https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811955#M329684 <P>Tributes :</P><P><A href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c36k42961ept" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c36k42961ept</A>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:31:57 GMT Cleoriff 2025-09-23T18:31:57Z https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811954#M329683 <P>Harold “Dickie” Bird, cricket’s most famous umpire and one of the most colourful characters in the game, has died at the age of 92.</P><P>RIP Dickie x</P><P><A href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025/09/23/dickie-bird-dies-aged-92/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025/09/23/dickie-bird-dies-aged-92/</A>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:21:02 GMT https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811954#M329683 Cleoriff 2025-09-23T18:21:02Z https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811955#M329684 <P>Tributes :</P><P><A href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c36k42961ept" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c36k42961ept</A>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:31:57 GMT https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811955#M329684 Cleoriff 2025-09-23T18:31:57Z https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811956#M329685 <P>All out for 92.&nbsp;<SPAN>"The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey" RIP Dickie.</SPAN></P> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:38:53 GMT https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811956#M329685 pgn 2025-09-23T18:38:53Z https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811960#M329686 <P>RIP a colourful character :-</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://www.visitbuxton.co.uk/buxton-cricket-club-snow-game-50-anniversary/" target="_blank">Special event marking 50 years since Buxton’s famous ‘Snow Game’ | Visit Buxton</A></P><P><A href="https://www.visitbuxton.co.uk/buxton-cricket-club-snow-game-50-anniversary/" target="_blank">https://www.visitbuxton.co.uk/buxton-cricket-club-snow-game-50-anniversary/</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:58:27 GMT https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811960#M329686 Oxonian 2025-09-23T18:58:27Z https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811961#M329687 <P>And in a more serious moment, he correctly gave Graham Gooch out "handled the ball" in an Ashes test at Old Trafford in 1993 :-</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph126DUK0r8" target="_blank">Graham Gooch Out Handling the Ball 1993 First Test at Old Trafford</A></P><P><A href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph126DUK0r8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph126DUK0r8</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:01:36 GMT https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-Topic/R-I-P-Dickie-Bird/m-p/1811961#M329687 Oxonian 2025-09-23T19:01:36Z