Founded in 1890 by Englishman, Alfred Grace Thompson, a saddle and harness maker, with a love for sport, A G Thompson Pty Ltd ... . began business in Bay Street Brighton Victoria, Australia and by WW1 was already entrenched as one of the leading Australian hand-made cricket ball manufacturers. For the first 100 years of our existence, Kookaburra Sport traded as A G Thompson Pty Ltd and many members of the Thompson family are still involved in the day to day running of the company, looking to extend its award winning record as the world’s best known manufacturer of hockey and cricket balls. The Kookaburra name is synonymous with Australian sport. Not only is Kookaburra Sport the largest producer of cricket balls in the world, our cricket bats and ultralight protective equipment is used by the world’s elite batsmen. Kookaburra now exports world wide to all cricket playing nations. Kookaburra’s world famous Turf Cricket Ball has been used exclusively in Australia, New Zealand and South African Test Cricket since 1946. Our Dimple Elite Hockey Ball is the only ball recommended by the Federation Internationale de Hockey and has been used in all Olympic Games from 1984 - 2008. Kookaburra continues to strive for excellence to be the best equipment for hockey and cricket both locally and world wide. read more