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[Jenko]

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 :-)

[langer17]

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.

[Number4]

http://www.fisherbats.com.au/

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.

[Johng]

Screaming Cat an GN are the only batmaker of note. Fisher is ok and the rest are stickered up blanks from India or Pakistan

[langer17]

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.

[Canners]

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?

[sgcricket]

ranson is based in Jalandhar, India. Have seen Dale Richards of West Indies using it among internationals

[Canners]

Thanks for clearing that up, was fond of the blue stickers also

[procricket]

Somebody was selling a so called dale Richards bat on eBay

[Tom]

Robert Fielke bats, are they still going? Or Murphy Cricket?

[Perkins17]

was there not a company called blue willow with a bat maker
Murphy cricket went under ground from what i heard :p

[sgcricket]

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.

[langer17]

Bradbury should be in the factory one.

[Vic Nicholas]

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.

[FattusCattus]

Promotes 'Aussie Grown' willow doesn't he?