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Gray-Nicolls

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British cricket equipment company

Gray-Nicolls is an English cricket equipment and clothing brand and is a subsidiary of Grays International. Gray-Nicolls founded in 1855. Formed as a result of merger between two companies, Grays and Nicolls, the company is based in Robertsbridge, East Sussex.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Gray-Nicolls bespoke cricket bat stand, Headingley Stadium during the second day of the England-Sri Lanka test (21st April 2014)
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Gray-Nicolls is an English cricket equipment and clothing brand and is a subsidiary of Grays International. Gray-Nicolls founded in 1855. Formed as a result of merger between two companies, Grays and Nicolls, the company is based in Robertsbridge, East Sussex.2

Corporate structure

Gray-Nicolls is part of a group headed by Grays International. 4 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The Gray company was founded as H.J. Gray and Sons by H.J. Gray in 1855. This company later began manufacturing cricket bats for leading Cambridge University cricketers such as Ranjitsinjhi and the then Prince of Wales and remained a family business. L.J. Nicolls started manufacturing cricket bats in 1876.

These two manufacturers merged in the early 1940s and thus Gray-Nicolls was formed. After World War II, famous cricket stars such as England Captain Wally Hammond and Australian all-rounder Keith Miller started to use Gray-Nicolls bats.

In 1974 the company introduced the 'scoop' bat, a revolutionary design at the time and sometimes named as cricket's most famous bat.

From Wikipedia’s article on Gray-Nicolls, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • cricket

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

  1. 1855Founded Founded1

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