(1933-04-19) 19 April 1933 (age 91) 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
Domestic team information
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
Umpiring information
Tests umpired
66 (1973–1996)
ODIs umpired
69 (1973–1995)
Career statistics
Competition
First-class
List A
Matches
93
2
Runs scored
3,314
9
Batting average
20.71
4.50
100s/50s
2/14
0/0
Top score
181*
7
Balls bowled
48
–
Wickets
0
–
Bowling average
–
–
5 wickets in innings
–
–
10 wickets in match
–
–
Best bowling
–
–
Catches/stumpings
28/–
0/–
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.
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