Slazengers Limited - Games Publisher

Game Maker Notes Name Slazengers Limited Brief Description London. Mainly tennis and sporting goods. Took over Ayres in 1948. Whiff Waff trademark registered 1900. The Whiff Waff table tennis refers to an earlier game (ie c1890) with rubber ball. Sandringham registered as TM 1885. 1924 trade list . Principal Maker Y Link to AGPI record AGPI Publisher Copyright Registrations in this name 4 Other Registrations 10 registrations c1884 The Demon Trademark c1884 The Renshaw Trademark c1885 Sandringham Trademark c1888 The Club Trademark c1889 The Veteran Trademark c1890 The Pelican Trademark c1894 Boodie Trademark c1897 Mokoluy Trademark 31/12/1900 Whiff-Waff Trademark c1908 Aerotop Trademark Adverts 2 adverts 1899 Lawn Tennis Rackets and Balls. 1899 Putting Golf Examples 3 examples c1900 Whiff-Waff or Table Tennis c1901 Whiff-Waff or Table Badminton rules c1890 Table Golf (SLZ-01c1) Trade Marks for Cricket and Tennis items registered from 1884. See the Example of Whiff Waff table tennis and the rules under the lid referring to Slazenger’s earlier game with a rubber ball. From Year and To Year source: "Slazenger & Sons" appears on the rules of the Table Golf game. According to <https://thewhistlegallery.com/spotlight/090-slazenger-escargots>, the name "Slazenger & Sons" was introduced in 1876. That article also states that the company was founded in 1881 by brothers Ralph and Albert Slazenger. The company was sold to Dunlop Rubber in 1959. A detailed article about "Slazengers, Limited" appeared in The Scotsman, Thursday 24 June 1943, page 2, column 6. <https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19430624/044/0002>. This article also mentions that Slazengers, Limited had purchased Ayres Sports Goods, Ltd. The brand of "Slazenger" is still used (as of 2023) by the current company owning the brand, Frasers Group. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slazenger>