John Bailie Reese (23 April 1877 – 26 January 1971) was a New Zealand
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He played in two
first-class matches for
Canterbury
Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour.
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in 1900/01.
He was a son of
Daniel Reese and two of his brothers were also prominent in cricket:
Tom Reese
Thomas Wilson Reese (29 September 1867 – 13 April 1949) was a New Zealand first-class cricketer who played for Canterbury from 1888 to 1918, and later wrote a two-volume history of New Zealand cricket.
Life and career
Reese was one of the fir ...
and
Dan Reese. His youngest brother, Andrew Reese, was an architect; he was killed in action in 1917.
Reese died on 26 January 1971 and was buried at Ruru Lawn Cemetery.
See also
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List of Canterbury representative cricketers
References
External links
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1877 births
1971 deaths
New Zealand cricketers
Canterbury cricketers
Cricketers from Christchurch
Burials at Ruru Lawn Cemetery
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