John Fulton Reid (3 March 1956 – 28 December 2020) was a New Zealand

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er. He was born in

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Cricket career

Reid completed his education at

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, well known for its cricket. Reid

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at Lynfield College is named after him. He worked as a high school geography teacher while playing cricket. Reid played in 19

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and 25

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s between 1979 and 1986. His Test average was 46.28 and included six Test centuries. His ODI average was 27.52. Despite having a very respectable batting average of 46.28, it was revealed by

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that Reid had the biggest difference in batting averages between first and second innings. He had a first innings average of 68.41, but a second innings average of only 12.09, a difference of more than 56 runs.

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said that Reid's greatest innings for New Zealand was when he played against

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in 1984 in

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. Reid batted for 11 hours for 180 runs off 445 balls in very hot conditions. This led New Zealand to win the match. John Reid played an important part in New Zealand's first test win over Australia in Australia in 1985. He scored 108 runs and combined with

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for a third wicket stand of 284.

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said of Reid "His contribution was quite significant ... those two put the game firmly in our control and gave us a significant lead that allowed us to win that first ever test in Australia". John Reid 's cousin is former

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cricketer

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. John Wright described him as “a person he was a good team man. He was a quiet achiever. He was always constant. Dependable. Reliable. Astute”

described him as "my ideal No 3 and in his all too few appearances at test level he showed why...a great judge of line, which made many accomplished overseas attacks adjust their plans. He had great stick-ability".

Cricket administration career

John Reid was the chief executive of Auckland Cricket. He then appointed as the New Zealand caretaker coach for the centenary season of 1994–95. Moving south to Canterbury, he was appointed in 1996 as

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's cricket operations manager and high-performance manager. He led the establishment of New Zealand Cricket's National High Performance Centre at

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. This included developing the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, supporting grounds and the indoor training facility. John Reid took on a new position with Sport NZ in 2005 and was a trustee of the Selwyn Sports Trust. In 2015 John Reid began a new role as the Selwyn District Council's major projects property manager. The wooden floor sports hall at the Selwyn Sports Centre in

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has been named after John Reid in appreciation for his work as a champion of the courts and community sport in Selwyn.

Records

* He holds the New Zealand record of scoring 1,000 test runs in the fewest innings.

Death

John Reid died of cancer in

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on 28 December 2020.

References

External links

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Cricinfo article on batting averages of first and second innings
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