Dick Hassett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1909
Place of Birth: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 15-Nov-2006
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Dick Hassett
- 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. Born in Geelong, Dick Hassett went to The Geelong College with his brothers Harry, Vincent and Lindsay.
- In 1928–29 he played for a Geelong team against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club, taking the wicket of Jack Hobbs.
- 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.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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.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.
- For some years before his death at the age of 97 he was the oldest living Victorian player.
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