Curtis Reid (cricketer)

For Curtis Reid the Australian Rules footballer, see Curtis Reid (footballer).

Curtis Alexander Reid (16 July 1836 – 1 July 1886) was an Australian cricketer and umpire who umpired the historic first Test match in Melbourne in 1877.

Curtis Reid

Personal information
Full name	Curtis Alexander Reid
Born	(1836-07-16)16 July 1836 Inverary Park, near Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia
Died	1 July 1886(1886-07-01) (aged 49) Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm (unknown style)
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1869/70–1870/71	Victoria
First-class debut	24 February 1870 Victoria v New South Wales
Last First-class	9 March 1871 Victoria v New South Wales
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	1 (1877)
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 12 Batting average 3.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 5 Balls bowled 431 Wickets 16 Bowling average 10.87 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 6/5 Catches/stumpings 1/0
Source: CricketArchive, 5 November 2011

Family

Reid was born to Scottish immigrants Lieutenant-Doctor David Reid, RN, and his wife Agnes née Dyce. His brothers included pastoralists and politicians Robert and David.^[1][2] Reid married Sophie Dight (1843–1923) on 14 August 1862.^[3] Their son, Curtis Arthur Reid (1876–1912),^[4][5][6] a surveyor, played Australian rules football at the highest level in Perth (with Rovers Football Club and East Fremantle Football Club) and in Melbourne (with Melbourne Football Club).

Life and career

Reid umpired the inaugural Test between Australia and England in Melbourne on 15 to 19 March 1877. His umpiring colleague was Ben Terry.^[7]

Earlier, as a player, Reid was a left-hand batsman and right-arm bowler who played three matches for Victoria from 1869 to 1871. He took 16 wickets at an average of 10.87, with figures of 6 for 64 and 6 for 5 against Tasmania in 1870–71.^[8] Less successful with the bat, he scored 12 runs in 5 innings.^[9]

He was a winemaker, producing wine at Tarrawingee, Victoria, under the Reidsdale label, until 1874.^[10]

Reid was appointed secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club in 1878, the club's first secretary to be paid.^[11][12] He was also one of the first cricket journalists in Australia.^[13]

See also

• List of Test cricket umpires
• List of Victoria first-class cricketers

References

1. Whittaker, David Maxwell (1976). "Reid, Curtis Alexander (1838–1886)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
2. "Deaths: Reid". The Argus. 29 December 1923. p. 13. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Trove.
3. "Marriages". The Argus. 26 August 1862. p. 4. Retrieved 29 August 2018 – via Trove.;
4. "Births: Reid". The Australasian. 8 April 1876. p. 25. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Trove.
5. "Marriages: Reid—Tullidge". The Argus. 10 December 1904. p. 13. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Trove.
6. "Deaths: Reid". Darling Downs Gazette. 16 May 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Trove.
7. "1st Test, Melbourne, March 15 - 19, 1877, England tour of Australia". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
8. "Victoria v Tasmania, 1870/71". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
9. "Curtis Reid". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
10. "Sales by Auction". The Argus. 15 January 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Trove.
11. "MCC Chronology and Membership growth" (PDF). Melbourne Cricket Club. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
12. Scout (29 March 1879). "Cricket Notes". Weekly Times. p. 5. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Trove.
13. "Our Melbourne Letter". Ovens and Murray Advertiser. 10 July 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2018 – via Trove.

External links

• Curtis Reid at ESPNcricinfo