Full name John Richard Reid
Born June 3, 1928, Auckland
Current age 89 years 328 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
Relation Son - RB Reid
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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