Summer Sports - Cricket
The Wormsley Estate sits in part of the
Chiltern Hills, near High Wycombe. After entering the Estate via electronic security gates, you find yourself driving along a one and a half mile long access drive to reach the prestigious cricket ground. The cricket ground has a unique setting,
close to the Getty family home, which houses a purpose built private library and opera house. Both of these facilities are open to guests and people attending events at the Wormsley Estate. The opera house is used throughout the summer months, mainly during the months of June and July, for a series of major operatic events, seating more than 600 guests at a time. The cricket season began with two Minor
County games, at the end of April and beginning of May, with Oxfordshire playing
host to Herefordshire, and then Buckinghamshire playing host to Oxfordshire! We are currently being used as a training camp venue for Afghanistan before their ODI against Scotland in June. The next game is when a John Paul Getty XI plays against Sir Tim Rice’s Heartaches XI. All in all, there are over forty matches played at Wormsley each year; a lot when you consider the square only accommodates eight wickets. After admiring the well kept drive and
grounds, I soon found myself at the famous thatched clubhouse, where I met up with Simon Tremlin and his staff. Simon introduced me to his three full-time members; Simon Morse (20 years), Andrew Wallis (6 years) and James Reynoldson (3 years); all of whom have either played
cricket, coached cricket or had working experiences at other cricket venues. James had recently returned from a six month working holiday at the WACA in Perth; he was hoping to get a sponsor to enable him to extend his stay, unfortunately none were forthcoming, so has come back in time for the start of the 2015 season. Simon soon got talking about his role and how he got the job at Wormsley some twenty three years ago. “I started working as a kid on the cricket ground at Congresbury in North Somerset, where I used to play as a youngster. The club used to let me roll the square and cut the outfield as a young teenager. I then worked at Sidcot School for nine months on the YTS (Youth Training Scheme) scheme, before spending a year at Cannington College in Somerset undertaking
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