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procricket

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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #30 on: July 09, 2014, 02:37:53 PM »
Quote from: DACD 1987 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.

My hometown indeed by Lamberts Timber Yard mate in Nelson.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #31 on: July 09, 2014, 02:59:28 PM »
My home town too!

Can still remember lamberts burning down
All that quality willow gone
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #32 on: July 09, 2014, 03:10:13 PM »
First bat for kids cricket I remember is a GN Scimitar.  First bat I got for adult cricket was a Hunt's County Mettle 3 star
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #33 on: July 10, 2014, 04:34:57 PM »
I started playing cricket only 2 years ago. So never had a junior bat. My first bat was a Kookaburra Kashmir willow 2nd hand bat which cost me something like $50. It wasn't perfect for me, so sold it after two months for $32.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #34 on: July 10, 2014, 05:10:51 PM »
Newbery Excalibur - loved it  ;)
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #35 on: July 10, 2014, 08:24:53 PM »
First bat was a DF magnum
Nothing's come close to how good that bat was(very slightly rose tinted)
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #36 on: July 10, 2014, 08:34:50 PM »
Hunts County size 3 followed by a Symonds Tusker. Christ, I loved that bat...
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #37 on: July 10, 2014, 08:36:55 PM »
Quote from: procricket B3 on July 09, 2014, 02:37:53 PM
My hometown indeed by Lamberts Timber Yard mate in Nelson.

There was once a brand called Lambert's. The bat my grandfather had in his 'barn' was a Lambert's. It's in my parents' attic now, I believe. Must have been from the same place?

My first proper bat was a Slazenger 'Geoff Boycott plays...' Five Star. My parents had good intentions, but I never got to actually use it in a competitive cricket match.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #38 on: July 10, 2014, 08:39:56 PM »
Quote from: Northern monkey on July 09, 2014, 02:59:28 PM
My home town too!

Can still remember lamberts burning down
All that quality willow gone

Would love to know more about Lambert's (see above post).
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #39 on: July 11, 2014, 06:04:28 AM »
Regarding lamberts
It's still in Nelson,,, used to be a couple of you tube videos showing the willow etc
I vaguely remember the bats, quite a few were used locally,
The woodyard at Waidshouse rd, was burnt down a long time ago, there was some pretty dramatic videos of this also.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #40 on: July 11, 2014, 06:23:19 AM »
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #41 on: July 11, 2014, 10:09:55 AM »
Quote from: Northern monkey on July 11, 2014, 06:04:28 AM
Regarding lamberts
It's still in Nelson,,, used to be a couple of you tube videos showing the willow etc
I vaguely remember the bats, quite a few were used locally,
The woodyard at Waidshouse rd, was burnt down a long time ago, there was some pretty dramatic videos of this also.

Do you have any knowledge of their cricket bat brand?
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #42 on: July 11, 2014, 10:32:05 AM »
Slazenger Master Blaster harrow. Way too heavy for me...hit a big six in juniors though.
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #43 on: July 11, 2014, 10:39:38 AM »
Not really
From very distant memory,, the bats had a good name, but were going out of fashion,by the time I started playing.
And in those days, late 70,s  most sports shops,sold decent bats from all the big names, so a lamberts bat would have looked very old fashioned.
My apologies for my ignorance,,
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Re: Your First Bat
« Reply #44 on: July 11, 2014, 10:42:15 AM »
Quote from: Northern monkey on July 11, 2014, 10:39:38 AM
a lamberts bat would have looked very old fashioned.


My grandfather's bat certainly looks old-fashioned now!
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