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John Richard Reid

John Reid
Personal information
Full name John Richard Reid
Born (1928-06-03) 3 June 1928 (age 88)
Nickname Bogo
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm off-break
Right-arm fast-medium
Role captain, referee
Relations Richard Reid (son)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 49) 23 July 1949 v England
Last Test 8 July 1965 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 58 246
Runs scored 3428 16128
Batting average 33.28 41.35
100s/50s 6/22 39/-
Top score 142 296
Balls bowled 7,725
Wickets 85 466
Bowling average 33.35 22.60
5 wickets in innings 1 15
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/60 7/20
Catches/stumpings 43/1 240/7
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

John Richard Reid CNZM OBE (born 3 June 1928 in Auckland) is a former New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in 34 Tests. He was the country's first cricketing leader to achieve victory, both at home against the West Indies in 1956 and the first away win, against South Africa in 1962. During his career he was a leading force with both the bat and the ball.

"The figures mislead," confirmed John Mehaffey, whose favourite Reid was. "Nobody who saw him at the crease would dispute his own assessment that he could have increased his batting average by half again if he had played in the 1980s side with Richard Hadlee and Martin Crowe."

An aggressive batsman, Reid once hit four sixes in ten deliveries on the opening morning of a Calcutta Test Match. He also held a then-world record of fifteen sixes in an innings of 296 for Wellington against Northern Districts. According to England captain Ted Dexter (Reid's opposite number in the 1962–63 series), Reid hit the ball as consistently powerfully as anyone he had ever seen. With a strong build, Reid had been set for a career in rugby before a schoolboy bout of rheumatic fever prevented this. He drove powerfully off both the back and the front foot, and was a clean hitter to leg.

Reid was also a strong and aggressive bowler who, in his early days, was an authentic quick. He later turned to off-cutters and spin from a short run-up with a trademark side-step. Until a swollen knee slowed down his movements and checked his agility, he was a strong and multi-talented fieldsman at slip and in the covers. On the 1949 tour of England he was the reserve wicketkeeper, keeping wicket in several matches including the final Test.


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