Douglas James Reid (born 17 October 1928) is a former
cricketer
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who played seven matches of
first-class cricket
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for
Canterbury
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in
New Zealand
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from 1953 to 1957. A left-arm opening bowler, Reid's best performance was 4 for 58 against
Otago
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in 1953–54.
Reid and his wife Toni Reid (the daughter of the
All Black
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Read Masters) both represented Canterbury in cricket in the 1950s. They married in
Merivale, Christchurch
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, in February 1954. On the death of
Bill Crump on 10 July 2022, Reid became the oldest living New Zealand first-class cricketer.
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1928 births
Living people
Cricketers from Christchurch
New Zealand cricketers
Canterbury cricketers
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