# Austin Bird

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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Indian Army officer (1884–1938)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = 
|               image = 
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Austin Carlos Bird
|          birth_date = 26 January 1884
|         birth_place = [Croxteth](/source/Croxteth), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England
|          death_date = {{death date and age|1938|1|4|1884|1|26|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [Buxted](/source/Buxted), [Sussex](/source/Sussex), England
|            nickname = 
|              family = [George Bird](/source/George_Bird_(cricketer)) (father)<br>[Morice Bird](/source/Morice_Bird) (brother)<br>[Alan Bird](/source/Alan_Bird_(cricketer)) (son)<br>[Walter Bird](/source/Walter_Bird_(cricketer)) (uncle)<br>[Charles Clarke](/source/Charles_Clarke_(Surrey_cricketer)) (uncle)
|             batting = Unknown
|             bowling = 
|                role = 
|               club1 = [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1914
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 1
|               runs1 = 3
|            bat avg1 = 1.50
|           100s/50s1 = –/–
|          top score1 = 3
|      hidedeliveries = true
|  catches/stumpings1 = –/–
|                date = 4 October
|                year = 2021
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9758.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Austin Carlos Bird''' (26 January 1884 — 4 January 1938) was an [English](/source/English_people) first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er and [British Indian Army](/source/British_Indian_Army) officer.

The son of the cricketer [George Bird](/source/George_Bird_(cricketer)), he was born at Croxteth Lodge in [Croxteth](/source/Croxteth) in January 1884. He was educated at [Malvern College](/source/Malvern_College), where he played for the cricket and [football](/source/association_football) teams.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Malvern Register, 1865-1904|first1=Edward Clifford|last1=Bullock|first2=Laurence Sidney|last2=Milward|publisher=Malvern Advertiser|location=[Malvern](/source/Malvern%2C_Worcestershire)|year=1905|page=412|url=https://archive.org/details/malvernregister00malgoog|language=en}}</ref> After leaving Malvern in 1902, Bird attended the [Royal Military College](/source/Royal_Military_College%2C_Sandhurst) at [Sandhurst](/source/Sandhurst%2C_Berkshire), from which he graduated into the [British Indian Army](/source/British_Indian_Army) as a [second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant) in August 1904.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27704|date=12 August 1904|page=5217}}</ref> Once in [British India](/source/British_India), Bird was attached to the [39th Prince of Wales's Own Central India Horse](/source/Central_India_Horse), in which he was promoted to [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) in November 1906.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28005|date=19 March 1907|page=1929}}</ref> He gained the rank of [captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) in August 1913, at which point he was serving in the [73rd Carnatic Infantry](/source/73rd_Carnatic_Infantry).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28765|date=17 October 1913|page=7253}}</ref>

Bird returned to England in 1914, where he played a single [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) match for the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) (MCC) against [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club) at [Lord's](/source/Lord's).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27903/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Austin Bird|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-10-05|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the MCC first innings for 3 runs by [Alec Kennedy](/source/Alec_Kennedy), while in their second innings he was dismissed [without scoring](/source/duck_(cricket)) by [Jack Newman](/source/Jack_Newman_(English_cricketer)).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9265.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Hampshire, 1914|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-10-05|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He continued to serve in the Indian Army following the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), where he played minor cricket matches for [North-West Frontier Province](/source/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_cricket_team) in March 1919 and later [Quetta](/source/Quetta_cricket_team) in 1925 and 1926.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27903/all_teams.html|title=Teams Austin Bird played for|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-10-05|url-access=subscription}}</ref> By 1930, he held the rank of [lieutenant colonel](/source/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)).<ref>{{cite book |title=The Indian Army List|publisher=Government of India Central Publication Branch|location=[Calcutta](/source/Kolkata)|year=1932|page=131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDQppNKcfzIC|language=en}}</ref> Bird later retired to England, where he died suddenly on 4 January 1938 at his residence in [Buxted, Sussex](/source/Buxted).<ref>Funeral. ''[Kent & Sussex Courier](/source/Kent_%26_Sussex_Courier)''. 14 January 1938. p. 10</ref> His brother was the [Test cricket](/source/Test_cricket)er [Morice Bird](/source/Morice_Bird). His own son, [Alan](/source/Alan_Bird_(cricketer)), was also a first-class cricketer, as were his uncles [Walter Bird](/source/Walter_Bird_(cricketer)) and [Charles Clarke](/source/Charles_Clarke_(Surrey_cricketer)).

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=9758}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bird, Austin}}
Category:1884 births
Category:1938 deaths
Category:People from Croxteth
Category:People educated at Malvern College
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Category:British Indian Army officers
Category:English cricketers
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I
Category:Military personnel from Liverpool
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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