John F Reid passes away

[Fuller Pilch]

One of NZ's finest batsmen especially of spin (average of 46 in the 1980s) has passed away aged just 64.

 

[Line and Length]

Too young. RIP.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Funeral is on Saturday. Media reports say he had an illness (no further info).

 

[honestbharani]

RIP ?

 

[Flem274*]

RIP

a shame he only played 19 tests before retiring to be a teacher. insane conversion rate and a good average. 64 is no age to go nowadays, rest in peace.

 

[ataraxia]

RIP.

 

[Flametree]

Met him very early in his career for Auckland - think he started as a keeper. My Dad was part of the local association and helped drive the Auckland players to and from the airport. He was one of the players in the car on the way back to the airport and showed us his bat - he'd made an 80-odd I think in the second dig, so there was plenty in the middle, but he was able to point out both marks from the two edges from his dismissals.

I was a big fan thereafter and it was great he got some success at test level. Very much a hit or miss player, he could bat a long long time against spin in particular when he was in.

Now I feel very very old.

 

[tony p]

Rip, I remember his hundred in Brisbane in 84/85, also the classic diving one-handed catch Border took in the slips to dismiss him.

Both John Reid's have died in a couple of months. Horrible week for cricket, Edrich, Jackman and now Reid.

 

[straw man]

That's quite a surprise, I saw something earlier in the day about John Reid passing away and assumed it was talking about John R Reid, who died in October. John F Reid only 64. RIP

 

[Lillian Thomson]

RIP.
I have no recollection of ever seeing him bat. He never played against England and we didn’t have much neutral cricket on TV here in those days. Not sure whether he wasn’t available for the 83 World Cup and Test series in England or just wasn’t selected.

 

[Immenso]

RIP.
I have no recollection of ever seeing him bat. He never played against England and we didn’t have much neutral cricket on TV here in those days. Not sure whether he wasn’t available for the 83 World Cup and Test series in England or just wasn’t selected.

His availability was quite sporadic. Amateur with work commitments. Didn't go on many overseas tours, retired early.

The more sceptical noted his sporadic availability meant he always missed the Windies.

I watched him bat a lot as a kid in the summer of 84/85. Against Qadir and Qasim (no Imran).

Had the quirk of his chin strap always being wonky

 

[nzfan]

Remember him from the 1985 tour of Aussie. Solid player. He can't be that old. Took couple of books on holiday to read and fair bit of mention about this man in those books.