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Re: Perfect bat collection...
« Reply #15 on: December 02, 2022, 09:53:56 AM »

Anyone remember the Classic Bat Company? They were popular in the 90’s when most of the young cricketing population of Surrey were sponsored by them. They had a butterfly model too which if memory serves was the top end offering. Small bats for the weight

Yes! every young player in the Glos/Somerset area was sponsored by them to. I think Trescothick was at one point very early in his career.
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« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2022, 01:06:41 AM »

Anyone remember the Classic Bat Company? They were popular in the 90’s when most of the young cricketing population of Surrey were sponsored by them. They had a butterfly model too which if memory serves was the top end offering. Small bats for the weight

i think they were based in the West Country and were possibly used by Marcus Trescothick early in his career
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« Reply #17 on: December 03, 2022, 07:29:55 AM »

i think they were based in the West Country and were possibly used by Marcus Trescothick early in his career

run by a bloke called John Courtney - who played for Keynsham CC - which was Trescothick's club as a kid
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« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2022, 12:01:29 AM »

This used to sit in my office - a collection of old bats that has some overlap with those named in this thread ...

Some were still in original condition, while a few I refreshed with a quick sand, new grip and stickers.



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Re: Perfect bat collection...
« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2022, 12:28:40 PM »

Grains on that scoop!!

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« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2022, 04:22:18 AM »

Grains on that scoop!!

It was actually the Slazenger v100 that taught me a valuable lesson about grains - it looked great in the shop, had a nice pickup and feel, and was ... an absolute plank. If it had a middle, I certainly never found it. In contrast, the County had some pretty funky wavy grains and looked ugly, but went like a cannon.
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« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2022, 08:29:50 AM »

GN XP80

You wouldn't happen to have a nice one by any chance?
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Re: Perfect bat collection...
« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2022, 01:00:39 PM »

This used to sit in my office - a collection of old bats that has some overlap with those named in this thread ...

Some were still in original condition, while a few I refreshed with a quick sand, new grip and stickers.



I've never seen one of those Slazenger Bradman bats. Are they a modern remake or an older vintage edition??
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« Reply #23 on: December 08, 2022, 05:59:19 PM »

You wouldn't happen to have a nice one by any chance?
I have two..along with 50+, big kaboom, signature..
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« Reply #24 on: December 08, 2022, 08:25:27 PM »

I've never seen one of those Slazenger Bradman bats. Are they a modern remake or an older vintage edition??

Old edition and has seen some use over the years. Nice middle, but not particularly forgiving on off-centre hits by today's standards (for my crap batting anyway :)). Interesting take on the Newbery Excalibur idea in terms of the shoulders.

Unfortunately I can't give too much of a definitive background on its age or even authenticity, as I picked it up in a trade with a kind friend when I needed a bat in a hurry. He had in turn had acquired it from the Cricketers Club in Sydney when it was closing down. It was on display there, but evidently no-one seemed to know why. The story goes it was originally from Kingsgrove cricket store - I've never seen another one in the wild, and I couldn't find out anything about it online. Seen a fair few "99.9", "The Don" and "Classic" versions around, but never another 452.
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