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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2014, 03:46:15 PM »
Some of these 1st bats make me feel old! I was given an old Slazenger with green stickers and a horrible white fibre sheet all over it when I was about 9. The 1st bat I had bought for me to use in matches was a Duncan Fearnley GT1000 when I was 11. Nice bat, used that until had my 1st full size bat at 14 which was a Duncan Fearnley VR5* which was fantastic. Gave it to the school I used to work at and they still use it in matches. Bats were made to last in those days!
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2014, 03:48:33 PM »
It was a Symonds (for me and my brother) when I was very young. I don't remember playing with it before I "lost" it and after that it was an SG Boundary that served me very well.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2014, 03:54:10 PM »
My size 6 "Geoff Boycott Plays" Slazenger  :) It was very precious to me alongside my "Geoff Boycott on Batting" paperback, taught me everything I knew, which is probably why I still can't hit it off the square some days :-[
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2014, 04:53:06 PM »

A Gray Nicolls GN100 Perimeter Weighted, 5 star beauty.  :)Given the lengthy nomenclature, I can see why it was generally referred to as a 'scoop'.
Lovely bat, 2lb 9oz, (too heavy for a skinny, growing lad), which cost many weeks pocket money. I thought long and hard before buying my first bat, I was probably aged 12, for about £40 (£45 rrp less discount) (1979, I think).

If I was advising someone looking to get their first proper bat, I would be delighted to inform them that getting Grade 1 willow is not necessary to get just as good a bat and substantial pocket money could therefore be saved.

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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2014, 05:02:39 PM »
Mine was a Duncan Fearnley 405!
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #20 on: July 08, 2014, 05:08:05 PM »
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #21 on: July 08, 2014, 05:13:40 PM »
Quote from: smilley792 on July 08, 2014, 05:08:05 PM
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2014, 05:28:25 PM »
Quote from: CameronPye94 on July 08, 2014, 05:13:40 PM
I think you're winning so far!

My first few bats were all county. Infact a few weeks back I was looking through the "team kit" cupboard to see what was in there, and one of them was still sat there. May take some pics next home game.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2014, 08:45:53 PM »
My first English willow bat was a Slazenger V500 select from 2002, prior to that I used to play windball cricket with an old Ducan Fearnley Max picked up from a car boot.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2014, 08:57:52 PM »
My first bat was a Gray Nicolls scoop 2000, don't have many memories of scoring runs with it. After this was a kook bubble limited edition my dad got me from Romida and that is still in my all time top 3 bats I have ever owned.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #25 on: July 09, 2014, 10:30:31 AM »
I inherited a Duncan Fearnley 'Extra Cover' from my brother.  The wood was painted white and it had a plastic cover over it.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2014, 10:45:26 AM »
My 1st bat I can remember is a Duncan Fearnley Colt.The first bat I remember purchasing was a Kookaburra Ridgeback
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #27 on: July 09, 2014, 11:21:00 AM »
GN Scoop. Second bat was a County Clipper. First bat I bought myself was a Powerspot Classic then a GN Elite LE (David Boon era )
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #28 on: July 09, 2014, 11:24:32 AM »
Summer of 1975 - St. Peter SP as used by England skipper Tony Greig.

If I remeber correctly it was £5 plus so many tokens from the back of Quaker Oats - bats made in Nelson, Lancashire I think.

First adult bat I actually bought was a DF AB 10,000 in about 1994, quality.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #29 on: July 09, 2014, 02:23:02 PM »
Was a old power spot given by my uncle when he quit the game ..was a heavy bat but loved it
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