Buddy Reid

Buddy Reid
Personal information
Full name Barclay Gordon Reid
Born (1940-11-04) 4 November 1940
Ceylon
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg-spin
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 331
Batting average 18.38
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 50 not out
Balls bowled 347
Wickets 7
Bowling average 25.42
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/19
Catches/stumpings 5/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 17 January 2015

Barclay Gordon "Buddy" Reid (born 4 November 1940) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon in the 1960s.

Buddy Reid attending S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and the University of Colombo, where he studied medicine. He made his first-class debut for the Ceylon Board President's XI in a Gopalan Trophy match against Madras in March 1964, batting at number three and scoring 46 (the innings top score) and 22 in a six-wicket victory.[1]

He played in most of Ceylon's matches for the next six years, usually opening the batting and occasionally bowling leg-breaks. He captained Ceylon against MCC in 1968-69, making his highest score, 50 not out, in the second innings.[2] The previous season he had taken his best bowling figures, 4 for 19, for Ceylon Transport Board in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament.[3]

He and his wife and daughter moved to Australia, where he continued to practise medicine. He also represented Ceylon and Australia at table tennis.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ceylon Board President's XI v Madras 1963-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ceylon v MCC 1968-69". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Dungarpur XI v Ceylon Transport Board 1967-68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Buddy G. Reid – A phenomenal sportsman". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 26 February 2015.

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