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In billiards, 'cannon' refers to striking two balls with the cue ball, 'cue' is the stick used to strike balls, and 'in-off' describes when a ball goes into a pocket after hitting another ball.

This question requires specific knowledge of World Cup hat-trick statistics. The answer 48 represents the total number of hat-tricks across all Cricket World Cup tournaments. This is factual sports data that cannot be computed.

Geoff Hurst scored three goals (hat-trick) for England against West Germany in the 1966 World Cup Final, which England won 4-2. Beckenbauer was German, Hunt and Charlton were English but didn't score hat-tricks in the final.

Tore Keller from Sweden scored a hat-trick against Cuba in 1938 at age 33, making him the oldest player to score a World Cup hat-trick. Gerd Muller, Maradona, and Bobby Robson are not associated with this record.

Oleg Salenko of Russia scored five goals against Cameroon in USA 1994, including a hat-trick, setting a World Cup record for most goals by a player in a single game. Baggio, Dunga, and Ortega were other notable players from that era but didn't achieve this feat.

The 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland saw a record eight hat-tricks, the most in any single tournament. This high-scoring tournament featured many high-scoring games. 1990, 1970, and 1974 had fewer hat-tricks.

Guillermo Stabile scored a hat-trick on his international debut for Argentina against Mexico in 1930 World Cup. Zico, Zidane, and Matthaus were great players but didn't achieve this specific feat.

Gabriel Batistuta of Argentina scored hat-tricks in both the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, making him the only player to achieve this feat. Zidane, Beckham, and Romario, while legendary players, never scored multiple World Cup hat-tricks across different tournaments.