Grays International is an English sports equipment manufacturing company based in Robertsbridge, East Sussex. The company was founded in 1858 by Rackets champion H.J. Gray, producing equipment for cricket, field hockey, netball, rugby union and tennis, through its brands and subsidiaries.
It has a sister company, "Gray-Nicolls Sports Pty Ltd.", based in Cheltenham, Australia.[1]
History
In 1858 the company "H.J. Gray & Sons" was founded in Cambridge by Henry John "Harry" Gray, who started manufacturing wooden racquets for Cambridge students, among them Ranjitsinjhi, King Edward VII and King George VI.[2] In 1940 Alison Gray merged the company with hockey stick manufacturer J. Hazells, to form Grays Hockey and also acquired the world-renowned cricket bat business of L.J. Nicolls, resulting in Gray-Nicolls.