[9] For some years before his death at the age of 97 he was the oldest living Victorian player.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The Argus, 28 January 1938, p. 20.
- ^ "Geelong v MCC 1928–29". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Untitled history of Newtown & Chilwell Cricket Club" (PDF). www.two-blues.com.au. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Victoria v Western Australia 1929–30". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Victoria v Tasmania 1929–30". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Victoria v West Indians 1930–31". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ The Mercury, 22 January 1931, p. 10.
- ^ The Mercury, 28 January 1931, p. 10.
- ^ Wisden 2007, p. 1556.
- ^ Nabila Ahmed, "Reliving the Victorian dream in the Long Room", The Age, 18 October 2003.
External links
edit- Dick Hassett at Cricinfo
- Dick Hassett at CricketArchive