. grays international type public industry sports equipment founded 1855 headquarters cambridge england key people h.j. gray founder products field hockey equipment rackets cricket equipment subsidiaries gilbert steeden website www.grays int.com grays international grays is a sporting goods manufacturing company based in cambridge england . the company was founded in 1855 by rackets champion h. j. gray producing equipment for hockey rackets and cricket . contents 1 history 2 other brands 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the grays brand is primarily associated with hockey having also acquired hazells in 1941 but it is still to be found on tennis squash badminton and racketball equipment . the cricket side of the business merged with l. j. nicolls in the 1940s to form gray nicolls which continues to be one of the most prominent brands in world cricket . other brands edit in addition the grays and gray nicolls brands grays international also owns steeden known for their rugby league balls acquired in 1995 and gilbert who produce equipment for rugby and netball purchased in 2002 . 1 see also edit gray nicolls gilbert rugby gilbert netball grays hockey steeden references edit batmaker gets balls as james gilbert is rescued . scrum.com . september 15 2002 . retrieved 2008 10 16 . external links edit grays international website grays hockey website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title grays international & oldid 735566050 categories english brandscompanies established in 1855sporting goods manufacturers of the united kingdomcompanies based in cambridgetennis equipment manufacturers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisitalianopolski edit links this page was last modified on 21 august 2016 at 16 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view