Gunn & Moore
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| Industry | Sports equipment, textile |
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| Founded | 1885 |
| Founder | William Gunn Thomas James Moore |
| Headquarters | Colwick, Nottinghamshire, England |
Area served | Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India |
| Products | Cricket clothing and equipment (bats, balls, helmet, batting gloves, protective gear, athletic shoes, bags) |
| Website | playwiththebest.com/cricket |
Gunn & Moore, commonly shortened to GM, is a sports equipment and apparel company founded in 1885 based in Colwick, Nottinghamshire, England that specialises in cricket. It became part of the Unicorn Group in 1968.[1]
The company produces Cricket clothing and equipment such as bats, balls, helmet, batting gloves, protective gear, athletic shoes, and bags.
Overview
Gunn & Moore was founded in 1885 by English Test batsman William Gunn and local businessman Thomas James Moore,[2] and is most recognised for manufacturing cricket bats.
The company was originally based at 49 Carrington Street in Nottingham.[3]
The company also manufactures clothing and a full range of other cricket equipment. Many professional cricketers use its bats and have had endorsement deals with the company, including Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Shane Watson (Australia), England's former star spinner Graeme Swann, as well as former international captains Graeme Smith (South Africa), South Africa's high-profile test opener, Steve Waugh (Australia), Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Michael Vaughan (England) and Anil Kumble (India).
Sponsorships
The following international players have current endorsement deals with Gunn & Moore.[4]
Players
James Hopes – Mogul- Dominic Thornely – Flare
- Chris Matthews (cricketer) – Aura
- Liam Davis (cricketer) – Icon
- Cameron Borgas – Icon
- Jordan Silk – Mana
- Travis Head – Mana
- Matt Short – Six6
Michael Lumb – Six6- Jake Ball – Six6
- Dawid Malan – Zelos
- Samit Patel – Aura
- Ben Stokes – Diamond
- James Vince – Noir
- Matthew Fisher – Octane
- Daniel Bell-Drummond – Aura
- Sarah Taylor – Mogul
- Andrew Gale – Aura
- Adam Lyth – Octane
- Kate Cross – Six6
- Alex Lees – Six6
- Ben Duckett – Aura
- Jenny Gunn – Six6
- Zafar Ansari – Icon
- Lewis Gregory – Mogul
- Chris Read – Six6
- Tom Fell – Six6
- Kishen Velani – Aura
- Amy Jones – Mogul
- Jimmy Adams – Six6
- Chris Dent – Octane
- Alex Davies – Sigma
- Aneurin Donald – Aura
- Matthew Boyce – Icon
- Karl Brown – Sigma
- Nathan Buck – Sigma
- Rory Burns – Sigma
- Jordan Clark – Sigma
- Ian Cockbain – Sigma
- Ryan Davies – Octane
- Tom Fell – Six6
- Luke Fletcher – Icon
- Alex Gidman – Octane
- Dominic Bess - anal
- Ateeq Javid – Icon
- Wayne Madsen – Octane
- Lewis McManus – Aura
- Stephen Parry – Sigma
- Ravi Patel – Aura
- Luis Reece – Sigma
- Michael Richardson – Aura
- Adam Riley – Icon
- Andrew Salter – Sigma
- Ben Slater – Icon
- Cameron Steel – Six6
- Jonny Tattersall – Six6
- Brad Taylor – Aura
- Freddie van den Bergh – Argon
- Kishen Velani – Aura
- Max Waller – Aura
- Graham Clark – Icon
Ryan ten Doeschate – Icon
Nathan McCullum – Aura- Dean Brownlie – Icon
- Ross Taylor – Noir
- Rob Nicol – Argon
- Peter Fulton – Icon
- Corey Anderson – Paragon
Jean Symes – Flare- Gordon Goudie – Six6
Sami Aslam – Aura
Aiden Markram – Noir- Neil McKenzie – Octane
- Robin Peterson – Icon
- Graeme Smith – Six6
- Quinton de Kock – Paragon
- Vernon Philander – Mogul
- Kyle Abbott (cricketer) – Aura
- Dwaine Pretorius – Icon
- Junior Dala – Six6
- Aiden Markram – Luna
- Gulam Bodi – Argon
- Richard Levi – Mogul
- Werner Coetsee – Icon
- Stephen Cook (cricketer) – Mana
- Dane Vilas – Mana
- Justin Ontong – Icon
- Farhaan Behardien – Six6
- Gihahn Cloete – Octane
- Daryn Smit – Icon
- Jean Symes – Mana
- Johan van der Wath – Icon
- Rory Kleinveldt – Mogul
Prasanna Jayawardene – Mogul
References
- ^ "Cricket bat factory boss retires". Nottingham Evening Post. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ "Discover Notts > Famous people > Founders & businessmen". visitnottingham.com. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ Nottingham. Official Handbook. Tenth Edition
- ^ "Team GM". Gunn & Moore. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
