The Cue Collector - Alcock's Champion Cue Alcocks Champion Cue 2nd Edition
  © 2007 - Gordon Radford
The Cue Collector - Alcock's Champion Cue (2nd Edition)
Most Australian players believe that second edition Alcock Champions were made by Alcock & Co Pty Ltd of Melbourne.

In fact, the second edition Alcock Champions were made for Alcock & Co by Peradon & Co in England. 

The Thurstons' Museum in Liverpool has a board with butt-plates from many of the cues that were made by Peradon & Co during the later half of the twentieth century.  The butt-plate for the second edition Alcock's Champion Cue appears on that board.

The second edition Alcock's Champion Cue were probably manufactured between the late 1930s and the 1960s.  A friend of mine bought his Alcock Champion Cue in 1940.

My personal playing cue is a second edition Alcock's Champion.  It is a little unusual because, unlike most Alcock Champions, it has a maple shaft.  The maple -shafted version is quite rare.


To view the first edition Alcock's Champion Cue,
The second edition Alcock's Champion Cue has an ebony butt hand-spliced onto an ash shaft.  The butt has a paduke front-splice, edged with a maple veneer and a green veneer. 

The design of the badge is very similar to the design of the badge on the Alcock's Special Cue.  The two cues together make a nice pair.

Second edition Alcock's Champion Cues are highly-prized by players in Australia.  They are generally very good playing cues.
circa 1940-1950