Search results
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 officiated his first game in 1970, with his first Test coming against New Zealand at Leeds in 1973. In 1992 he stood in Zimbabwe's inaugural Test as the first ICC panel umpire.
Apr 19, 2023 · Retired cricket umpire and Yorkshire icon Dickie Bird celebrated his 90th birthday on Wednesday. He credited his healthy life to regular exercise and said he still enjoys running around his...
Apr 14, 2016 · Dickie Bird, born April 19, 1933, was more than an umpire. He was an institution within cricket, universally loved and respected, and instantly recognisable. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the...
Apr 19, 2023 · Dickie Bird, legendary cricket umpire, talks to Simon Hulme, Yorkshire Post photographer, about how he stays fit ahead of his 90th birthday.
Mar 6, 2001 · Harold Denis Bird, known throughout the cricketing world as "Dickie", is still the most well-known and acclaimed umpire to have donned a white coat, despite the fact that he retired from Test...
Aug 17, 2023 · Former cricket umpire Dickie Bird has described saying "goodbye" to Sir Michael Parkinson the day before he died - with the friends having an unspoken feeling it would be their final chat.
If Dickie gave it, it must have been plumb. The most famous umpire the game has known is 90 years old today. It was in June 1996 that he officiated in his last Test, at Lord’s, and the ovation from both teams felt a natural.
Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird,, 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.
No more popular umpire has raised a finger to give a batsman out than Dickie Bird - one of Barnsley’s favourite sons. Calm, consistent and unarguably impartial, Harold Bird (“Dickie” from schooldays) was respected throughout the cricket world.
