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Dickie Bird’s humour and love for cricket made him an unlikely icon of his sport | Vic Marks
While he could be funny, he was also firm and players knew where they stood with umpire who became as famous as them
Dickie Bird may well have been the most consistent, the most famous and the most loved umpire in cricket history and yet when he pitched up at the grounds of ambitious county teams in the 1970s and 80s there would often be groans in the home dressing room.
Dickie’s presence was bound
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“I’m sure the topography of our lawn dictated how I batted in the years to come. There was a greenhouse at mid-wicket and a privet hedge, about two or three feet high, beyond a path on the offside. So it was dangerous to hit anything to mid-wicket or there would be the grim tinkle of broken glass; but there were no such hazards on the offside.”
― Original Spin: Misadventures in Cricket
― Original Spin: Misadventures in Cricket
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