Buddy Reid
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| Full name | Barclay Gordon Reid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
4 November 1940 Ceylon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
- ↑ "Ceylon Board President's XI v Madras 1963-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Ceylon v MCC 1968-69". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Dungarpur XI v Ceylon Transport Board 1967-68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Dr. Buddy G. Reid – A phenomenal sportsman". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 26 February 2015.