HUNTS COUNTY - THE VISION OF CRICKET.
County bats were first made at St. Neots in Huntingdonshire by the Trimmins family in 1904. Production continued here until the factory moved to Huntingdon in 1983. The craftsmen from St. Neots are still making bats at Huntingdon which enables us to use the slogan 'bats made for centuries'. Tony Cook is our master bat-maker and he recalls making bats for many famous international players including the following: Richie Benaud, David Gower, Tony Grieg, Barry Richards, Imran Khan, Peter Kirsten, Geoff Boycott, John Edrich, Graham Wood, Dennis Lillee, Alan Lamb, Mike Proctor, Pat Symcox, Daryll Cullinan, Nick Knight and, most recently, Darren Maddy and Grahan Swann.
During the '99 World Cup you would have seen the Zimbabwe opening batsman (and opening bowler) Neil Johnson make that very good 120 against Australia, using a County Insignia L.E. Our bats are still made in the traditional way in order to get the best possible bat from the selected materials. It is for this reason that County Bats are sought after all over the world and are available wherever cricket is played.
Every year we produce and supply over twenty thousand cricket bats worldwide. The shape of the cricket bat has evolved over the years from the original 'hockey stick' to the modern familiar shape. There is no weight limit for a bat, indeed in the 18th century bats of over 5lb. were in use, and in the 19th century 4 lb. was a common weight. A bat inscribed J.C. 1729 is kept at the Oval and is the oldest surviving bat, unless you know of an older one!
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