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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: SLCRICKETFAN on September 28, 2013, 06:03:58 AM
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Does anyone have any information on this bat? Or any photos?
All I've found out so far is that they were made in Victoria, Australia.
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Used to have a butterfly on the front sticker. Chris Harris from NZ used to use one.
http://www.antiquesreporter.com.au/index.cfm/lot/396474-1992-cricket-world-cup-display-with-full-size-and39geoff-hesford/ (http://www.antiquesreporter.com.au/index.cfm/lot/396474-1992-cricket-world-cup-display-with-full-size-and39geoff-hesford/)
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Ulysses bats were made at a store called Bat & Ball (in the same location as the current Greg Chappell Cricket Centre store) in West Melbourne. They were made in the early 1990s by a batmaker called Geoff Hesford who was taught batmaking by Brian Warsop. Players like Zoe Goss (Australian women's team) used these bats. I think John Wright NZ may have also used one late in his career.
They occassionally come up for sale on eBay / Gumtree.
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My friends dad has 2 of them, and ive used one, and they are a great bat, can't go wrong
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My friends dad has 2 of them, and ive used one, and they are a great bat, can't go wrong
Doubt thats strictly true!
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I thought the Brand was Rapier? I used to have one of the thigh pads.
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The Rapier, and Warrior, were models of HG bats. Geoff Hesford made HG bats in partnership with John Guy (ex-NZ test cricketer) before Geoff went out on his own to make Ulysses bats.