Overview

• A cortege through Barnsley paused at Bird’s statue before a service at St Mary’s Church, where mourners paid tribute to the umpire who died on September 22 aged 92.
• Sir Geoffrey Boycott and former England captain Michael Vaughan attended alongside Martyn Moxon, Yorkshire chair Colin Graves, commentator John Helm, and local political figures.
• Elgar’s Nimrod accompanied the coffin into the church, Barnsley poet Ian McMillan’s work was read, and Frank Sinatra’s My Way played as the coffin departed.
• Bird funded the Dickie Bird Players’ Balcony with £125,000 and provided grants to almost 1,000 young cricketers, with England international Harry Brook among the beneficiaries.
• A private wake was held at Barnsley Town Hall, followed by cremation, with family confirming he is survived by his sister, Marjorie Wyatt.