Gray-Nicolls

Gray-Nicolls

Industry	Sporting goods (cricket)
Founded	1855
Headquarters	Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England
Area served	United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, West Indies & Pakistan
Products	Sporting Equipment
Website	www.gray-nicolls.com

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.

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.^[1] 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.

Endorsements

The following international cricketers currently have endorsements deals with Gray-Nicolls. The company is also the official equipment supplier of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

See also

• Grays International
• Gilbert
• Steeden

References

External links

• Gray-Nicolls homepage
• Gray-Nicolls Australia homepage