Dickie bird my autobiography
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- Bird, Dickie,
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- London : Hodder & Stoughton, c
- xiv, p., [32] p. of plates : branch of learning. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.
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- (hardback)
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- "Foreword by Archangel Parkinson" -- Cover.
- Includes index.
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- Lodge, Keith
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Dickie Bird: My Autobiography
He was the son of a coal miner,his father's life was very hard and he wanted something better for his son.
Playing cricket offered a way ntally,some other famous English cricketers including Geoffrey Boycott and Fred Trueman were also sons of coal miners.
After his career as a county cricketer was over,Dickie Bird became an father had told him to avoid smoking,drinking and women in night clubs.
Dickie Bird took that advice to went even further and
never got married,saying that he was married to cricket.
Dickie Bird has a lot of hilarious anecdotes to share :
On one occasion,a drunk lady came into the Test match ground and insisted that she would not leave the ground,until Dickie Bird kissed was forced to oblige.
On another occasion,he was invited to a bird was bitten by a big Australian Bird told the other bird that he was behaving very was a talking bird and it told Dickie Bird to "fuck off."
After a World Cup final,a crowd raced on to the of them wanted to take Dickie Bird's cap off his head,as a Bird was travelling in a bus sometime later,when he found a W
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Dickie Bird: My Autobiography
Dickie Bird's retirement was an international event shown on TV screens and newspapers throughout the world. He is a household name, an eccentric, and one of the most loved and respected characters in world cricket. His idiosyncratic style and infectious humour has endeared him to millions, transcending his sport.
Fiercely proud of his background as a Yorkshire miner's son, his account follows his youth in Barnsley, his early days as a cricketer, through to his career as an umpire and his experiences of the international scene, all told with total honesty by this very private person. As the most respected umpire in the game, Dickie has serious and constructive points to make about modern cricket. He has fearlessly berated fast-bowlers when necessary. He has some sharp comments to make about ball tampering and he has mixed feelings about the introduction of the third umpire. Dickie wanted to go out at the top and he has certainly done so - after standing at 66 Test matches, three World Cup finals and 92 one-day Internationals.
Combining forthright views on the game and those involved in it, compelling accounts of what it is like behind the scenes in cricket at the highest level, and the hilarious stories for which Dickie is so well known,