Most cricketers go through their entire lives without claiming a hatrick - they are a bowlers holy grail, rarer than a hole-in-one.

Subiaco-Floreat fast bowler Gavin Swan obviously doesn't subscribe to that notion as he has taken two in two weeks.

The big right-armer claimed his first hatrick against Fremantle in round three of the SunSmart Cup and backed up with another in round five against South Perth.

This was only the second time a bowler has taken two hatricks in a season in Perth first-grade history, the season of 1932-33 was the last time it happened.

In a further twist both hatricks came about in identical circumstances with the first batsman of each hatrick being caught at second slip by Steven Glew and the other two being LBW's.

Swan, 31, had never taken a hatrick in any form of cricket before the Fremantle match and was not even nervous as lined up for his second in as many weeks.

"I just thought it wasn't going to happen," the ex-state cricketer said.

"I just told the boys to stand where they liked, they went particularly crazy after�I took the second one."

Swan is no stranger to setting precedents, he has been a powerhouse in the first-grade seen for a decade.

He took a club record 9/23 against Mt Lawley in 1999-00 (the eighth best bowling figures in Perth first-grade history) and see's no reason to hang up the boots any time soon.

"I really enjoy it down at Subiaco-Floreat.

"The boys all get along together, as long as�I keep enjoying it I'll keep playing," he said.

© 2002 Western Australian Cricket Association

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