Buddy Reid

Personal information

Full name

Barclay Gordon Reid

Born

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

↑ "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.

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