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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Dave Higgens

Dickie Bird’s friends and family remember ‘Mr Barnsley’

The then Prince of Wales and former cricket umpire Dickie Bird look at his statue in Barnsley during a visit to the town in 2012 (John Giles/PA) - (PA Archive)

Dickie Bird was “Barnsley through and through”, the sister of the cricket umpiring legend has said following his death at the age of 92.

Bird was described as “Mr Barnsley” by friends who remembered how he never left the South Yorkshire town he loved, despite his worldwide sporting fame.

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