The New(ly) Dead Thread

[Alan Whittle]

I hope you will all join me in standing one leg for a minute at 22:22 tonight in tribute to Dickie Bird.

Pretty sure that it was David Shepherd who stood on one leg if the score had anything to do with eleven or a multiple of eleven,

 

[larbert toffee]

True story, whenever he was going out for a meal he would always have duck. That way when anybody phoned the house for him his wife would say “he’s out for a duck”





I think it may be true anyway.

May have been true if he'd have ever married.

 

[Joey66]

Pretty sure that it was David Shepherd who stood on one leg if the score had anything to do with eleven or a multiple of eleven,

Dicky Bird famously had a big argument with a new large glass window as the sun was reflecting into the batsman eyes shouting at the window to sit down - It was a new development at one part of the ground- after an age they opened the new window to stop the destruction & the test match commenced...

 

[larbert toffee]

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Fantastic character and a very fair umpire.

 

[RalphDring]

I hope you will all join me in standing one leg for a minute at 22:22 tonight in tribute to Dickie Bird.

Dwight McNeil will probably be doing this tonight anyway.

 

[Kurt.]

May have been true if he'd have ever married.

Ah… I would have got away with it if it weren’t for you pesky kids ….. damn you scooby doo

 

[Rita_Poon]

Dickie Bird obituary: Without playing for England, son of Barnsley became one of cricket's most famous figures

Dickie Bird, who has died aged 92, did not play cricket for England, yet his status as a legend of the game is in no doubt, writes BBC chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Norlye]

Great umpire, great character for the sport. Shame our premier league bent robotic officials don't possess an ounce of his wisdom and integrity. Rip.

It reminds me of the story of in the 1970’s where a rule was brought in that stopped umpires of the same nationality as the teams playing from umpiring in those matches.
Australia complained saying the best umpires should stand in as many games as possible.
Dennis Lillee, the fire breathing Pom hater, was asked if he would be happy for Dickie Bird to umpire from the end he was bowling from when playing against England, and what would happen if Dickie Bird made a mistake.
Lillee’s reply was if Dickie Bird did make a mistake he would be sure to tell him he’d made a mistake, but what wouldn’t cross his mind for a second was that the nationality of the batsman had anything to do with that decision.
He said, anyone who would think that really doesn’t know Dickie Bird.

Oh for that level of integrity and trust in the officials of the PL.

 

[msb]

Pretty sure that it was David Shepherd who stood on one leg if the score had anything to do with eleven or a multiple of eleven,

It was 111 or any multiple of it, it being the unlucky number in cricket in England. Yes, it was David Shepherd.

Incidentally in Australia it is 13 short of a hundred, and for some reason 13 after it too.

Dickie Bird was one of the best umpires ever.

 

[Littlesue]

 

[Rita_Poon]

 

[Kurt.]

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Don’t you think women looked far more glamorous back in the 40’s and 50’s than the Botox filled large lipped monstrosities we see walking around in pyjamas these days ?

 

[Kurt.]

I could probably commit a cardinale sin with her (well not anymore obvs)

 

[Rita_Poon]

I could probably commit a cardinale sin with her (well not anymore obvs)

Was in 'the Pink Panther' & 'once upon a time in the west'. Italian, born in Tunisia.

 

[Littlesue]

Don’t you think women looked far more glamorous back in the 40’s and 50’s than the Botox filled large lipped monstrosities we see walking around in pyjamas these days ?

Oh yes, fashions nice too