Dickie Bird of the greatest cricket club in the world". In August 2014, Bird was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to "The Guardian" expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue. Dickie Bird Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird, (born 19 April 1933, Staincross, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a retired English international cricket umpire. In February 2014, Yorkshire announced that Bird is to be voted in as the club's president at their Annual General Meeting on 29 March. The son of a miner, he
Len King (cricket umpire) 23 January to 26 January 1993, a fluctuating match won by the visitors by a mere one run when Australia’s No. 11, Craig McDermott, was dismissed after a 40-run partnership with Tim May had brought Australia so close to victory. May and Merv Hughes both took 5 wickets in an innings. King's colleague was Darrell Hair. King umpired 23 One Day International (ODI) matches between 1988 and 1993. In 1988 he umpired a women’s ODI match. Altogether, he umpired 41 first-class matches in his career between 1984 and 1994. Len King (cricket umpire) Leonard John King (born 31 July 1941)