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  • Dickie Bird dies aged 92

    From David North@nospam@lane-farm.fsnet.co.uk to uk.sport.cricket on Wed Sep 24 08:15:22 2025
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    One of the great characters of the game. His autobiography was surely
    the most enjoyable cricket book I have read.

    https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/harold-dickie-bird-umpiring-great-dies-aged-92-1504176
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  • From max.it@max@tea.time to uk.sport.cricket on Thu Sep 25 20:51:29 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.sport.cricket

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:15:22 +0100, David North
    <nospam@lane-farm.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

    One of the great characters of the game. His autobiography was surely
    the most enjoyable cricket book I have read.

    https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/harold-dickie-bird-umpiring-great-dies-aged-92-1504176


    A character is right. I'm sure he was spotted by tv at the recent
    test. Active in cricket to the last.

    max.it
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