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Full name John Richard Reid
Born June 3, 1928, Auckland
Current age 80 years 79 days
Major teams New Zealand,Otago,Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium, Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper
Other Referee
Relations Son - RB Reid
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
58
108
5
3428
142
33.28
6
22
33
43
1
First-class
246
418
28
16128
296
41.35
39
240
7
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
58
72
7725
2835
85
6/60
6/60
33.35
2.20
90.8
5
1
0
First-class
246
10535
466
7/20
22.60
15
1
Career statistics
Test debut
England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jul 23-26, 1949 scorecard
Last Test
England v New Zealand at Leeds, Jul 8-13, 1965 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1947/48 - 1964/65
ICC match referee statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Moratuwa, Aug 25-30, 1993 scorecard
Last Test
India v Zimbabwe at Delhi, Feb 28-Mar 4, 2002 scorecard
Test matches
50
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Kandy, Aug 22, 1993 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Zimbabwe at Guwahati, Mar 19, 2002 scorecard
ODI matches
98
ODI statistics
Profile
A super allrounder, John Reid was born a generation too soon, for he retired in 1965 before one-day international matches were started. Reid would have been a one-day team on his own - a batsman with thunderous strokes, a rapacious fielder especially at gully or cover, a bowler of what became known as right-arm bursters which ranged from modest off-cutters to snarling bouncers. Reid also fitted in some stand-in wicketkeeping. But for a bout of rheumatic fever in his late-teens Reid might have become the ultimate New Zealand allrounder, for his rugby prowess overshadowed his cricket - but after recovery rugby was off limits. Reid's Test-match scores fluctuated in his first decade, but he touched glory on tour in South Africa in the 1961-62 season, setting a record of 1915 runs, seven centuries (leaving Denis Compton, Neil Harvey, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton and Arthur Morris in his wake). Reid later became a New Zealand selector, took his coaching and management talents to South Africa for a time, but returned to New Zealand to join the front rank of the International Cricket Council referees.
Don Cameron
