Allan Reid (1 October 1877 – 31 October 1948) was a South African

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who played

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for Western Province from 1897 to 1909. Reid was born in

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and educated there at Diocesan College. A right-handed batsman, he played in five

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finals for Western Province, all of them against

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. His only first-class

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was 101

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against Griqualand West in 1906–07, when Western Province scored 509 off 91.4 overs and went on to win by an innings and 359 runs. Reid toured England with the South African team in 1901, when no

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were played, scoring 412 runs in first-class matches at an average of 22.88. He was also selected to tour England in 1904, but was unavailable and was replaced by his Western Province teammate Stanley Horwood."Pavilion Gossip"
''Cricket'', 12 May 1904, p. 120. Reid's younger brother

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played in one Test for South Africa in 1921.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Allan 1877 births 1948 deaths South African cricketers Western Province cricketers Cricketers from Cape Town Alumni of Diocesan College, Cape Town