Dick Hassett

Richard Joseph Hassett (7 ga Satumba 1909 - 15 ga Nuwamba 2006) ɗan wasan kurket ne wanda ya buga wasan kurket na aji ɗaya ga Victoria daga 1930 zuwa 1932. Shi ne babban ɗan'uwan Lindsay Hassett.

An haife shi a Geelong, Dick Hassett ya tafi Kwalejin Geelong tare da 'yan uwansa Harry, Vincent da Lindsay. A cikin 1928-29 ya buga wa tawagar Geelong wasa a kan kungiyar Marylebone Cricket Club mai yawon shakatawa, inda ya dauki wicket na Jack Hobbs. Bayan 'yan makonni, yana wasa ga Newtown & Chilwell a wasan kusa da na karshe na Gasar Geelong, ya dauki 9 ga 16 kuma ya gudu daga dan wasan na goma.

Tare da wasu matasa uku na Victorians ya fara buga wasan farko na Victoria a 1929-30 a kan Yammacin Australia, inda ya dauki wickets hudu kuma ya zira kwallaye a wasan farko tare da 58.The Argus, 28 January 1938, p. 20. Wata daya bayan haka ya buga wasa da Tasmania, inda ya dauki 3 ga 27 da 4 ga 50, inda Jack Badcock mai shekaru 15 ya fadi a kowane wasa a karon farko. Victoria ta lashe wasannin biyu.

Wasan da Hassett ya yi kawai don ƙungiyar Victorian mai ƙarfi ya zo ne a cikin 1930-31 a kan West Indians masu yawon shakatawa. Victoria ta sake lashe, amma Hassett ya yi Duck kuma ya dauki wicket daya kawai.[1] Ya buga wasanni biyu da Tasmania daga baya a wannan kakar. A cikin wasannin farko na wasan farko a Hobart, ya zo wicket a lamba takwas tare da ci a kan 6 ga 98, Hassett ya zira kwallaye 114 ba tare da fita ba, ya kai ƙarni a cikin minti 138, kuma Victoria ya kai 342.[2] A wasan da ya biyo baya, a Launceston bayan 'yan kwanaki, ya buga a lamba shida kuma ya zira kwallaye 102, ya kai karni a cikin minti 148, ya dauki Victoria zuwa jagorancin farko bayan Tasmania ta yi 446.[3]

Duk da nasarar da ya samu a cikin waɗannan wasannin biyu, Hassett bai taɓa buga wasan Sheffield Shield ba. Ya buga wasa sau uku a kan Tasmania a 1931-32, tare da matsakaiciyar nasara, sannan ya ba da kansa ga aikinsa. Ya yi aiki a matsayin injiniyan sinadarai, wanda kamfanin kera tufafi na Holeproof ya yi aiki na shekaru 43.  Shekaru da yawa kafin mutuwarsa yana da shekaru 97 shi ne dan wasan Victorian mafi tsufa.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2006
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1909