| Gray Nicolls is a leading name in the world of sports; | | | | Australia and New Zealand became large markets for |
| they are well known for their high quality range of | | | | their products, and a factory was opened in |
| cricket equipment and have been in business now for | | | | Melbourne to accommodate this growth in sales. |
| just less than three centuries. Founded by H.J Gray in | | | | Today, the range of Gray Nicolls cricket equipment |
| 1855, Gray Nicolls, or H.J Gray and Sons as it was | | | | continues to grow and expand. They also offer repair |
| originally called, initially began making rackets. They | | | | work on their products if the retailer the products |
| are based in East Sussex, UK, and formed a | | | | were bought from cannot help with the problem. One |
| partnership in the 1940s with L.J Nicolls to begin | | | | of their latest products for 2009 is the Xiphos bat, |
| making cricket bats, hence the new name of Gray | | | | which has a chrome effect look and a unique groove |
| Nicolls. Nicolls himself actually began his career in 1876 | | | | design to enhance the balance and pick up of the bat. |
| making bats. | | | | With the amount of products offered from the |
| Gray Nicolls cricket equipment is used by sportsmen | | | | company, many sportsmen and women decide to |
| and women worldwide. Famous names to have used | | | | use these cricket equipment to further their skill and |
| these cricket equipment include Trevor Goddard, | | | | prowess in the sport. Likewise, parents of children or |
| Richie Benaud and Frank Worrell. One of the reasons | | | | teenagers hoping to make a name for themselves in |
| the company has continued to flourish over the | | | | the field may choose to buy their offspring cricket |
| years is because they are continually evolving and | | | | equipment from the Gray Nicolls range, as it is well |
| updating the technology they use to make their | | | | known to be of good quality and will last a long time, |
| cricket bats; the shoulder less Superlite and the Steel | | | | thus ensuring they have value for money. Buying |
| Spring bats are of Gray Nicolls creation. In addition to | | | | these cricket equipment is very easy, as many high |
| this, in the 1970s Gray Nicolls set the trend of using | | | | street and online retailers stock it due to it's |
| coloured cricket bat labels, becoming the first cricket | | | | popularity and reliable reputation. However, it is very |
| company to ever do this. Shortly after this, in 1974, | | | | important to compare prices between different |
| they created the scoop bat. This was a revolution in | | | | stockists, as these may differ from one to the other. |
| the world of cricket bats, as it had a weight reducing | | | | Gray Nicolls do feature an online stockist list on their |
| scoop design, and following on from this the demand | | | | own website, which can be used as reference for |
| for their range of cricket equipment rapidly grew. | | | | anyone looking to buy from the Internet. |