Dickie Bird gone

[Hot Shot Hamish.]

92 years old. Fantastic umpire and a great character.
Got a great picture of him umpiring a Glamorgan 2xi game at my club ground in Pontypridd, which seemed a bit surreal as he was a top test umpire at that time.
RIP Dickie.

[dandywarhol]

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He used to hop around on one leg on 111.RIP Dickie

[the other bob wilson]

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I heard he gave someone out LBW once, but I don’t believe it.

RIP to someone who absolutely lived the game of cricket.

[The Bloop]

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He used to hop around on one leg on 111.RIP Dickie

That was David Shepherd who was superstitious about scores of 111 (known as Nelson) and it's multiples.
Dickie Bird was a hell of a character mind, and no-one dated to answer him back.

[Wash DC Blue]

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Great character.
Barnsley fan wasn’t he?

[jon1959]

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There is a fantastic statue of Dickie Bird in Barnsley - in his cap with jumpers tied around his waist - raising his finger to give a batsman out.

One of a kind - unique. But he had a good innings!

[Mr Ducie]

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There is a fantastic statue of Dickie Bird in Barnsley - in his cap with jumpers tied around his waist - raising his finger to give a batsman out.

One of a kind - unique. But he had a good innings!

Great umpire , not that the standard was much cop during his era , especially biased umpires away from home.

I wonder how he would have handled DRS

RIP

On a separate note this is worth a listen

Sir Geoffrey at his best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vILgKyugQFA