In the Shakers long history, the club can record a total of 123 hat tricks or better

Following James Vaughan’s four goal haul at the weekend, we’ve been delving into the club’s history to get the definitive figure on hat tricks, or better, so here it is – hat tricks or better…

Five goals a game   
Only two players have scored five goals in a game.  Eddie Quigley, in a 5-0 victory over Millwall on 15 Feb 1947 and Ray Pointer, in a 6-1 victory over Rotherham United on 2 October 1965 – both games at Gigg Lane 

Four goals a game 
 
George Jones holds the record for ‘four goal strikes’ after he did it three times between September 1967 and December 1970.  

The four goal strike against Peterborough was the 17th such occasion, with Harry Millar recording the very first on 20 October 1894 during a 5-1 victory away at Crewe Alexandra. Harry Millar achieved the fete twice, notching a four goal haul during the Shakers RECORD score – a 12-1 FA Cup 2nd Round victory over Stockton on 13 Feb 1897. 

 
The last time we saw a Bury player score four goals, was 28 October 1995 when Phil Stant grabbed the headlines with his four goal haul in a 5-1 win at Mansfield Town 

Hat Tricks 
We’ve seen a total of 105 hat tricks (three goals) scored since the very first one from Joe Henderson on 2 April 1895, in a 4-1 win v Walsall Town Swifts.  Before Saturday, the last hat trick came from Andrew Tutte, in a 5-2 victory over Colchester United last season.

 

Of the 105 hat-tricks scored, only four have been in games that Bury lost (Don Carter, Ian McIntosh, Paul Aimson and George Jones) whilst Barnsley appear to be the most popular side to score a hat trick against with five over the years. 

Billy Hibbert has the most number of hat tricks with six between 1907 and 1911