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From Trent Bridge Website
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club will restore the club’s original crest to their Specsavers County Championship playing shirts next season.
The iconic monogram, which first appeared on county caps in 1904, will be reinstated following a year-long research project which canvassed opinion from members, supporters, staff, players and the Nottinghamshire General Committee.
The traditional white kit takes its place alongside a brace of new one-day shirts that were announced in December as part of a long-term deal with adidas.
“The back story surrounding the club’s crest is more than 100 years old,” said Club Historian Peter Wynne-Thomas, the renowned author and archivist whose stewardship of the Trent Bridge library provided the historical records of the club’s identity.
“The club adopted the monogram in the early 1900s but it was replaced by the Nottingham city coat of arms in 1921 at the request of John Godfree Small, the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, during his term as Club President.
“Then, in 1996, Nottingham City Council ruled that use of the city coat of arms on sports shirts contravened their rules and the leaping stag was born.”
The leaping stag, adopted from the Nottingham City Coat of Arms, was first used in 1996 and updated in 2005 and will remain on the two one-day kits for the forthcoming season.
Nottinghamshire Chief Executive Lisa Pursehouse welcomed the move to reinstate the historic crest.
“The stag has served us well, but the opportunity to restore our original club crest holds great appeal,” she said.
“This research process has helped us to re-affirm our values and think carefully about our ambitions but, more importantly, we have given a lot of thought as to how we want to represent our members and supporters.
“We’re proud of the rich history of our club and hope that this decision demonstrates our respect for our past and our ambition for a prosperous future for cricket in Nottinghamshire.”
The monogram will take pride of place on a new range of adidas training and travel wear for our professional players, age group squads and retail set for a March release.
As a member, this is the first I've heard of this. I have been oblivious to the year long research project. Is this just another decision made by the secret cabal that runs the club? I'm asking for a friend.
ReplyDeleteI like the badge,but,yes like you William I've never heard of the year long process and consultation .
ReplyDeletePersonally, not keen. In fact to me the whole shirt looks a cheap, nasty little offering. I normally always buy the 4 day shirt but will not be bothering with this thing. Where's the green and gold that represent the club's colours on it. Looks like the sort of thing that you find on Arnold market, heavily discounted and still no one recognises it or wants it. Personal opinion aside, as per the other two lads comment above, I also knew nothing about the so called consultation either. Perhaps they only sought the opinion of the few who have dined at Restaurant Six ?
ReplyDeleteThey will have discussed it one evening 'round Mick and Lisa's over drinkies and then consulted all of those that were in agreement with the decision that they wanted to make.
DeleteIt would be interesting to hear from ANYONE who was consulted!
Deletevery Art Nouveau and as a result old fashioned and dated - is this the message the club wish to project?
ReplyDeleteretro or kitch, its all the rage
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ReplyDeleteWill it be on the club caps?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to ask Princess Pursestrings if the emblem could be added onto some sort of neck cravat the players can wear when they take the field in a similar way to Douglas Jardine in the Bodyline series when he insisted on sporting his own colours
ReplyDeleteDon't laugh,you'll only encourage them....
ReplyDeleteYes bring back cravats ! Been missing for too long . Adds a touch of class to any game .Why at the same time not bring back cricket trousers with turnups ?Plus cable knit cricket sweaters that were so long and ill fitting that they came down to most players backsides.
ReplyDeleteNot forgetting of course the old style cricket boots with inch long spikes that gave all the players sore feet ?
Not forgetting Geoffrey Boycott!!!
ReplyDelete"Research process"... who have they consulted with? No one.
ReplyDeleteMind you, I'm in favour.
Kind of miss the stag, but I understand he is retained for one dayers. Seems a shame that county crest is denied by some officious council decision, but hey in the scale of things this is not a big deal Do like the new/old crest
ReplyDeletePrefer the yellow skip myself!!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, looking ahead and the need to appeal to a younger audience I wonder what they would prefer. So WHO was consulted?
Looks like the sort of thing I had on the top pocket of my old school blazer.
ReplyDeleteAnyone see a T or B in the new club crest, no me neither. Nor is the there an L. That's L for Lincolnshire, or Lisa I suppose.
ReplyDeleteThere's a 'N' though - Newell???
ReplyDeleteIt's Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club - NCCC - not NCC.
ReplyDeleteare you sure that's not Notts Cricket Committee?
DeleteNo, 'Newell's Cricket Club'!!!
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