Richard Reid (cricketer)
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Full name | Richard Bruce Reid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lower Hutt, Wellington | 3 December 1958||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | John Reid (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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ODI debut (cap 62) | 9 March 1988 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 16 February 1991 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1979/80–1984/85 | Transvaal B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985/86–1989/90 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990/91–1991/92 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2017 |
Richard Bruce Reid (born 3 December 1958) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, who played nine One Day Internationals between 1988 and 1991. His father, John Reid, played Test cricket for New Zealand from 1949 to 1965.[1]
Life and career
Reid was born in Lower Hutt, Wellington. He attended Scots College, Wellington, where he captained the first XI.[2] He had two moderately successful seasons with the Wellington cricket team before going to Johannesburg, where his parents were living.[3]
Reid taught physical education and mathematics at
Reid settled in Auckland in 1985 and played with some success for the Auckland cricket team. He acted as liaison officer with the touring Australian team in 1986.[3] He married Debbie Kittow in April 1989.[3]
In 1990 Reid returned to Wellington to work as a sales representative for Nike New Zealand.
Reid's form fell away after that season and he played no more international cricket. His last season of domestic cricket was 1991–92.[3]
Reid worked as chief executive officer of Nike New Zealand until 2001, when he began a career in cricket and rugby administration.[7]
References
- ^ "Richard Reid". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Joseph Romanos, John Reid: A Cricketing Life, Hodder Moa Beckett, Auckland, 2000, p. 251.
- ^ a b c d e f Joseph Romanos, Great New Zealand Cricket Families, Random House, Auckland, 1992, pp. 130–34.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Shell Cup 1990/91". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "2nd Final (D/N), Melbourne, January 15, 1991, Benson & Hedges World Series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Wellington v Central Districts 1990-91". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Canterbury chief executive set to depart". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2023.