| Richard Reid | |
| Fullname: | Richard Bruce Reid |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Lower Hutt, Wellington |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 1988–1991 |
| Odidebutdate: | 9 March |
| Odidebutyear: | 1988 |
| Odidebutagainst: | England |
| Odicap: | 62 |
| Lastodidate: | 16 February |
| Lastodiyear: | 1991 |
| Lastodiagainst: | England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Family: | John Reid (father) |
| Club1: | Wellington |
| Club2: | Transvaal B |
| Year2: | 1981/82 |
| Club3: | Auckland |
| Year3: | 1985/86–1989/90 |
| Club4: | Wellington |
| Year4: | 1990/91–1991/92 |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Matches1: | 9 |
| Runs1: | 248 |
| Bat Avg1: | 27.55 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/2 |
| Top Score1: | 64 |
| Deliveries1: | 7 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 13.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/13 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Matches2: | 43 |
| Runs2: | 1,789 |
| Bat Avg2: | 24.84 |
| 100S/50S2: | 1/11 |
| Top Score2: | 107 |
| Deliveries2: | 24 |
| Wickets2: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 7.00 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 2/5 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 27/– |
| Matches3: | 47 |
| Runs3: | 1,376 |
| Bat Avg3: | 30.57 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/12 |
| Top Score3: | 97 |
| Deliveries3: | 7 |
| Wickets3: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 13.00 |
| Fivefor3: | 0 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 1/13 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 12/– |
| Date: | 13 May |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38249.html Cricinfo |
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]
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]