Object number
M.2017.4
Title
Umpire's Cap of Dickie Bird, 1996
Date
1996
Creator
Production notes
These were Mr Bird's usual suppliers of caps and would send him a box at a time as some would be stolen and some he would use for charity donations.
Company mentioned in his autobiography
Material
Size
Length: 23 cm
Description
White, umpire’s cap with press stud fastening peak. Signed on crown ‘Best wishes Dickie Bird’.
Worn during his last Test match appearance
Display caption
Signed Dickie Bird umpire's cap from his last Test Match England v India at Lord's 20-24th June 1996,
signed in black marker pen and inscribed BEST WISHES, mounted in a shallow box frame with colour portrait photograph of Dickie Bird and a title plaque, 65 by 50 by 6cm.; sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Chairman of the David Nash Benefit Year
This cap was bought at an auction held during the Benefit Year of the Middlesex CCC cricketer David Nash.
The curtain came down on Dickie Bird's Test Match umpiring career in the England v India Test at Lord's in 1996. His final wicket decision was adjudging Jack Russell out lbw from the bowling of Sourav Ganguly.
Sold for £260
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