de Lacy Cricket was founded in Melbourne, Australia by accredited cricket bat maker Clare Johnston in 2015. Her desire is to craft quality cricket bats to cater to players needs. Now based in South Gippsland, Clare plays cricket and is continuing the time honoured tradition of creating finely crafted bats that feel and play beautifully.
Each cleft is made from fine English Cricket Bat Willow, Salix alba var. caerulea, grown under permit by Willow Blue Australia, in Victoria, Australia.
Recent media and first female cricket bat maker I have been blown away by the interest that has been shown in de Lacy Cricket and my desire to make bats for women and improve the overall kit that is available to women in the media recently. It has been amazing! I hope it is helping to raise awareness that there is much more to be done to support women's cricket, especially in providing quality gear for us gals. I also just wanted to clarify that even though I searched and tried to find out if there were other female cricket bat makers, and that there has been conjecture that I am the first, or only female cricket bat maker, I am happy to say that I am not. I want to recognise Sally Bradbury of Bradbury Cricket, who I have recently discovered is a cricket bat maker and has been making cricket bats as a master cricket bat maker for 25 years. I also know that there were two other women who were trained by Ian Callen. I hope there are more women bat makers out there across the world and please let me know if you know of any. For now, thank you for your support and I will continue to do my best!