Ka rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Hadlee ta auri Lilla Monro a shekara ta 1940. Sun haɗu a jirgin ruwa zuwa Ingila a shekara ta 1937. Suna da 'ya'ya maza biyar. Ya yi alfahari sosai cewa uku daga cikin 'ya'yansa maza biyar sun wakilci New Zealand: Dayle, mai saurin bugun gwaji, da Barry, mai buga kwallo a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1975
, Richard ne ya mamaye su, wanda ya zama babban dan wasa: ya dauki wickets 431 na gwaji - rikodin duniya a lokacin - da wickets 1,490 na aji na farko, kuma ya gama da matsakaicin bugun gwaji na 27.16. An ba Richard lambar yabo saboda ayyukan da ya yi wa cricket. Ɗan na huɗu, Martin, ya buga wasan kulob a Christchurch.