Ronald Ernest Bird, sometimes known as Ronnie,(4 April 1915 – 20 February 1985) was an English cricketer who played 195 first-class matches in the years after the Second World War. 190 of these were for Worcestershire, while the other five were for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He captained Worcestershire between 1952 and 1954, though he had acted as such on many occasions during the previous two seasons when official captain Bob Wyatt was unavailable.He usually batted at number four,while his fast-medium bowling was of the occasional variety: he never took a season's tally of wickets into double figures.