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Dickie Bird : My Autobiography (Paperback)

by Michael Parkinson (Foreword), Dickie Bird (Author), Keith Lodge (Author)
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  • Paperback: 479 pages
  • Publisher: Coronet (17 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340684585
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340684580
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 198,502 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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When Dickie Bird tried to get his first match with Barnsley Cricket Club, he was just 15 years old. But when the batsman in the nets took one look at the skinny teenager and sent him on his way, Dickie Bird was nearly lost to cricket forever. Fortunately, a kindly man met the weeping youngster on his way back to the bus stop and took pity--and spent the rest of the evening bowling to him in the nets.

He did play for Barnsley and later--though intermittently--for his beloved Yorkshire. Fated to be the twelfth man, however, he left for Leicestershire from where, though he played regularly, he retired and chose instead to go into umpiring. The rest, as they say, is history; but it is an interesting history of a miner's son who became a worldwide celebrity and chose to tell his millions of adoring fan the whole tale.

Growing up in Barnsley, becoming a professional cricketer, then training as an umpire--all the steps along the way are lovingly recorded in My Autobiography. The first umpire to become a celebrity and all-round "character", Dickie Bird never once forgot his fans. Signing autographs for children after gruelling days on the Test circuit, always having a word for waiting interviewers, forever friendly with the press--Dickie Bird always eschewed the trappings of fame. And fortune--twice he turned down lucrative offers to leave England and become a celebrity umpire abroad.

66 Test matches, three World Cup finals and 92 one-day Internationals after that fateful day at Barnsley Cricket Club, Dickie Bird retired from his sport with more than a few tears. He had spent more than 50 years controlling the enthusiasm of the world's greatest players while "married to cricket", and if there is one thing he puts across in his book, it is his passion for the game.

With an introduction by fellow Barnsley-man and cricketer Michael Parkinson, this book--now the bestselling British sports autobiography of all time--is written with Bird's trademark bluntness. The enthralling story he tells will appeal not only to cricket lovers but to anyone interested in human nature in general. --Lucie Naylor



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First published in 1997. The story of the Yorkshire miner's son who became a household name as a Test match umpire. Bird provides views on the game and those involved in it, with behind the scenes accounts and humourous anecdotes. Many serious and constructive points about modern cricket are made.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Should be Lord Dickie, 26 Dec 2007
By G. J. Weeks (London) - See all my reviews
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hen one considers the nonentities who now get top honours one is left wondering why this greatest living Yorkshire-man is not Lord Bird of Barnsley. This book alone should have earned him a knighthood. It is a million times a better read than Rushdie who unlike Bird has brought no joy to Bradford. Bird soars. He is the sublime Yorkshire-man, the eccentric Englishman to perfection. To read him is to love him. Our greatest ever umpire and now a best-selling author too. Eee by gum. There's none to match him. Cricket history and funny stories here abound, all mixed with Yorkshire grit and common sense, an attribute sadly in short supply in our PC mad world. Fair and funny, a Bird to enrich the garden of life is Dickie.
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2.0 out of 5 stars He's a bit full of himself., 14 Mar 2001
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This review is from: Dickie Bird: My Autobiography (Hardcover)
I assumed this book would be a lively story of an eccentric cricket umpire. Sadly it is not. Whilst some of the anecdotes are amusing, they all seem to be repeated several times later in the book. I think to really enjoy this book you have to be at least 55 years old, and obviously a huge cricket fan. For anyone else it's rather disappointing. The fact that it came to be Britain's best-selling sports book only shows how poor the rest of them must be. Every single anecdote seemed to be of the 'The entire nation of India stood up and applauded as I entered the cricket ground, and all agreed I was the greatest umpire ever.' variety.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read for the cricket lover!, 7 Feb 2001
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This review is from: Dickie Bird: My Autobiography (Hardcover)
You find out how Dickie Bord goes from player to umpire and how it becomes his life. But you also find out information about the past and current cricket grates. It dose not go into his life history as much as others have done but you found out a lot about his views of cricket and what some of the problems are with the modern game. You find out about the success that the game of cricket has given him and how it has, and still is his life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars sport
A very good read.A book to read again and again.
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Published 2 months ago by Sj Collins

4.0 out of 5 stars From Humble Begginings To International Celebrity Status.
Dickie Bird was without doubt one of the worlds greatest umpires. From his humble beginnings growing up in the South Yorkshire Town of Barnsley right through to his last test... Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2000 by 980801839.98@lincoln.ac.uk

3.0 out of 5 stars Not so much an Autobiography ...
Like most Englishmen, I admire Dickie for his modest but firm attachment to the game of cricket. However, I feel it is unfair to describe this book as an AUTOBIOGRAPHY - it is... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 1999

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