In their first three games, the Longhorns have had the ball 41 times and scored 16 times, or 40 per cent ; ;

Then Chris Broad scored three hundreds in successive Tests and bowling successes from Graham Dilley and Gladstone Small meant England won the series 2 – 1.

The 2010 – 11 Ashes series is the only one in which a team has won three Tests by innings margins and it was the first time England had scored 500 or more four times in a single series.

However, the run scored by the batter is counted as earned against the relief pitcher, but unearned to the team ( since there should have already been three outs ).

Lara scored 688 runs ( 42 % of team output, a record for a series of three or more Tests, and the second highest aggregate runs in history for a three-Test series ) in the 2001 – 02 tour of Sri Lanka.

Charlton's Bert Turner scored an own goal in the eightieth minute before equalising for the Addicks a minute later to take them into extra time, but they conceded three further goals in the extra period.

Drop kicks are mandatory from the centre spot to start a half ( a kick-off ), from the centre spot to restart the game after points have been scored, to restart play from the 22-metre line ( called a drop-out ) after the ball is touched down or made dead in the in-goal area by the defending team when the attacking team kicked or took the ball into the in-goal area, and to score a drop goal ( sometimes called a field goal ) in open play, which is worth three points.

Garros scored three victories in three weeks before he himself was downed on 18 April and his airplane, along with its synchronization gear and propeller was captured by the Germans.

Hagi scored three times in the tournament, including a memorable goal in their 3 – 2 surprise defeat of South American powerhouse and previous runners-up Argentina.

His final appearance was a 2 – 3 defeat away to local rivals Tampa Bay Rowdies on 17 June 1978, in which Rodney Marsh scored all three for the home team.

Important from this period are six sonate a quattro, or string sonatas, composed in three days, unusually scored for two violins, cello and double bass.

He returned to England in 1989, joining Tottenham Hotspur, and over three seasons he scored 67 goals in 105 games and won the FA Cup.

Lineker scored three hat-tricks for Everton ; at home to Birmingham City in a 4 – 1 league win on 31 August 1985, at home to Manchester City in a 4 – 0 home win on 11 February 1986, and then in the penultimate league game of the season on 3 May 1986, when they kept their title hopes alive with a 6 – 1 home win over Southampton.

Over three seasons, he scored 67 goals in 105 games and won the FA Cup at White Hart Lane.

The second Test at Durban was lost, but he top scored at Port Elizabeth with 85, to help square the three Test series 1-1.

To mention a few of the memorable milestones on the road to the scudetto: a decisive win against Juventus ( 2 – 0 ), with a goal scored by Elkjær after having lost a boot in a tackle just outside the box, set the stage early in the championship ; an away win over Udinese ( 5 – 3 ) ended any speculation that the team was losing energy at the midway point ; three straight wins ( including a hard fought 1 – 0 victory against a strong AS Roma side ) served notice that the team had kept its polish and focus intact during their rival's final surge ; and a 1 – 1 draw in Bergamo against Atalanta secured the title with a game in hand.

It was named after the nickname of the 1938 Duke football team, one of only three NCAA football teams to go the entire season unbeaten, untied, and not scored upon

Brabham scored only three points and finished 11th in the championship.

Miklos Molnar scored a penalty kick early in game three to send the series into a tiebreaker, where he scored again to send the Wizards to their first MLS Cup.

Dalglish also scored three days later on his Anfield debut in a 2 – 0 victory over Newcastle United, and he scored Liverpool's sixth goal when they beat Keegan's Hamburg 6 – 0 in the second leg of the 1977 UEFA Super Cup final.

Two runners scored on the play, tying the score at three.

However, he performed very well in the playoffs, notably when he scored a hat trick in game seven of the Campbell Conference Finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

At the UEFA Euro 1988, Van Basten scored a total of five goals, including a hat trick against England, the winning goal in the semi-final against West Germany, and a spectacular volley in the final against the Soviet Union.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored eight goals in the first seven games, including two hat tricks, one in a 7 – 2 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks and another in a come-from-behind victory against the Nashville Predators.

On December 3 against the Hartford Whalers at the Cow Palace, right winger Rob Gaudreau scored the first hat trick in franchise history ; he also scored the team's second ever hat trick nine days later against the Quebec Nordiques.

He scored seven in the series against Detroit, including a hat trick and the series-winning goal.

During extra time, Zarraonandía scored a hat trick as Bilbao won the cup.

It was also a " perfect hat trick ", with one goal scored with each of his left foot, right foot, and head.

Baker scored all three Philadelphia goals to net a hat trick.

On April 18, 2006, the last day of the regular season, Kariya scored a hat trick against the Detroit Red Wings in a 6 – 3 win, helping the Predators secure the fourth seed in the Western Conference.

During the round-robin, he scored a hat trick against the United States, helping Canada to a 5 – 1 win, qualifying them for the quarterfinals.

In the third match on 25 June 2009, Rivaldo scored a hat trick against Metallurg, which was beaten 4: 0 by Bunyodkor.

The Rangers then posted consecutive victories, 6 – 4 over the Royals in which Bellows scored a hat trick, and 4 – 2 over the Cougars.

Taft arranged a deal with Kaleta stipulating that if he scored three goals as he played the Toronto Maple Leafs that night, he would give him a free hat.

Montreal hatter Henri Henri claims that between 1950 and 1970, they would reward any NHL player who scored three or more goals in a game at the Montreal Forum with a free hat, thus originating the term " Hat Trick ".

When Mellanby scored a hat trick in a later game, some Florida fans threw plastic rats on the ice, a tradition that continued for all Panthers ' goals throughout the 1996 playoffs.

Earlier in the competition Rush scored a hat trick as Liverpool beat Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, the team who would go on to win the Premier League that season.

Later in the season, on March 23, 2000, he scored a hat trick against the Phoenix Coyotes, and became the 59th player to score 400 career goals.

Near the start of the 2010-11 season, Thornton scored the fourth hat trick of his NHL career against Martin Brodeur in a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils.

In 2007 – 08, Kovalchuk scored two consecutive hat tricks in a loss to the Ottawa Senators and a win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on November 1 and 3, 2007, respectively.

Going into the playoffs, he scored his first career NHL hat trick on May 12, 2008, in a 5 – 2 win over the Dallas Stars in game three of the Western Conference Finals, en route to a 2008 Stanley Cup Finals meeting with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Selected to his third All-Star Game in 2008 that season, Nash scored the quickest goal in All-Star Game history, just 12 seconds in and ended the game with a hat trick.