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Condizione: Very Good. Original Cricket: Collection of five items of ephemera relating to John Paul Getty's Wormsley Cricket Ground. Includes: 2x Match cards for J. Paul Getty's XI V. The Quidnuncs, Sunday 31st July, 1994, one card signed "J. Paul Getty." Umpires for the match were J.W. Holder & R.H. Duckett.; typed Itinerary for the day on A4 paper, which included breaks for morning Coffee in the Marquee, Luncheon at 1:30, with Tea in the Marquee at 4:10 "Note: children and dogs are welcome Ð but please keep them under control!" ; J. Paul Getty Jr. Compliments slip; invitation card to Wormsley giving the Address directions and contact numbers with a map of the estate. /Wormsley Park:During his nine-month rehab stint in The London Clinic , Getty purchased a dilapidated country estate in Buckinghamshire, Wormsley Park, on the advice of his close friend Christopher Gibbs. After his release in March 1986, he devoted himself to remodeling the 18th-century mansion and restoring the 3,000 acres of parkland. This included the creation of a deer park, the reforestation of 1,500 acres of Beechwood forest, and the dredging of a man-made four-acre lake with water tapped from an aquifer 400 feet below ground. Along with the restoration of the Georgian mansion house, Getty added a castle-like addition made of local flint built to house his extensive library, an indoor heated pool, and a replica of The Oval cricket ground. To house his disabled son, he had an accessible cottage built near the pool, from where he could do his water rehabilitation exercises. The six-year project cost an estimated £60Êmillion. At Wormsley, Getty hosted his estranged family and improved his relations with his children and ex-wife. To inaugurate his professional cricket ground, Getty hosted a match in May 1992 captained by Imran Khan and Bob Wyatt, with Prime Minister John Major and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as his guests of honour. His eponymous cricket eleven comprised cricketing stars of both past and present, assembled by his honorary cricket managers, Brian Johnston (1992Ð1993) and Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (1994Ð2006). Mick Jagger is said to have introduced the billionaire to the joys of cricket. Very good. Signedes. …