Richard Reid (cricketer)
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]
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| Full name | Richard Bruce Reid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1958 Lower Hutt, Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | John Reid (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 62) | 9 March 1988 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 16 February 1991 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979/80–1984/85 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981/82 | Transvaal B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985/86–1989/90 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990/91–1991/92 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 St John's College in Johannesburg and played one first-class cricket match for Transvaal B. Later he worked for Nike in South Africa. In the mid-1980s, after visiting the New Zealand cricketers who were touring Zimbabwe in October 1984, he decided to return to New Zealand and resume his cricket career.[3]
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.[3] Opening the batting in one-day matches for Wellington, he was the highest scorer in the 1990–91 Shell Cup competition, with 348 runs at an average of 69.60 and a scoring rate of 109.77 runs per 100 balls faced.[4] He was included in the New Zealand team for the World Series in Australia that season, and was New Zealand's top-scorer in the second final with 64.[5] A few days later he was the top-scorer on either side with 47 from 44 balls when Wellington won the final of the Shell Cup.[6]
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". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Wellington v Central Districts 1990-91". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Canterbury chief executive set to depart". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
External links
- Richard Reid at ESPNcricinfo