History of Bromley C.C.

Bromley is an ancient cradle of the game of cricket, and although the first mention of a Bromley team taking the field was in 1742, a club is said to have emerged around 1820. However, it's exsistance has been continuous only since 1856, when it was revived by Joseph Wells, father of 'H.G.' and subsequently to become the first man to take four wickets in four consecutive balls in first class cricket.

The club then had thirty years on the White Hart Field, today felicitously preserved as Queen's Gardens amidst The Glades shopping precinct. In 1886 the Club moved to it's present eight ache ground at Plaistow Lane and a year later the tennis section was started.

In 1973 it became the first club in Bromley to provide hard tennis courts. The 150th anniversary of the founding of the club was celebrated in style in 1970 when a commemorative history was produced. This interesting book is still available from the bar, and even today makes good reading.