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Open Championship
« on: October 23, 2015, 08:49:25 AM »
Another thread on here reminded me that I got my first Hundred with one of their bats,Grade 2/3 bought from Alf Gover`s Cricket shop in the Nets on Wandsworth Hill,SW London....got a couple of pairs of Gloves by them too,one Sausage with overlap on bottom hand which I found in my old bedroom at my Mum`s last week,plus an early attempt at Lightweight,split fingers,near on impossible to mould to your Hand shape,I remember...
Anyone use their Bats/Softs ??

One for the Old`uns
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Re: Open Championship
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2015, 08:53:02 AM »
When starting out, I remember my dad, my brother and I all had OC cricket whites with the little OC orange logo. Very retro brand alongside Surridge!
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Re: Open Championship
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2015, 09:16:13 AM »
Sponsored Gower later in his career. I wonder if they were made by Hunts County, as I once read an interview with the batmaker there that suggested he had made for Gower.
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Re: Open Championship
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2015, 10:16:54 AM »
I remember there massive white lids, shocking polystyrene things they were. Popular with England tailenders in the mid to late 90's


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Re: Open Championship
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2015, 10:41:10 AM »
I have an old one kicking around somewhere.
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Re: Open Championship
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2015, 10:20:30 AM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on October 23, 2015, 09:16:13 AM
Sponsored Gower later in his career. I wonder if they were made by Hunts County, as I once read an interview with the batmaker there that suggested he had made for Gower.

In about 1985, Gower had a HCB bat restickered as a GN

the story I heard was that one of the junior players at Leics had a HCB, and Gower really liked it, and had more made

I think there was a link between OC  and Sondico. Gower used Sondico softs early in his career and IIRC, both brands were based near Manchester
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Re: Open Championship
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2015, 03:50:20 PM »
didn't Sondico do bats too? I seem to
Remember a friend of Mine having a kashmir version, Clive Lloyd and Graeme fowler were sponsored by them at the time but it didn't seem to last long.
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Re: Open Championship
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2015, 04:16:55 PM »
Quote from: Mortimer on October 24, 2015, 10:20:30 AM
In about 1985, Gower had a HCB bat restickered as a GN

the story I heard was that one of the junior players at Leics had a HCB, and Gower really liked it, and had more made

I think there was a link between OC  and Sondico. Gower used Sondico softs early in his career and IIRC, both brands were based near Manchester

Sondico was actually based in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire -very near to Hunts County. I wondered about this too.
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