Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Jenko on May 05, 2011, 07:04:55 AM
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Since I am always reading about UK custom companies, thought Id trawl around a bit and find some in good old OZ. Besides the better known brands like Screaming Cat, Bradbury, WillowWizard, here are a few I cam across, some I have seen/used, others I havent:
http://www.bombercricket.com.au/
Actually made in India...have used a Bomber bat before and it was fairly decent. Also a couple of other blokes use them and rate them as good sticks.
http://www.whitsundaybats.com.au/products.php
Whitsundays Bats. Aweful stickers lol. Had a mate buy one of their 'top range' bats....we used it for a couple of net sesions and it was aweful!!! Not sure if anyone has had better experiences with them!
http://www.bluetonguesports.com.au/
Havent heard of this brand before....any of our other Aussie forum friends heard or seen them? One other that I have looked at before but never actually used is Fisher Bats.
http://www.fisherbats.com.au/
Anyway Enjoy Everyone :-)
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Here are a few more.
http://www.ledeuxsports.com/
My mate runs this company and it's pretty good. His bat's were a bit too heavy for me (around the 2'10 mark), but he is getting some lighter ones made up. Hiss softs are really good too. I keep telling him to ask GCCC to stock his stuff, but he doesnt want them to put the prices up, so he just sells them for a cheaper price. It's run up in Qld. He get's his stuff made in
http://bluedogssports.com.au/
This is also up in Qld. I don't know much about this company, but it is run by a guy at Souths Cricket Club (I think) and I have seen quite a few people in the Quensland Premier Grade Comp using the bats and softs.
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[url]http://www.fisherbats.com.au/[/url]
Anyway Enjoy Everyone :-)
How is this for warranty:
Fisher Cricket Bats offer a two season warranty on the blade and one season warranty on the handle under normal use i.e. two training sessions and one game a week. However we work with the player to ensure customer satisfaction and concerns are addressed and recorded if any.
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Screaming Cat an GN are the only batmaker of note. Fisher is ok and the rest are stickered up blanks from India or Pakistan
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Screaming Cat an GN are the only batmaker of note. Fisher is ok and the rest are stickered up blanks from India or Pakistan
You forgot Bradbury.
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Played against 2 ozzies last sat and they both had decent looking big bats.... Blue stickers I think they were called ranson or something similar????
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ranson is based in Jalandhar, India. Have seen Dale Richards of West Indies using it among internationals
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Thanks for clearing that up, was fond of the blue stickers also
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Somebody was selling a so called dale Richards bat on eBay
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Robert Fielke bats, are they still going? Or Murphy Cricket?
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was there not a company called blue willow with a bat maker ???
Murphy cricket went under ground from what i heard :p
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googling reveals the following info:
Australia (factory)
-Robin Younan (Austwide bats)-Sydney N.S.W.
-Stuart Kransbuhler (Gray-Nicolls)-Melbourne Vic
-Brendon Beckett (Empire Cricket)-Brisbane Q.L.D.
-Ian Tinetti (Jabaroo)-Daylesford Vic
-Mike Rindell (?)-Perth W.A.
-Julian Millichamp (Screaming Cat)-Daylesford Vic
-Lachlan Fisher (Fisher bats)-Melbourne Vic
-Robert Fielke (Fielke bats)-Gawler S.A.
Australia(Garage)
-Keiran Richards (Richards sports)-Sydney N.S.W.
-Reg Taylor (Centurion?)-Sydney N.S.W.
-Ron Eggar (?)-Sydney N.S.W.
-Hayden Frost (?)
-Robert Fortington (Nixon)-Sydney N.S.W.
-Greg Meller (Meller bats)-Canberra A.C.T.
-Glen Murphy (Murphy)-Coonabarabran N.S.W.
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Bradbury should be in the factory one.
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Lachlan Fisher is a capable bat maker.
His Grade 1 Willow never looks "Grade 1" though.
Many (more than half) of the guys at my club use his bats.
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Promotes 'Aussie Grown' willow doesn't he?
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He certainly does.
I think he grows his own...or at least he used to.
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Just want to clear a couple of things up.
I no longer own Empire Cricket. It was sold two years ago to a good friend and local retailer, who has subsequently on-sold it to another entity. It is therefore on to its third owners.
Also, Empire Cricket was never a "factory" operation. I worked from a small workshop and specialised in custom bat making from start to finish and repairs for larger brands and their sponsored players. The only work I outsourced was the handles which were purchased from James Laver. This was simply because I felt they were the very best handles available. I am no longer involved in the bat making industry, apart from teaching the odd interested student about it in my role as a Manual Arts teacher.
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There’s a few more ‘factory’ Aussie batmakers, and a few more Aussie cricket companies using Indian/ Pakistan imports.
Factory
Ian Callen (Callen cricket/ Willow Blue)
Dustin Gaskell (Gabba)
Gerry Grimes (Combat willow)
Indian/ Pakistan imports
Jet cricket, Devil cricket, Venom cricket, Bold Sports, Taipan (Premier cricket), Lawrence & Hendricks, Quest cricket, Pure Sport, SDO, Wombat, Buffalo. I have not confirmed these bats are imports so I will stand corrected if I’m wrong.
There’s also Keith Dudgeon Sport (KD) and 5 Star Plus (Evolution) but I’m not sure if they make their own or import.
And just to clarify a few things from the earlier list Mike Rindell and Norman Haylett-Petty are associated with Sovereign cricket in Perth. Ron Eggar and Robert Fortington are not making bats at the moment, and Greg Meller and Glen Murphy may also have stopped.
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He certainly does.
I think he grows his own...or at least he used to.
I know this is 7 years old... but Lachlan Fisher is still around and will be making me a custom bat in 4 weeks' time.
Excited would be understatement. Haven't upgraded my bat since 2011 (ironically).