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269: 401: 337: 22: 82: 421: 389: 357: 325: 433: 369: 759: 1060: 1333: 1044: 1317: 68:. Wormsley is known for its library, its cricket ground, its two-acre walled garden, its shoot, and the vistas and landscapes of the estate grounds. It also rents space for events and television and filming work. 232:. Once extinct in England and Scotland, the birds were reintroduced into England beginning in 1989. The area was not originally planned to be the first release site. It was originally intended to be 572:. Touring international sides have played at Wormsley with the Australians, West Indians, Sri Lankans and South Africans all having made appearances at the ground. It was the venue for the only 525:. Over the final decade of his life, Getty invited teams to play at what is now known as "Sir Paul Getty's Ground" with the teams ranging from world-class sides to youth sides. 881: 1140: 577: 225:. Getty restored the house and estate, adding a library to accommodate his book collection, and a theatre where performances were held for invited guests. 1023: 1296: 783: 834: 598: 236:, but at the last minute the landowner pulled out and the project nearly collapsed. Getty stepped in and offered Wormsley as an alternative. 194:, a baron of the Exchequer who died without issue. The estate passed to the descendants of his sister Anne (died 1721), who had married 1354: 699: 406: 342: 1093: 203: 438: 374: 146: 199: 118: 886: 856: 843: 464: 863: 647: 827: 165: 125: 1359: 206:, beginning the Fane family's long association with the seat. Fane also succeeded a distant cousin and became 8th 1145: 1115: 1102: 426: 394: 362: 330: 1122: 922: 763: 132: 103: 99: 673: 1253: 1086: 1011: 820: 114: 1210: 1181: 953: 553: 948: 943: 909: 1079: 454: 92: 195: 707: 268: 1205: 506: 218: 207: 139: 53: 8: 603: 481: 222: 1224: 233: 812: 775: 21: 1279: 561: 244: 240: 191: 49: 1071: 730: 545: 529: 289: 41: 36:
and his family, set in 2,700-acre (1,100 ha) of rolling countryside in the
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pavilion. The actual playing area is a replica of the field at
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Bicester and North Oxford Cricket Club Ground, Chesterton
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family in the late 16th century. It belonged to Colonel
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It is also the home of 13: 1334:Oxfordshire List A cricket records 1276:Banbury Twenty Cricket Club Ground 1215:Oxford County School Ground, Thame 776:Garsington Opera – Wormsley Estate 578:Australian women's tour of England 560:and entertainment figures such as 56:in 1985, the estate forms part of 14: 1371: 1355:Country houses in Buckinghamshire 1258:Smith's Industries Ground, Witney 1254:St Edward's School Ground, Oxford 1187:Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley 752: 254: 1238:St John's College Ground, Oxford 757: 431: 419: 399: 387: 367: 355: 335: 323: 267: 80: 1261:Roman Way Sports Ground, Oxford 1221:Hertford College Ground, Oxford 1218:Britannia Works Ground, Banbury 1146:Category:Oxfordshire cricketers 1117:Oxfordshire County Cricket Club 1104:Oxfordshire County Cricket Club 91:needs additional citations for 1267:The Brakspear Ground, Remenham 1250:Lincoln College Ground, Oxford 1241:Trinity College Ground, Oxford 771:Wormsley Estate – main website 722: 692: 665: 640: 590: 178:The estate was founded by the 1: 1229:Merton College Ground, Oxford 672:Hutton, Richard (July 1992). 583: 190:, and passed to his grandson 1206:Christ Church Ground, Oxford 1016:The Memorial Ground, Burnham 1012:Campbell Park, Milton Keynes 7: 1273:Abingdon War Memorial Field 1177:Vicarage Hill, East Challow 1172:Butt's Way, Kingston Blount 996:Aspro Sports Ground, Slough 988:Agar's Plough, Eton College 688:– via CricketArchive. 299:1992 (first recorded match) 10: 1376: 1235:Blenheim Palace, Woodstock 1225:New College Ground, Oxford 954:Dinton Cricket Club Ground 919:Dukes Lane, Gerrards Cross 71: 1326: 1310: 1198: 1182:White Post Road, Bodicote 1161: 1154: 1133: 1111: 1053: 1037: 977:Osborne Street, Wolverton 949:Wilton Park, Beaconsfield 931: 910:London Road, High Wycombe 902: 895: 874: 852: 648:"Sir Paul Getty's Ground" 477: 449: 444: 412: 380: 348: 316: 312:International information 311: 303: 295: 280: 275: 266: 1288:Radley College, Abingdon 1280:University Parks, Oxford 1019:Upton Court Road, Slough 1002:Bourton Road, Buckingham 985:Sefton Park, Stoke Poges 971:Wendover Road, Aylesbury 968:The Big Field, Wolverton 509:and the Prime Minister, 1360:Getty family residences 1292:Ledwell Road, Great Tew 1008:Manor Fields, Bletchley 964:Sir Paul Getty's Ground 261:Sir Paul Getty's Ground 32:is a private estate of 799:51.644693°N 0.934224°W 478:As of 5 September 2020 196:Henry Fane of Brympton 26: 865:Buckinghamshire Women 766:at Wikimedia Commons 60:valley, running from 24: 1297:Full list of grounds 1247:Grange Road, Banbury 1168:Church Meadow, Thame 1024:Full list of grounds 981:Chalvey Road, Slough 939:Shardeloes, Amersham 804:51.644693; -0.934224 622:"The Cricket Ground" 208:Earl of Westmoreland 198:. 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