Cricket bat, Atlas - WM Woodfull RG 325, c1930s-40s
Object Type
Sporting equipment/Playing equipment/Bat
Date Used
17 Sep 1931
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Cricket bat, unsealed with spliced blade and black rubber handle. Front features stamped impression of the maker's details. It reads, in part, "ATLAS MANUFACTURING CO. / LONDON. / W.M. WOODFULL / THE / Dominion / Driver / IMPROVED / BOX SPRING / HANDLE...". Printed signature of Woodfull and "AUSTRALIA XI" below and an affixed green paper label (partially missing) has care of bat instructions. Stamped number on reverse splice reads, "RG326".
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 870 W: 115 D: 55mm (H: 34 1/4 W: 4 1/2 D: 2 3/16")
Date Used
17 Sep 1931
Location
In storage
Registration No
1988.2058.2
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by Ray Collins
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