As anticipated — much anticipated — the most famous dead sparrow in the history of cricket DID fly again ? for the first time since it was killed in a match at Lord?s Cricket Ground in 1936. The bird is now starring in “The Grand House Sparrow Exhibition” at the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Dave van der Wal of RTV Rijnmond accompanied Kees Moeliker as he traveled from the museum to London, reverently took custody of the bird from its keepers at Lord’s Cricket Ground, and returned in quiet triumph — on an airplane — to Rotterdam.
To see van der Wal’s video report, click on the image at right.