Founded 1855 Website www.gray-nicolls.com | Products Sporting Equipment | |
Industry Sporting goods (cricket) Area served Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, United Kingdom, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & West Indies | ||
Gray-Nicolls is an English sports equipment and apparel brand specialising in cricket owned by Grays International. Gray Nicolls was formed when the two companies Grays and Nicolls merged.
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History
World Racquets champion H.J. Gray founded the racket-making company H.J. Gray and Sons in Cambridge, England in 1855. The company later began manufacturing cricket bats for leading Cambridge players such as Ranjitsinjhi and the then Prince of Wales and remains a family business. L.J. Nicolls started making bats in 1876 in his workshop in Robertsbridge, East Sussex, where the company is still based today. These two well-regarded bat manufacturers merged in the 1940s to form Gray-Nicolls and stars such as England Captain Wally Hammond and Australian all-rounder Keith Miller soon started to use Gray-Nicolls bats.
Gray-Nicolls sports equipments are special to almost several countries.There is a big story about Gray-Nicolls by cricket players.
Endorsements
The following cricketers currently have endorsements deals with Gray-Nicolls. The company is also the official equipment supplier of the International Cricket Council (ICC)