Obituary: Sir Paul Getty; Quiet billionaire and philanthropist.(Obituaries) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: April 18, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

PAUL GETTY loved England and English things, but most of all he loved English cricket.

During the season, he could spend all day watching it on television in the elegant drawing room of his London flat in St James's Place. When he renovated his beautiful Berkshire estate, Wormsley, Getty built a magnificent library that would house his collection of rare manuscripts and bindings, and also a private cricket ground, the first country-house cricket pitch to be built since the Second World War. On the wall of the thatched pavilion was a small brass bell inscribed with the letters ...