Word: launceton
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...suppose it is one of the Hackett & Alexanders brought out by Spalding in 1912 and named for the famed U. S. doubles team of Harold Hackett & Fred Alexander. Shaped the same way, it is neither a relic nor a copy but a standard product of Alexander Racquet Co. of Launceton, Tasmania. Flat-topped racquets remained popular in Australia long after they had gone out of fashion elsewhere, partly because famed Norman Brookes, who became head of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association after he retired from active tournament competition, continued to prefer them. Australia's Adrian Quist and Donald Turnbull...
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