Wilfred Bird

Wilfred Bird
Personal information
Full name
Wilfred Stanley Bird
Born(1883-09-28)28 September 1883
Yiewsley, Middlesex, England
Died9 May 1915(1915-05-09) (aged 31)
Aubers Ridge, Richebourg, France
Source: Cricinfo, 16 March 2017

Wilfred Stanley Bird (28 September 1883 – 9 May 1915) was an English cricketer. He played 55 first-class matches for Middlesex and Oxford University between 1904 and 1913.[1] He was killed in action during World War I.[2][3] According to Sydney Rhodes James, he was a "first-rate" wicketkeeper.[4]

Bird was a teacher at Ludgrove School for a number of years before being gazetted as a Lieutenant with the King's Royal Rifles in January, 1915.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wilfred Bird". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Bird, Wilfred Stanley". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 1 of 5". Cricket Country. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. ^ James, Sydney Rhodes (1926). Seventy Years: Random Reminiscences and Reflection. Williams & Norgate. p. 175. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Obituaries in 1915". Wisden Almanack. 1916. Retrieved 16 January 2025.


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