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2. Club Formation


Bromley Common Cricket Club was formed, with its home at The Grove, a piece of land on the extensive Norman family estate.

Rent on the ground was agreed as “one shilling” per annum for as long as cricket was played on the ground. This continued until 1980 when the club bought the freehold from Rookery Estates (set up to administer the Norman Estate). This ground continues to be the club’s home.

In 1904, Archibald Cameron Norman gave up a large area of land in Hayes Lane on a generous long lease as a sports ground for Bromley Football Club and Bromley Town Cricket Club, an area still in use by both clubs, a stadium having been built by the football club. The Norman family have in the past been very generous to sporting clubs in the area.