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Tony Game

Hand made English willow, 5 - star grading....and only £19.95
« on: February 03, 2021, 05:49:20 PM »




My first post on the forum so forgive me  :)

And it was that price in when I ordered it in October 1980.....St Peter Caravelle now retired from the game (like me) and  resting alongside three of its fellow 1980's retirees!!
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only £19.95
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2021, 06:13:34 PM »
Wow! Saint Peter! Were just disappearing as I got into cricket. Originally made by Lambert's in Lancashire. Possibly by County later on? More famous for their batting mittens;  but also had a flat-back bat innovation, I think.
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only £19.95
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2021, 06:39:33 PM »
Maybe one of the first 'sticker brands'? Unless anyone knows that they had a factory?
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only �19.95
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2021, 06:43:24 PM »
Nope made at Lambert in Nelson
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only �19.95
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2021, 06:48:30 PM »
Quote from: procricket on February 03, 2021, 06:43:24 PM
Nope made at Lambert in Nelson

Always? When did Lambert stop making bats? Wasn't there a fire?

 One of the first 'sticker brands'? Maybe the first?
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only £19.95
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2021, 06:57:13 PM »
SP! Tusker!!

Love it!
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only �19.95
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2021, 06:59:04 PM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on February 03, 2021, 06:48:30 PM
Always? When did Lambert stop making bats? Wasn't there a fire?

 One of the first 'sticker brands'? Maybe the first?

Not always Lambert's stop being Lambert's and Hartley and changed into a timber supplier not sure when

Infact around from my grandma's on Nelson is Walter Lambert Coffins !!!
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2021, 07:01:37 PM »
They all look like they had life in them. Welcome to the forum!
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only �19.95
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2021, 07:03:55 PM »
Quote from: procricket on February 03, 2021, 06:59:04 PM
Not always Lambert's stop being Lambert's and Hartley and changed into a timber supplier not sure when

So SP could have been made by County later on? I seem to remenber being told that.
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only £19.95
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2021, 07:09:31 PM »
Quote from: Tony Game on February 03, 2021, 05:49:20 PM




My first post on the forum so forgive me  :)

And it was that price in when I ordered it in October 1980.....St Peter Caravelle now retired from the game (like me) and  resting alongside three of its fellow 1980's retirees!!

Lovely stuff! Remember a few SPs kicking around in my Dads team when I was a kid, always liked the simplicity of the branding
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only £19.95
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only �19.95
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2021, 09:00:50 AM »
Does the Tusker have a funky profile? Love a Tusker I do!
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only �19.95
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2021, 09:35:36 AM »
"Does the Tusker have a funky profile? Love a Tusker I do!"
Alas no, this model was a conventional shape bat....but probably one of the best Ive owned.
It just felt good in the hand and the ball flew off of it :)
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only £19.95
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2021, 02:06:58 PM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on February 03, 2021, 06:48:30 PM
Always? When did Lambert stop making bats? Wasn't there a fire?

 One of the first 'sticker brands'? Maybe the first?

Their was a few fires over the years,,,seem to remember one that destroyed thousands of clefts at the time..
I lived a few hundred yards from there
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Re: Hand made Enlish willow, 5 - star grading....and only £19.95
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2021, 02:12:23 PM »
Quote from: Northern monkey on February 04, 2021, 02:06:58 PM
Their was a few fires over the years,,,seem to remember one that destroyed thousands of clefts at the time..
I lived a few hundred yards from there

So when did they stop making bats? My grandfathers Lambert's bat is in my parents' loft. That is why I became interested in the company. He would have finished playing in the late sixties, I think.

I wonder if Learie Constantine liked a Lambert's bat?
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