Dickie Bird

Dickie Bird

OBE

Personal information
Full name	Harold Dennis Bird
Born	(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.