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| Full name | Harold Dennis Bird | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1933 Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Dickie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1959 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1964 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 16 May 1956 Yorkshire v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 12 August 1964 Leicestershire v Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 1 May 1963 Leicestershire v Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 27 May 1964 Leicestershire v Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tests umpired | 66 (1973–1996) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 69 (1973–1995) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 19 August 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird, OBE (born 19 April 1933)[1] is an English former cricketer and retired international cricket umpire. During his long umpiring career, he became a much-loved figure among players and viewing public, due to his excellence as an umpire, but also his many eccentricities.
Bird played first-class cricket for Yorkshire and Leicestershire as a right-handed batsman, but only scored two centuries in 93 appearances. His career was blighted by a knee injury, which eventually forced him to retire aged 31. He umpired in 66 Test matches (at the time a world record) and 69 One Day Internationals, including 3 World Cup Finals.
In February 2014, Yorkshire announced that Bird was to be voted in as the club's president at their Annual General Meeting on 29 March.[2]
Bird's autobiography, published in 1997, has sold more than a million copies.
- ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
- ^ "Yorkshire: Former umpire Dickie Bird to become club president". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2014.