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A Dark & Sons bat with a ‘Cork Cased’ handle 1900. The bat by Dark & Sons of Lord’s Cricket Ground with impressed marks to front shoulders, ‘Dark & Sons Patent Cork Handle Lord’s’, and, across the splice ‘Dark’s Patent (No. 7842) Cork-Cased Handle’. To the back, below the splice, impressed ‘P. Need- Lord’s’, and to the shoulder the handwritten inscription in ink ‘J.C.D.P. 1907’. ‘Dark’s Patent’ impressed to handle cap. The back of the blade is sharply ridged, falling away to the toe. The handle comprises an inner core of cane or bamboo surrounded by strips of cork shaped to the form of the handle, with cord binding to the top and bottom of the handle, the cork being exposed. The bat measures 34.25”, and weighs 2lbs 4oz. Very good condition. Sold with the late vendors research notes giving further information on the bat.