AB Sports Grounds [Monks Orchard & Ravensbourne]

[mattwing]

I'm doing some research around company sports clubs & I need some help

We have identified 7 Sports Clubs on a map [circa 1939] under the name of AB Sports - two of these are in Beckenham

They are;

Beckenham, Monks Orchard,

Beckenham, Ravensbourne,

the others are

Eltham, New Eltham

Mottingham, Chapel Farm

Edgware, Edgware Way

Edgware, Honeypot Lane,

Edgware, Spur Road


Someone has suggested that AB Sports at Eden Park Hall, Croydon Road, Beckenham, was owned by Ernest Henry Aubrey and William Banfield & it is possible the club took its name from the initials of their surnames

But it seems surprising that this same club would be big enough to have 7 grounds, 4 in SE London and 3 in NW London so there may be no connection.


Can anyone help provide some background information
Much appreciated

Mw

[The Historian]

Jun 15, 2022 21:32:57 GMT 1 mattwing said:

I'm doing some research around company sports clubs & I need some help

We have identified 7 Sports Clubs on a map [circa 1939] under the name of AB Sports - two of these are in Beckenham

They are;

Beckenham, Monks Orchard,

Beckenham, Ravensbourne,

the others are

Eltham, New Eltham

Mottingham, Chapel Farm

Edgware, Edgware Way

Edgware, Honeypot Lane,

Edgware, Spur Road


Someone has suggested that AB Sports at Eden Park Hall, Croydon Road, Beckenham, was owned by Ernest Henry Aubrey and William Banfield & it is possible the club took its name from the initials of their surnames

But it seems surprising that this same club would be big enough to have 7 grounds, 4 in SE London and 3 in NW London so there may be no connection.


Can anyone help provide some background information
Much appreciated

Mw

The Ground in Monks Orchard was in The Bethlem Royal Hospital. Eden Park Hall was in the grounds of Elmer Lodge. If you go to the website Britain From Above and search Beckenham you will be able to see them.

[mattwing]

thanks