Frederick Hack
Australian cricketer (1877–1939)
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Frederick Theodore Hack (24 August 1877 – 10 April 1939) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1898 to 1909.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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| Full name | Frederick Theodore Hack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 August 1877 Aldinga, Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 April 1939 (aged 61) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Alfred Hack (son) Reginald Hack (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1898-99 to 1908-09 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Hack, who was a grandson of pioneer Barton Hack, married Rosa Pengilly in 1905. They had two daughters and two sons, Alfred and Reginald, both of whom played cricket for South Australia.[8][9]