{"id":156796,"date":"2025-09-24T03:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/156796\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T03:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:49:11","slug":"share-your-tributes-and-memories-of-dickie-bird-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/156796\/","title":{"rendered":"Share your tributes and memories of Dickie Bird | Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Harold \u201cDickie\u201d Bird, the world\u2019s most experiences Test umpire and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2003\/nov\/21\/smalltalk.sportinterviews\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of the most recognisable figures in cricket<\/a>, has died peacefully at the age of 92.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Bird retired from playing cricket at the age of 32 and officiated a county match for the first time in 1970. By the time he retired, having officiated in 66 Test matches and three World Cup finals, Bird had sold more than a million copies of his autobiography and appearing on the BBC\u2019s Desert Island Discs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">We would like to hear your tributes and memories of cricket legend Dickie Bird \u2013 whether you met him, or appreciated his work.<\/p>\n<p>Share your experience<\/p>\n<p>You can share your tributes and memories of Dickie Bird using this form.<\/p>\n<p>Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For true anonymity please use our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/securedrop\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SecureDrop<\/a> service instead.<\/p>\n<p>Share your tributes and memories of Dickie Bird <\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-t4ab9u\">Please include as much detail as possible. <\/p>\n<p>If you ever met him, tell us about it here Optional<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-t4ab9u\">Please include as much detail as possible. <\/p>\n<p>If you think it will add to your story, you can upload a photo here Optional<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-14g8jkp\">Please note, the maximum file size is 5.7 MB.<\/p>\n<p>Choose file<\/p>\n<p>Can we publish your response? <\/p>\n<p>You can add more information here Optional<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-t4ab9u\">If you include other people&#8217;s names please ask them first.<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in speaking to our audio and\/or video teams? <\/p>\n<p>By submitting your response, you are agreeing to share your details with us for this feature.<\/p>\n<p>Submit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harold \u201cDickie\u201d Bird, the world\u2019s most experiences Test umpire and one of the most recognisable figures in cricket,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-156796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}