Buddy Reid

Barclay George "Buddy" Reid (born 4 November 1940) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon in the 1960s.

Buddy Reid
Personal information
Full nameBarclay George Reid
Born (1940-11-04) 4 November 1940
Ceylon
NicknameBuddy
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 331
Batting average 18.38
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 50 not out
Balls bowled 347
Wickets 7
Bowling average 25.42
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/19
Catches/stumpings 5/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 17 January 2015

Buddy Reid attended St. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and the University of Colombo, where he studied medicine. He made his first-class debut for the Ceylon Board President's XI in a Gopalan Trophy match against Madras in March 1964, batting at number three and scoring 46 (the innings top score) and 22 in a six-wicket victory.[1]

He played in most of Ceylon's matches for the next six years, usually opening the batting and occasionally bowling leg-breaks. He was selected to tour England with the Ceylon team in 1968, but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin.[2]

He captained Ceylon against MCC in 1968–69, making his highest score, 50 not out, in the second innings.[3] The previous season he had taken his best bowling figures, 4 for 19, for Ceylon Transport Board in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament.[4]

He and his wife, daughter and son moved to Australia, where he continued to practise medicine.

He also represented Ceylon and Australia at table tennis.[5] He was Ceylon's national men's singles champion in 1959, 1960 and 1962, and doubles champion six times.[6] In 2016 he became the World Over-75 Table Tennis Champion, winning the singles title in Alicante, Spain.[7] He added the World Over-75 doubles title in Las Vegas in 2018, when he teamed with Australian team-mate Igor Klaf.[8]

In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[9][10]

References
  1. "Ceylon Board President's XI v Madras 1963-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. S. S. Perera, The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket (1832–1996), Janashakthi Insurance, Colombo, 1999, pp. 320–26.
  3. "Ceylon v MCC 1968-69". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. "Dungarpur XI v Ceylon Transport Board 1967-68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. "Dr. Buddy G. Reid – A phenomenal sportsman". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. Thawfeeq, Sa’adi (4 July 2010). "Cricket, the Reid way". The Nation. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  7. "Dr Buddy Reid crowns himself World TT (over 75) champ". Daily News. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  8. "World TT title for Dr Buddy Reid". Daily News. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  9. "Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  10. "SLC launched the program to felicitate ex-cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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