Moon

When confronted with some of the more obsure racquet companies it is very difficult to actually find out more information about them because they were often not in business long or the brands they marketed could easily have been be produced under a sub contract arrangement with a larger firm.

We thought the latter was the case in relation to Moon Racquets, from Melbourne, however they most certainly produced racquets. Our researchers found this great little ad for an auction sale on 12th February 1938 which unfortunately shows that Moon Tennis Racquet Company had to close it’s doors at their Guildford Lane workshop and sell by auction their manufacturing machinery. So in our view conclusive proof they made their own racquets.

The owners of the business are listed as Albert Aikenhead and Joseph Day.  As  you read this notification, it is apparent that Joseph Day was intending to continue on with the business in another form.

In relation to their actual racquets, we found this ad which identifies their Super-Spede Diamond strung racquets. Since the company stopped phyiscally making racquets in 1938 it would appear they had racquets like this made elsewhere as this came from a 1946 Tournament program.