| Fred Hack | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Frederick Theodore Hack |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Aldinga, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Family: | Alfred Hack (son) Reginald Hack (son) |
| Club1: | South Australia |
| Year1: | 1898-99 to 1908-09 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 39 |
| Runs1: | 2147 |
| Bat Avg1: | 29.41 |
| 100S/50S1: | 3/11 |
| Top Score1: | 158 not out |
| Deliveries1: | 596 |
| Wickets1: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 59.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/39 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 19/0 |
| Date: | 6 August 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5767.html Cricinfo |
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]